Tag: California Supreme Court

Liability for Employees’ Acts: New Case Limits Your Responsibility to Customers

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Feb 1, 1997 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Employers are generally held legally accountable for their employees’ conduct. But one employer recently persuaded the California Supreme Court to limit this rule. The case involved the question of whether an employee of a fast-food restaurant acted properly during an armed robbery. Although the Supreme Court let the employer off the hook, the case points […]

Drug Testing: High Court Rules on Testing in the Workplace; Law Still Unclear

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Feb 1, 1997 Uncategorized

Updated: Feb 1, 1997

Drug testing has long been a murky area for employers. Now the California Supreme Court has just issued its first decision that sheds some light on the issues and makes a sharp distinction between drug testing applicants and testing existing employees. However, although the case has important implications, it isn’t the sweeping clarification employers had […]