What is 'Stealing as a Clerk' in QLD?

‘Stealing as a Clerk or Servant’ is the legal term for employee theft or embezzlement.

Whether an employee takes cash from the register, steals stock from the warehouse, or reroutes company funds to their own bank account, Queensland courts treat this offence with exceptional severity.

The maximum penalty for standard stealing is 5 years imprisonment. However, if the stealing is committed by an employee (a clerk or servant), the maximum penalty doubles to 10 years imprisonment because it involves a serious breach of trust placed in the employee by the business owner.

If you are accused of workplace theft, you must not speak to your employer or the police without getting legal advice first .