If I knowingly hire a person to work for me and they are taking a prescribed drug that may effect their safety?

Its a great big YES.

You could get a hefty suit, and you insurance might refuse to cover the loss due to you knowing that there was a dangerous situation.

There is a reason most companies take safety very seriously. Your workman's comp premiums would be raised, your insurance will be raised, and you could be held criminally responsible as well.

Of course you're liable - why wouldn't you be? You knowingly hired someone who could become impaired by a prescription drug they're taking - WHICH PART OF THIS DO YOU NOT GET?

Your business coverage policy needs to be looked over very carefully to find out whether or not you'd be covered ... but my best guess is not a chance.

If you were unaware of them taking the prescription, then you'd be in the clear, but not when you know.

Yes you would be liable.

In fact, all machinery, operating by any person. Comes with manufacturers specifications that it is not to be operated by people under prescription medication. As part of occupational health and safety guidelines.

In terms of liability. You need to excercixe due care. Due care is recognisable by the fact, if you know someone is under prescription medication and you fail to manage their work in terms of operational protocol. Then NO due care is shown, thus the employer is liable.

Due care means stopping the person from operating anything which might harm themselves or others.

You can even go to jail for it as an employer. If it is made aware you knew about it, did nothing to prevent it.

Yes you can be liable.

A drug addled employee can not take responsibility for accidents. the business owner, if he accepts the drug using employee, must accept the liability for harm to customers or employees, even himself.

Your insurance company most likely also has a prohibition of you allowing him to work as well. Check that fine print.

That would almost be a he said/she said, type of thing. It would be the employee's responsibility, to make sure they were not allowing that to happen. But you aren't responsible for their medication. If you hire them, they may need to find a medication that doesn't cause them to be lethargic or, you and the employee may need to somehow creatively working around the lethargy.

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The key word is that you knew it. Knowing it puts you at risk.

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