A Situation Where an Employer May Be Found Liable for Harm

question 58

Multiple Choice

A situation where an employer may be found liable for harm an employee causes to others if references and background checks were not performed adequately at the time of hiring is called:

• A) misrepresentation.
• B) negligent hiring.
• C) defamation.
• D) negligent omission.
• E) negligent cycle time.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A sequence of values from sample statistics, anticipated to hold the value of an unspecified population attribute.

Surgical Site Infections

Infections that occur after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place, posing significant risks to patient recovery.

National Average

The arithmetic mean of a set of values or measurements taken across a nation, often used to describe the general state of a measurable factor like income, education level, or health outcomes.

Margin of Error

The range of values above and below the sample statistic in a confidence interval, often used to indicate the precision of an estimate.