scope of employment

scope of employment
scope of employment: the range of conduct and activity within which an employee can reasonably be considered to be carrying out the business of his or her employer
workers' compensation for injuries arising out of the course and scope of employment see also respondeat superior
◇ The liability of an employer for an act committed by an employee depends on whether the act falls within the scope of employment.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

scope of employment
n.
The activities done by an employee as part of his or her employment; duties that are part of someone’s job.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


scope of employment
The actions or activities an employee might reasonably undertake as part of his or her job. An employer is responsible for actions an employee takes within the scope of employment, which means the employer can be liable to third parties who are injured by the employee's conduct. For example, an employer would be liable for harm to a pedestrian caused by its delivery driver while driving a route; the employer most likely would not be liable for harm the same driver caused if he or she hit a pedestrian while using the delivery van as the getaway car in a bank robbery. (See also: respondeat superior)
Category: Employment Law & HR → Employee Rights
Category: Employment Law & HR → Human Resources

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


scope of employment
n. The complete range of activities an employee might reasonably be expected to perform while carrying out the business of the employer.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


scope of employment
Activities of an employee that are in furtherance of duties that are owed to an employer and where the employer is, or could be, exercising some control, directly or indirectly, over the activities of the employee.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


scope of employment
Activities of an employee that are in furtherance of duties that are owed to an employer and where the employer is, or could be, exercising some control, directly or indirectly, over the activities of the employee.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

scope of employment
n.
   actions of an employee which further the business of the employer and are not personal business, which becomes the test as to whether an employer is liable for damages due to such actions under the doctrine of respondeat superior (make the master answer). Example: Dick Deliver drives a truck delivering groceries for Super-Duper Market. If Dick negligently runs the truck into Victor Victim's VW while making deliveries or on the way back from a delivery, then Super-Duper is liable since the accident was in the scope of employment. If Dick goes outside the delivery route to have lunch with his girlfriend and on the way hits Victim then there is a strong inference he was outside the scope of employment.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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