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Negligence in employment

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Negligence in employment encompasses several causes of action in tort law that arise where an employer is held liable for the tortious acts of an employee because that employer was negligent in providing the employee with the ability to engage in a particular act. [1]

18 relations: Background check, Bus, Causation (law), Causation in English law, Donoghue v Stevenson, Duty of care, Employment, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Law of agency, Minnesota, Minnesota Supreme Court, Negligence, Negligent entrustment, Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co, Sexual harassment, Tort, United States, Vicarious liability.

Background check

A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records, and financial records of an individual or an organization.

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Bus

A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.

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Causation (law)

Causation is the "causal relationship between conduct and result".

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Causation in English law

Causation in English law concerns the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence.

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Donoghue v Stevenson

was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords.

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Duty of care

In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.

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Employment

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.

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Fair Credit Reporting Act

The Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 (“FCRA”) is U.S. Federal Government legislation enacted to promote the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of consumer reporting agencies.

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Law of agency

The law of agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi-contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person, called the agent, that is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the principal) to create legal relations with a third party.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Minnesota Supreme Court

The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

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Negligent entrustment

Negligent entrustment is a cause of action in tort law that arises where one party (the entrustor) is held liable for negligence because they negligently provided another party (the entrustee) with a dangerous instrumentality, and the entrusted party caused injury to a third party with that instrumentality.

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Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co

Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co or Wagon Mound (No. 2),.

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Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.

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Tort

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vicarious liability

Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability or duty to control" the activities of a violator.

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Negligent hiring, Negligent hiring and related torts, Negligent hiring, retention, supervision, and training, Negligent retention, Negligent supervision, Negligent training.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligence_in_employment

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