"Troubled Past" Of TV Shooter Highlights Conundrum For Employers

The horrific on-the-air murder of a tv news crew again raises the conundrum faced by employers, as they try to walk the thin line between violating the rights of employees and potential employees and opening themselves up to negligence claims, and worse, for failing to prevent a disaster. Washington Post reporter Sarah Halzack talks to attorneys from law firms Cozen O’Connor and Fisher & Phillips, and to Elizabeth Bille, vice president and associate general counsel for the Society for Human Resource Management, about this “legally tricky” issue and what companies can and can’t do to address it.