Is having a policy enough?

Number of arrests in the NFL: one too many bad apples?

July 29, 2013 Clear Path Employer Services Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, International HR Law, International Payroll, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Wages and Compensation

If you’ve been following sports at all this month, you’ve likely heard about the number of high profile arrests involving members of the National Football League. This string of charges leads us to the question of how much responsibility, if any, an employer has for an employee’s behaviour outside of the workplace.

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