One of your clients complains that an employee of the subcontractor stole a valuable painting from their house. Would you be liable for this theft?.
5. You are the owner of a cleaning service. You make sure all of your employees have thorough background checks before hiring them, as you want your clients to be confident that none of their personal items will be stolen when you send someone to clean their house. However, when spring comes, everyone wants help with their spring cleaning and you have more business than you can handle. You decide to subcontract some of your work to another cleaning service at the last minute and you do not ask this service what kind of background checks they do on their own employees. One of your clients complains that an employee of the subcontractor stole a valuable painting from their house. Would you be liable for this theft?
Assignment Expectations
Answer the assignment questions directly. Stay focused on the precise assignment questions. Do not go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials. Use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you find articles on the Internet, make sure they are from a credible source. Required Material: uBoff, L. (2004). Chapter 19: People who work for you. Law in Plain English for Small Business. Sphinx Publishing, Naperville, IL Kelley, G. (2012). 2.3 Principles of agency law. Construction Law: An Introduction for Engineers, Architects, and Contractors. Kingston, MA, USA: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 21-23. Roche, B. (2004). Chapter 19: Bankruptcy. Law 101: Know Your Rights, Understand Your Responsibilities And Avoid Legal Pitfalls. Naperville, IL, USA