The most common workplace lies and what they really mean

A recent study into honesty at work showed that surprising numbers of us frequently tell porkies in the office, which begs the question – how honest are your staff?

Statistics vary when it comes to how much businesses lose annually as a result of employee dishonesty, but employee theft, creative timesheet-shifting and misuse of company property/resources can present problems for firms.

A recent online study by Canadian HR testers PsychTests.com found that 30% of employees had lied to get out of trouble at work, and 49% of people knew colleagues who were consistently and purposely unproductive - taking longer than permitted breaks, leaving early, and intentionally working slowly to reduce the amount of work expected from them.

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