Stealing for an employer or workplace

Stealing from your employer is considered a serious form of theft. Employees are considered to be in a position of trust towards their boss, which means that violating this trustworthy employment relation is an aggravating factor. This type of robbery is punished more severely than other thefts, such as shop lifting. Depending on the frequency, the amount of the loss and the complexity of the scheme, it is not uncommon to see Crown Prosecutors request a jail term for stealing from employers or workplaces.

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Section 322 of the Criminal Code: Theft

(1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently and without colour of right takes, or fraudulently and without colour of right converts to his use or to the use of another person, anything, whether animate or inanimate, with intent

(a) to deprive, temporarily or absolutely, the owner of it, or a person who has a special property or interest in it, of the thing or of his property or interest in it;

(b) to pledge it or deposit it as security;

(c) to part with it under a condition with respect to its return that the person who parts with it may be unable to perform; or

(d) to deal with it in such a manner that it cannot be restored in the condition in which it was at the time it was taken or converted.

Section 334 of the Criminal Code: Punishment for theft

Except where otherwise provided by law, every one who commits theft

(a) if the property stolen is a testamentary instrument or the value of what is stolen is more than $5,000, is guilty of

     (i) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or

     (ii) an offence punishable on summary conviction; or

(b) if the value of what is stolen is not more than $5,000, is guilty

     (i) of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or

     (ii) of an offence punishable on summary conviction.