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		masfuerte 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising... It literally is the employee's fault but they are not legally liable for it.

spwa4 14 days ago [–]

An employee is generally only liable if they purposefully sabotage their employer's business. So a mistake doesn't cut it.

potato3732842 14 days ago | [–]

And that's effectively an impossibly high bar in the typical mundane cases though.

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