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In some countries it is mandatory by law to have 14 days in one block per year.
by kwrobel 8y ago
In some countries it is mandatory by law to have 14 days in one block per year.
- eru 8y agoOne finance job I worked in had that regulation. (But it wasn't a general thing in that country.)
- sokoloff 8y agoPolicies like that are often designed to (or at least conceived/fantasized to) ferret out/prevent single-actor fraud. Forcing someone to take two contiguous weeks out of the office means that someone else will need to be briefed for continuity and there's an enhanced chance of detecting "weirdness" that might be associated with a fraudulent scheme.
- eru 8y agoYes, 'conspiracies' of more than one person are much harder to keep under wraps. That regulation was directly in response to the high-profile cases of rogue traders.