employee :: legal definition
Employee - n. a person who is hired for a wage, salary, fee or payment to perform work for an employer. In agency law the employee is called an agent and the employer is called the principal. This is important to determine if one is acting as employee when injured (for worker's compensation) or when he/she causes damage to another, thereby making the employer liable for damages to the injured party.
See also: agency employer principal respondeat superior scope of employment and Related Law Terms ↓
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cross-complaint :: n. after a complaint has been filed against a defe ... g prayer service of process summons
employment :: n. the hiring of a person for compensation. It is ... ployment Workers' Compensation Acts
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing :: n. a general assumption of the law of contracts, t ... -long employment. See also: implied
loss of consortium :: n. the inability of one's spouse to have normal ma ... ation. See also: consortium damages
mitigation of damages :: n. the requirement that someone injured by another ... he lease) to mitigate his/her loss.
negligence :: n. failure to exercise the care toward others whic ... gence per se res ipsa loquitur tort
no fault insurance :: n: a type of automobile insurance required of car ... ling lawsuits. See also: negligence
respondeat superior :: (rehs-pond-dee-at superior) n. Latin for "let the ... : agency agent negligence principal
servant :: n. an employee of an employer, technically one who ... ndent contractor master and servant
vicarious liability :: n. sometimes called "imputed liability," attachmen ... r or policeman. See also: liability
Workers' Compensation Acts :: n. state statutes which establish liability of emp ... rs' compensation insurance company.
wrongful termination :: n. a right of an employee to sue his/her employer ... ing an employee's grounds for suit.
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employee :: n. a person who is hired for a wage, salary, fee o ... ondeat superior scope of employment