NCED Mental Health Inc v Kidd 2006 WL 2080674 A patient sued

NCED Mental Health, Inc. v. Kidd (2006 WL 2080674): A patient sued a mental health center, arising from a mental health technician’s alleged sexual assault while the patient was at the center. The plaintiff alleged that NCED violated the standard of care related to the hiring and supervision of a mental health technician who provides health care to vulnerable and fragile patients. The court stated that when an employee’s job places him or her in potential contact with particularly vulnerable individuals, the employer has an increased duty of care to those individuals.

What is the responsibility, if any, of the employer in cases like this and what can HR departments do in advance to avoid hires like this?

Solution

the HR department should concern while they recruiting new people as employees. they need to be check and cross verification while recruiting them. an incorrect peorson should not be allowed to become an employee. that too when the role is directly links with people and thier helath.

here employer is the responsible for these sort of actions and they are the answerable ones. when the HR people doing their work in a correct way then there are minimum chances to realize these kind of problems.