Ashley Tevis Assignment 3 August 7, 2011 Professor MacBeth Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” I think employers are responsible for all of their employees time worked, no employee should work more than a certain amount of overtime, due to the fact they will become fatigued. Working over an employee’s normal work schedule could result in accidents and health risks. Though Jake just got a promotion, I feel as though he should still get paid overtime
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Employer’s Care of Duty Dwen Guydon Strayer University LEG500: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Prof. Phylanice Nash, J.D. August 4, 2011 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” According to the definition given by USLegal.com, scope of employment refers to a person actively involved in an employment task at a particular time, usually an issue when an accident occurs, which is required to make a claim for work-related injury under state Worker's
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in good faith in whatever position we hold. Employers also have that same duty to take care of the employees that perform the day to day tasks to make the company successful. Whether it is through extra time off, increase in pay, or better benefits employers have an obligation to their employees. Both the employer and employee have a common law duty of care to each other and to other employees. The relationship that employers have with their employee requires that duty of care is displayed by
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determine appropriate risk management measures." (Legislation, 2008) With this is mind, does Herman have an employer’s duty of care in regards to Jake's injury and his overtime? Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Jake's actions are within his scope of employment. Jake was hired and promoted as a certified automobile mechanic and even though Herman directs him to just change the oil, Jake owes it to his certifications to do the best possible job since he has
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Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Yes, Jake’s actions are in of scope of his employment. As a newly promoted service manager of the dealership and part of the Rally management team, Jake’s responsibility is to provide excellent service to the customers is within his scope of employment. Scope of employment refers to anything a person does in the ordinary course of doing his or her job (Fleischer, 2004). Although the term “scope of employment” may have
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1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Scope of employment refers to a person actively involved in an employment task when an accident occurs and requires a claim for work related injury under Workers Compensation Acts. In order to hold an employer accountable for the accident, it will be necessary to show that the employee was engaged in the scope of employment at the time of the accident. Rally’s Auto was running a promotion for free oil changes to
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Explain whether Jake's actions are in or out of his scope of employment. Jake’s actions are within the duty of care of his job, he is an auto mechanic technician and he takes pride in doing his job to the fullest degree. Auto mechanics “performs basic care maintenance, such as oil changes and tire rotations, diagnose more complex problems, and plan and execute vehicle repairs.” (Automotive service technicians, n.d., (¶ 1) There was a breach of duty, due to the overtime that Jake worked because
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purposes of this assignment we independently viewed a video entitled “Employer's Duty of Care and Issues of Compensation.” In the video, the car dealership is running a special promotion offering free oil changes in order to get existing customers back into the showroom. An employee notices a backlog of customers waiting in line for their oil changes and notifies the owner of the dealership, Herman. Herman calls his newly promoted service manage, Jake, to explain the backlog. Jake emerges from
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1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment”. The connection between employer and employees establish the success of a business. Employees are expected to have loyalty and obedience to his employer. When the employee signs a contract is willing to be bound and give the employer the best of his work. Most important the employee is supposed to follow all lawful and clearly given command of his employer and any difference or negligence of duty is punishable under
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