Is a company responsible for employee’s tools if the company is burglarized and the tools are stolen?

Question

The company I work for was burglarized and my tools were stoles along with some company equipment I had a lease agreement with the company on my tools. Is the company responsible?

Answer 1

I would say yes, if the company allowed you to store them there with their permission. By giving permission for you to store them on the premises, they tacitly accept responsibility for their security.

Answer 2

The laws in Asian countries are not the same as those in the US. That means the governments in those countries may actually have laws preventing the sale of certain businesses to foreigners. Thailand had a major controversy when its ex-prime minister tried to sell his satellite business to a Singapore investment company. The same is true throughout a lot of the world. America is free and open while many of the nation's it does business with have rules and laws which prevent Americans from easily competing with their local industries. Some of those rules are against products, others against corporations, and others against foreign nationals doing business within their nation's borders. Besides this most Asian nations are homogeneous societies meaning all their people are from pretty much the same ethnic background and follow the same traditions, moral beliefs, etc. This can be beneficial for government and private business when getting things done. Another point is there is a lack of freedom in Asia. Individuals, groups and organizations often have no right to speak out against their governments policies and labor laws. This makes it easy for corporations to abuse people to get ahead. Moreover, there are very weak labor laws throughout most of Asia besides Japan. This means teens are often working in factories instead of getting educated. With so much poverty people will take any work and work for less and for endless hours without the benefits you would see in western nations. These are just a few areas where other nations especially those in developing nations have advantage over developed nations. US Corporate leaders don't really feel any moral obligation to keep business in the US. They personally can profit more with everything in another country. They'll watch as the US crumbles before them. It just means their ever-increasing wealth coming in from abroad is going to be worth more and more. You could say that the current solution to the problem is very laissez faire in that it appears to be to un-develop America. Wages are flat and so dropping based on CPI, the pursuit of quality in schools is also stagnant, more and more immigrants are let into the nation despite high-unemployment and lack of pay growth. It's a recipe for taking the working classes down to third world levels in my opinion. And the people being as they are are accepting it. The apathy of those with real power and wealth allows for this only by a reception of apathy from the average folks. No action and no resistance. When the goose is cooked, the poor will only have themselves to blame.

Answer 3

Depends on what the employment agreement/contract says. It can vary by company. My brother-in-law had the same situation and was reimbursed by the company's insurance, but he did have documentation.

Answer 4

If they leased your tools, I would think they are the owners of the tools at the time, therefore it should be covered under their insurance.

Answer 5

Generally no. You chose to bring them there. And if it is required you have your own tools then it is also required you run the risk of loosing them alone. Sorry.