Posted on 10-Aug-07 by The Timekeeper

According to Consumerist.com, US Airways has fired “about 15” baggage handlers (as of the time of writing this) at Philadelphia International Airpoirt after an internal investigation in which it was determined they had falsified their overtime records.

It appears the employees would deliberately lock themselves out of the airline’s computer system, then obtain a manager’s password to unlock the system, which would also allow them to alter records so it looked as though they’d worked overtime when they really hadn’t.

According to a US Airways spokesperson, the procedures have since been “fixed” to prevent this happening in the future.

So, do you have any similar processes that unscrupulous employees might use to overstate their time worked? And what safeguards do you have in place to ensure something like this can’t happen at your business?

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