Liability and Risk Management
Proactively identifying and preventing costly legal actions is a practice known as risk management. Let's start by looking at the potential scope of liability and risk management so that we can begin to develop an appreciation of the unique role that HR professionals can play with respect to risk management.
Organizations face potential exposure in many different employment-related areas—allegations can be made relative to sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, unlawful discrimination, or negligent hiring and retention, just to name a few.
Legal actions stemming from employment-related issues cost organizations untold dollars in attorneys' fees, court fees, settlements, and judgments. These monetary costs do not ...
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