Is employer responsible for acts of employee? (Insider).(security guard...

Security Distributing & Marketing;  July 1, 2003 ;     568 words ......purposes, the employer is not vicariously liable for the employee's actions. Merely...the part of the employer. Instead, the employee's actions must...whether the employer could have reasonably foreseen the employee's tortious act...

California Court of Appeals says employer may be liable for employee's...

Lawyers USA;  April 7, 2008 ;     265 words ...An employer may be liable for its employee's assault on a customer...superior, even though the employer has not authorized the employee to commit crimes or intentional...personal' remark to [the employee] - which [the employer] contends was the immediate...

Who owns that idea? If your employee comes up with a great idea or...

NZ Business;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......respective rights of an employee and employer in an innovation or product...employment' is owned by the employer. Suppose an employee has an idea for a gadget...agreement to the contrary . So employees and employers can come to some other useful...

Employer may be held liable for fatal accident caused by employee, rules...

Lawyers USA;  November 6, 2006 ;     249 words ...An employer could be held...caused by an employee, Maine's highest...sponsored by the employer. He received...his work, the employee headed home...commenced against the employer. A judge dismissed...grounds that the employee was not acting...

Tulsa World, Okla., Action Line column: Employee is in clear if employer...

Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 1, 2006 ;     349 words ......you. If the W-2 from your employer indicates that federal taxes...the IRS will credit the employee as having paid those taxes...the balance due from the employer becomes the IRS' responsibility...up. In the case where an employer is severely delinquent we...penalties because basically the ...

Anxious employee's outbursts gave employer family leave notice, rules 7th...

Lawyers USA;  November 5, 2007 ;     410 words ...An employer had constructive...an anxiety-ridden employee's need for Family...his illness to his employer or clear abnormalities in the employee's behavior may constitute...the FMLA if the employer knows of the employee's need for leave...

Off-duty dilemmas (courts are hesitant to recognize an employer's right to...

LawNow;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......issues in the employer-employee relationship is the employer's right to monitor its employees' off-duty conduct...to suggest that employers have carte blanche to control what employees may do in their...principles: the employee's inherent right to privacy, and the ...

In Employee Relations, It's Good to Be a B.A.D. Employer

The Journal Record;  May 13, 1994 ;     651 words ......type of analysis an employer should undertake to determine whether an employee will have grounds...actions taken by employers against employees. First of all, the...is "at will," the employer may terminate the employee at will, absent...

Digital graffiti: what every employer should know about employee...

ABA Banking Journal;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......headache that should prompt employers to change employee manuals. Blogging...conduct, private-sector employers generally can prohibit employees from posting disparaging...employees the rights of the employer and the employees concerning blogging...

What legal duties does an employer owe to a former employee?

Australasian Business Intelligence;  January 6, 2003 ;     202 words ......ABIX via COMTEX) An employer is seen as having...care to a former employee to provide a reference...emphasis on the employee's perceived shortcomings...experience, the employer can be seen to have...damaging to the employee's future employment...prospects. Similarly, an employer ...

ARBITRATING LEGAL RIGHTS.(employer-employee labor agreements)(Brief...

Ceramic Industry;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Supreme Court held that an employee of Circuit City could not...federal court against his employer for alleged discrimination, because the employee had agreed to arbitrate such...was binding on him and his employer. In short, he could not bring...court. Among other things, the employee had ...

A contract exists as soon as an employer takes on an employee; Commercial...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 3, 2002 ;     565 words ......contain the names of the employee and employer, the date that employment...terms agreed between the employer and employee and terms that are implied...the courts have said bind employers and employees. Examples of these terms...

Employer Difficulty in FMLA Implementation: A Look at Eighth Circuit...

Journal of Corporation Law;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......regulations to help guide employers and employees in understanding and carrying...regulations offer direction to employers and employees about their rights under...exception applies only to key employees. Employers must restore all other employees...

Litigating noncompetition agreements: the employee's perspective: your...

Illinois Bar Journal;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......agreements from the employee's perspective is...typically begins with an employer's complaint and...advocate for the employee, a noncompete lawsuit...verified answer to the employer's motion for a TRO...entered against your employee-client, that's not...everything. The employer has ...

The 21st century employer-employee partnership. (Professionally Speaking)

HRMagazine;  January 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......the implied contract between employer and employee. Until recently, loyalty was...Longevity was a sign of healthy employer-employee relations; turnover was a sign...much more viable basis for employer-employee relationships than the now...