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Holistic Security Background Checks is a global best practice and first
line of defence against latent risks of negligent hiring and vicarious
liability which employers of labour increasingly face in our today’s world. Whether
they bargained for it or not, the very moment an employee is hired, an employer
inherits an invincible burden – a reasonable duty of care for the security and safety
of others. The crux of negligent hiring lawsuit is that a hiring decision (lack
of due diligence or background check) by an employer resulted or contributed to
the incident. A growing number of organizations fall prey to negligent hiring
and vicarious liability lawsuits. To give us an idea, ‘’about 75% of employers reportedly lose negligent hiring cases with settlement claims averaging $1
million’’. A jury in an Arkansas Federal
Court in the United States awarded $7 million in damages to the family of an Arkansas truck driver
killed in a 2008 accident in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against a timber
company and its truck driver who caused the accident.
