Burnout | Serious HR issues at centre of Jeffrey Epstein case

The death of Jeffrey Epstein is currently one of the most talked about news stories in the Western world.

Yet, whilst these are the headlines that will spark conversations and fallouts for weeks and months to come, at its centre are several HR issues including potential issues regarding safe staffing levels, burnout and a failure to follow workplace protocol.

For example, despite Epstein being in suicide watch, prison guards tasked with regularly checking in on the disgraced ex-businessman have been accused of flouting protocol and forging log entries to make it seem as though they had made the necessary checks, according to a Guardian report.

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These same guards, according to Associated Press [AP] reports, faced severe staffing shortages on the morning of his suicide which meant they were working overtime to in the absence of missing colleagues.