For Human Resources professionals, there are many different regulations in place that are designed to promote fair business practices and protect employees and the employer. During this course (Govern. Reg. of Bus) we learned about comparative and contributory negligence.

Comparative negligence seeks to determine the degree of negligence each party played in the act. Contributory negligence automatically assumes the guilt of the defendant.

As a human resources professional you will have to be knowledgeable about workers compensation laws. In your opinion do you think understanding the difference between these two types of negligence will be helpful when dealing with an injured employee?

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