Slides 2: Employers Duties

Question 1

duty to provide work UK

Answer 1

under no duty
expect:
maintain or develop skills
dee up to date with development

Question 2

Duty to Provide work (Spain)

Answer 2

duty to provide work only in some cases
employee’s professional skills and training relevant to the contract should be upgraded, or at least maintained, throughout the contract

Question 3

• the stages in deciding whether employers have carried out their responsibilities are: (care and well-being)

Answer 3

• was the harm foreseeable?
• did the employer do what should have been done?
• is there a causal relationship between the breach and the harm

Question 4

Duty of Mutual Trust (UK)

Answer 4

there is a duty on the part of the employer not to act in a manner which undermines an implied term of trust and confidence

Question 5

Duty to promote professional training (Spain)

Answer 5

employees are entitled to request time off for training purposes