Vicarious liability, also referred to as “respondeat superior”, is a legal theory under which an employer can be held financially responsible for the actions committed by its employees during the course of employment, and is based on the premise that the employee is acting as an agent of the employer. If an employee is driving a commercial vehicle and causes an accident, the employer-company can be held responsible if the employee is officially “on duty” when the accident occurs. For example, if the driver was driving to a job site or location at the direction of the employer, or was actually on the job site, the employer can be held responsible. If the employee was driving home from work at the end of the day, the employer cannot be held responsible because the driver was not “on the job”.