How liable should companies be for violent acts committed during work by their employees?

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Companies should be completely liable for violent acts committed

during work by their own employees. Workplace violence is the third

leading cause of occupational death and growing type of homicide in

the United States. Companies have legal obligation and financial

incentive to prevent it because the company can be held liable

either directly or vicariously for the violent acts committed by

its employees against other employees and even injuries suffered by

their employees as a result of violent acts.

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Companies are held liable when:

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Negligent hiring of employees, negligent retention and/or

inadequate safeguards to provide a "safe and healthful

workplace".

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Company behaves negligently towards workplace violence and thereby

permits such violent acts to occur. This is also referred to as

direct liability.

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Company is not directly responsible for the violence and whose

conduct was not negligent towards the act but as the employee who

caused misconduct belonged to that company, the company is held

responsible for it too.