Negligent Hiring

Negligent Hiring

Lawsuits sparked by Negligent Hiring are on the rise and pose a serious threat to the bottom lines of both large and small companies. Business owners and human resource professionals face a legal minefield when it comes to both new applicants and existing employees who either do not have the skills to safely perform a job task or who have criminal or driving records that pose a threat to the general public, to a company’s customers, or to other employees of that business.

Companies have successfully been sued for Negligent Hiring if they fail to perform due diligence to uncover an employee’s criminal history or if they fail to do a reasonable job of checking references or general background information. The cost of a hiring mistake, such as not detecting a pattern of illegal drug use, can easily run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and judgments of well more than $1 million are not uncommon.

To protect themselves from a financial disaster, knowledgeable businesses are turning to experienced web-based pre-employment specialists to help shield them from negligent-hiring litigation.