Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Shoplifting: Discussion
Mr. Colin Fee:
It depends on the severity. For severe events we give people time off first and foremost and we keep in touch with them on a daily basis. We offer counselling if there has been a knife or a gun attack. Because they are victims of crime, the Garda would also be in touch with them. On the lower level stuff and consistent harassment, we talk to them. We have a HR person people can go to. Very often, we move people from the site where they are having the trouble and redeploy them. Then we have to try to backfill the position. It depends on the staff member. Some people say not to worry about it and they are thick skinned but it does bother other people and we move them to another site.
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