Legal Responsibilities for Theft at Work

Questioner

Yesterday during my promotion work my daily glasses were stolen. I don't remember where I put them. Is my boss responsible for the theft in the store or am I?

Lawyer

The legal starting point is that your employer is obliged to compensate you for the damage you suffer during the performance of the agreed work. An exception to this is if your employer can demonstrate that he has taken sufficient measures to prevent the damage that occurred. In your case, it is particularly important whether you can prove that your glasses were stolen at your workplace, now that you no longer know where you took them off. The next question is whether your employer could reasonably have prevented the theft. You talk about promotional work and write that the theft took place in a store? That makes you curious about the kind of work you do and the circumstances under which you have to do it. Have you already reported it to your employer and how did they respond?