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The impact of Negligent Hiring on businesses

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Develop an anaysis statement of the negligent hiring and due care in hiring rules. Provide examples of how you can apply that knowledge?

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This solution gives studnet's an general overivew of the negligent hiring laws that can result in the business being held responsible for any injuries, harms or other incidents of violence or physical threats and trauma caused by employees who were not vetted or checked thoroughly by background checks.

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Negligent hiring can result in companies being held liable for injuries, harms or other incidents of violence or physical threats and trauma caused by employees who were not vetted or checked thoroughly by background checks. The probability of a company winning a negligent hiring lawsuit brought forth by victims of employee violence who were not vigorously checked by companies is only 21% as 79% of the time companies ...

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  • Bachelor of Science , Sam Houston State University
  • Masters of Science, Kaplan University
  • Masters of Science , Kaplan University
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