Scope of Employment

Question 1

Scope of Employment

Answer 1

(1) Tasks authorized by Employer

or

(2) acts incidental to the conduct authorized (acts that ordinarily accompany the authorized conduct and serve Employer’s interest)

Question 2

What is a task authorized by Employer?

Answer 2

Factors - the extent to which the conduct:

+ is the kind of work Employee was hired to perform

+ occurred within the time and space authorized by Employer

+ was intended to serve Employer’s interests