Responsibility of an employee to business or employer is as important as business itself. Like other asset of businesses – employees are also asset. Fulfilling responsibilities and meeting employer expectation will be important in success. Few characteristics can make you good employee because more than 90% of population are employee at different stages, some are CEOs of companies but not owner and other are office staff or cleaner.
Top Duties of Employee Includes
Responsibilities of an employee in businesses are different depending upon nature and volume of business as well as department of employment. Duties in HR department includes personnel management but in marketing department they are maintain goodwill an generate sales.
These may be slightly changed according to the current phase of business, Let say; in days of boom; finance department can issue millions for advertisement but in the time of recession, their main goal is to reduce cost & expenses.
Rendering Personal Services
It is the duty of the employee to render personal service according to the terms of the contract. He may not delegate his duty without the consent of the employer. Being an accountant, you must provide best of your book keeping services that benefits employer in long run.
Compliance of Lawful Orders
The employee’s duty is to obey his employer’s lawful orders. Lawful orders are those orders given by the employer within the terms of the contract of employment and which are neither illegal nor contrary to the public policy. Let say, employer wants salesman to complete monthly tasks, it is to be obeyed but in case; employer unethical tasks shouldn’t be followed.
General duty of Fidelity
There is a general duty of fidelity imposed on the employee, and this will be extended by the courts to meet the circumstances of any case.
Confidential Information
Where the employee possesses information connected with the employer’s trade secrets or lists of customers, the employee may not use this information freely. The employee has a duty to respect his employer’s confidential information. This duty continues after the contract of service has been discharged.
The Property of the Employer
Where a copy rights, an invention and patent represents work done by an employee under a contract of employment, then the copy right, an invention and patent is industrial information, the property of the employer. It does not belong to the employee in these circumstances.
Indemnity
Where a servant, in the usual course of his duties, causes injury or loss to a third party through want of due care in the performance of his duties, the master will normally be liable. Where the third party succeeds against the master, the servant is under a duty to given an indemnity.
Final words
The employer in business hires employee for the purpose to expand business and manage different parts of business. Every employer has right to hire and dismiss temporary or permanent employee (according to employment contract) depending upon his/her devotion towards work. You are being paid for the services you are supposed to offer. If being in staff, you do not perform them well – you are cheating the employer.