Why will it be a good idea to require the payroll clerk, who writes checks, to

[Ryan]

go on a vacation? A potential control for managing the risk of employee fraud is to send employees on mandatory vacations. Explain the relation of that control with the payroll function. Why will it be a good idea to require the payroll clerk, who writes checks, to go on a vacation?

 

[Judy]

If the person is doing something fraudulent, it will often show up while they're off.