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Legal Terms - course of employment
The extent to which an individual is hired to perform labor. According to the principle of *vicarious liability, an employer can be held accountable for the wrongdoings of his employees if the actions are directly related to their work, if they are explicitly or implicitly approved by the employer, or if they are an improper way for the employee to carry out a task for which they were hired. Case number: [2001] UKHL 22, [2002] 1 AC 215; Lister v. Hesley Hall Ltd.
The extent to which an individual is hired to perform labor. According to the principle of *vicarious liability, an employer can be held accountable for the wrongdoings of his employees if the actions are directly related to their work, if they are explicitly or implicitly approved by the employer, or if they are an improper way for the employee to carry out a task for which they were hired. Case number: [2001] UKHL 22, [2002] 1 AC 215; Lister v. Hesley Hall Ltd.
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