Duties And Right Of The Employer And Employee

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Table Of Contents

1. Meaning of the employer
2. Duties and Right of the employer
3. Rights of the employer
4. Meaning of the employee
5. Duties and right of the employee
6. Rights of the employee
7. Revision Questions for Students

MEANING OF THE EMPLOYER

The employer is somebody or an institution that hires or provides work for another person called, employee for an agreed remuneration. The employer can hire anybody he pleases and relieve any of his employees of work if he misbehaves contrary to the laid down rules and regulation.

Duties and Right of the Employer

1. Payment of remuneration to the employee: The employer has a duty to pay his employees remuneration according to the terms of contracts.
2. Provision of safe place for work: He must provide a very safe place to his workers in order to carry out duties assigned to them without fear of injury.
3. Provision of necessary tools and equipment: He must provide all necessary tools and equipment for proper execution of his employee’s duties.
4. He must indemnify his employee: The employer must indemnify his employee against any loss arising from the proper performance of his duties.
5. He must accept responsibility for personal injury: The employer must accept responsibility for injury sustained by an employee during the cause of carrying out his obligations.
6. Provision of training facilities: The employer must provide training facilities as well as incentives to motivate his employees in order to increase productivity.
7. Job security: The employer must provide adequate job security. He must assured the employee that their employment is permanent.

Rights of the Employer

1. Right to use invention of employee: He has every right to make use of anything invented by the employee with his facilities and more especially during the working period.
2. Right to fix remuneration: The employer has right to fix wages and salaries of his employee.
3. Right to relieve employee of his job: He can terminate the appointment of his employee, after giving due notice.
4. Right to employ or hire anybody: The employer has the right to hire whoever it pleases without being questioned.

MEANING OF THE EMPLOYEE

The employee is someone who agrees to perform services to an employer in exchange for the payment of an agreed remuneration. The employee works for another person called the employer for an agreed sum of money and is accountable to his employer.

Duties And Right Of The Employee

1. Performance of duties according to terms: The employee must perform all his duties and obligations according to the terms stated in the contract.
2. Keeps the secret of his employer: He must not under any circumstances review confidential and secret information regarding the employers trade.
3. Obeys order and instructions: He must obey orders and instructions from his employer in respect of the work assigned to him.
4. Most serve faithfully and honestly: The employee must serve faithfully and honestly. His own interest must not conflict with the interest of his employer.
5. Exercises good faith: The employee has a duty to act in good faith when discharging his duties for the benefit of the employer.
6. Must be accountable to his employer: He must be accountable to his employer for the discharge of his responsibilities; proper accounting must be kept.
7. Must not delegate his duties: He is not to delegate the performance of his duties to another person without the authority of the employer.
8. No secret profits or acceptance of Bride: The employee is under obligation not to accept bribe and not to use his employers equipment for secret profits

Right of the employee

1. Right to receive compensation for loss: The employee has a right to receive compensation for liability or loss suffered in the course of business.
2. Right to accept or reject offers: He has the right to either reject or accept offer of employment.
3. Right to receive the agreed remuneration: He must receive his agreed remuneration. He must be paid wages or salaries for performing his duties.
4. Right of annual leave: He must be given annual leave to rest once in a year.

Revision Questions

1. (a) Who is an employer? (b) Who is an employee?
2. State and explain five duties of an employer
3. State three rights of the employer
4. Describe four obligations of the employer to the employee
5. State four duties of the employee to the employer.
6. State the Rights of the employee