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Colonial Van & Storage, Inc. v. Superior Court considered whether an employer’s duty extends to ensuring that an off-site meeting place for coworkers and business associates like an employee’s private residence is safe from third party criminal harm.
California law generally requires employers to provide employees with a safe place to work. What, if anything, does this obligation entail when an employee works at home or another...
A California employer has a statutory duty to provide its employees with a safe and healthful workplace. The duty to provide a safe workplace also includes the duty to take reasonable steps to prevent workplace violence. A look at Colonial Van & Storage, Inc. v. Superior Court.
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Two women who were shot at a colleague’s home by her mentally incapacitated son can’t sue her employer, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting plaintiff arguments the company had a duty to provide a safe working environment or should have prohibited employees from working at home.