500 February 11, 2012 Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” The relationship between the employer and employees determines the success of a business. The employee should show that he is loyal to his employer. His work ethic should show the integrity and honesty in fulfilling his duties. He should be bound to fulfill the obligations entrusted in him upon being hired. The employee should follow all rules and regulations that have been set forth by the employer
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Employer’s Duty of Care Course Title: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 November 9, 2011 Q1: Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment”. Jake’s actions to fully inspect vehicles were in his scope of employment, even though the main service requested was for an oil change. It is the responsibility of a certified mechanic to ensure a car is inspected for any major damages and preventative care maintenance. Just like when an individual goes
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LEG 500: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance | Assignment 3-Employers Duty of Care | 8/14/2011 | 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are “in or out of his scope of employment.” The definition of “Scope of Employment” according to Oklahoma States Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety is, “Scope of employment: means performance by an employee acting in good faith within the duties of his office of employment or of tasks lawfully assigned by a competent authority including
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– Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance February 20, 2011 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment” The actions of Jake’s work on the vehicles that include checking breaks, tires, and the transmissions is included within his scope of employment. The scope of employment includes any tasks that are included in the contract of the position that an individual is hired to complete (USLegal). This also includes any specific task that an employer asks an employee
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contract, the implicit responsibilities held by individuals towards others within society. It is not a requirement that a duty of care be defined by law, though it will often develop through the jurisprudence of common law”(en.wikipedia.org). 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Scope of employment is defined in dictionary.law.com as an “actions of an employee which further the business of the employer and are not personal business, which becomes the test
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Employers Duty of Care 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are “in or out of his scope of employment.” To determine if Jake’s actions are in or out of his scope of employment, first we must examine what “scope of employment” involves. “Scope of employment” is an employee actively performing a employment task at a particular time for the benefit of the employer that does not involve the employee’s personal business (Halbert & Ingulli,2010). An employee’s scope of employment typically becomes important
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2011 Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment Jakes actions are part of his employment as oil change is part of servicing. Apparently Jake has been working overtime resulting in fatigue, falling level of alertness and possibly leading to his injury. His age has also contributed to his injury as his arthritis would have caused impediments to free movement of his body, and the constrained movement would have contributed to his injury. However Jake cannot blame
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Governance Strayer University Aug 6, 2011 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” 2. Explain whether or not Herman is responsible for Jake’s injury. 3. Explain whether or not Jake should be paid the overtime. 4. Explain the rights Jake and Herman have individually in this scenario Table of Content Jake’s scope of employment……………………………..........................Page 4 Is Herman responsible for Jake’s injury?………....................
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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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Employee Rights Prof Dewey Balzhiser 8/8/2011 Course: Law, Ethnics, and Corp Governance. 1. 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” 2. Scope of employment is the activities of an employee that are in futhermore of duties that are owed to an employer an where the employer is, could be, excising some control, directly or indirectly, over the activities
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