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Hidden work

Hidden work has several names :

Undecleared work.
Concealed work.

In France, this offense is heavily sanctioned. It is :

total or partial concealment of activity.
total or partial concealment of salaried employment.

For example, during a conflictual divorce, one of the spouses may conceal his income to avoid obligations to pay support. We can also speak of an insolvency organization.

When you are an employer and you notice that your employee on sick leave is working for one of your competitors.

Beyond the hidden work, providing proof of these criminal acts can lead to proceedings against the company having completely concealed the employee’s activity. In addition, an action for unfair competition may be taken.

There are many interests in proving a concealed work. It is first of all :

defend its interests before the competent courts.
to obtain compensation for the damage suffered.

It is therefore for all the private detectives of the Prometheus Group to offer the most suitable solution to obtain the evidence necessary for any legal action.

Most often, surveillance and monitoring proving the recurrence of the offense punctuated by the intervention of a Ministerial Officer such as a Bailiff is a formidable process.

The role of the private detective in matters of concealed work is a real asset for his customer.

What is concealed work ?

Hidden work in France is the subject of 25 billion euros in damages to tax revenues.

It is more precisely the concealment of economic activity. It should be noted that concealed labour fraud affects all public and private activities.

Can be considered as concealed work:

Lack of mandatory declarations
Non-pay slips
Concealing working hours

According to Section L. 8221-5 of the Labour Code, concealed labour is an offence if it is intentional.

The concealed work penalty is for:

The perpetrator (who conceals his or her professional activity or that of these employees)
Those who take advantage of it knowingly or helps to realize it (person advertising, accomplice …).

In the private sector, there are usually construction companies, catering sectors, transportation sectors that have hidden work activities.

In the public sector, it should be noted that this sector is also concerned. Indeed, many public servants manage to free up time for a second job illegally.

Sanctions related to covert work !

For the employer,concealed work is a fraud ed.

An employer convicted of concealed labour therefore faces criminal penalties in addition to administrative penalties. The criminal penalties are imprisonment for 3 years for the offending leader and a fine of 45,000 euros for the self-employed and 225,000 euros for legal entities.

In addition, sanctions can be civil, administrative and criminal. The USSRAF can request a regulararistaion of social cottisations and up to 300 times the guaranteed horrifying rate.

For a business manager concealing his income under sections L 613-2 and L 613-4 of the Social Security Code. It is often a fraudulent insolvency organization to evade its obligations (Payment of a compensatory benefit, USSRAF declaration). This act is punishable by 3 years’ imprisonment and 45,000 euros in fines.

For the employee, it is common for him to receive unemployment benefits or social benefits at the same time as the gain from hidden work. He is also at risk of dismissal for gross or gross misconduct.

Its penalties will therefore be a removal of the aid paid to it as well as a criminal penalty for fraud as well as a financial penalty.

Why prove a hidden job?

The role of the private investigator in covert work

Concealed work is a form of unfair competition. An investigation to provide evidence of concealment work can be dilligent by:

An employer who wishes to check whether his employee is not working on his or her behalf or for a competitor
The employer whose employee is on sick leave
The former employer who wishes to check whether his ex-employee does not work in competition in a dissumued manner. In this particular case, the employer who pays the non-competition clause may claim indemnities.

Proving concealed work allows the employer to obtain damages. Evidence of concealed work also helps to protect you legally from your employee’s actions.

The role of the Prometheus Group private investigator assigned to your case is to:

Check whether your employee is working in concealed work during or after work
To find out if your off-work employee is working. This is a matter of dismantling an abusive work stoppage.
Punctuate the intervention of the private investigator by a statement made by a judicial officer

Our mission will be to carry out surveillance and spinning on public officials or employees illegally engaged in concealed work.

It is important to know that a hidden job is mostly done during a sick leave or during holidays.

Regarding the concealed work of a former employee, an administrative investigation is complete to surveillance and spinning.

The appointment

The strategy

The mission

The report

The appointment is made by a licensed private investigator of the Prometheus Group:

On videoconferencing
By phone
In the premises of the Prometheus Group
In a place of circumstance

This appointment is neither paid nor time-limited.

The private investigator will take the time necessary to listen to you in order to gather all the information necessary to put in place a strategy tailored to your needs.

The strategy will be offered to you based on the information received,the type of mission and the location where it should be carried out.

However, the strategy will be:

Adapted to the mission
Budgeted according to your needs and possibilities
No final extra cost (unless you expressly request to continue the mission)

This strategy will be offered to you via a mission mandate containing different otpions.

Once the proposed warrant has been duly signed, the private investigator assigned to your investigation will work with you to:

A mission schedule (modified according to events)
A location tracking (without you)

Then the mission will be carried out in accordance with the laws in force. During the mission, the private investigator responsible for carrying out the mission will keep you informed of the progress of the mission.

An investigation report will be provided at the end of the mission.

That will be:

Objective (findings of what the detective sees)
Detailed and detailed
Productable before the competent courts if necessary

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