Negligent Hiring/Retention
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Human resources professionals have been breathing a bit easier because
of the retrenchment in the "At-Will" Employment Doctrine.(1) The repreive
was short lived, however, as a relatively new employee relations law
scourge has surfaced- The Tort doctrine of .(2)
Although this theory is not new, ....
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.... courts to curb employer access to
employee records and other personal information under the right to privacy
arguement, a constitutional arguement employing fourth amendment illegal
search and siezure guarantees. Human resources managers can be heard in
corporate hallways mumbling about these apparent conflicts and
incongriuties in common law and government mandate.
Historically, If a worker commited a negligent act, a plaintiff often
would sue his or her employer under the theory of Re ....
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