Does an employer have the right to assign any task to an employee that is within the employee’s competency, though outside of the role for which the employee was hired?

For sure though, this will be ONE interesting elections….one sided as well..these guys( DLP) just seem hell bent on losing.Why would I want to make yet another PROMISE that I have no real timeintention to keep ? Do I want to go down in history as the PM who could not keep a promise?
Without even the CLICO forensic disclouser..the word on the street was ONE TERM.Now they sealed by the stench emitting from the tomb.

Quoting ole onion bags “they [are] sealed by the stench emitting from the tomb”

Eloquent.

@Caswell

The legislation calls for a declaration of assets to be used as a ‘reference point’ no doubt.

Where in the existing laws does similar apply?

David; re. your 5:36 post above.

Owen and Mia declared their assets but do you and most barbadians believe that the assets declared were totally accurate and reflected true market value?

Declaration of assets is important but has to be ironclad where, e.g., independent assessors certify that the declaration reflects reasonable reality.

Can you point us to a URL with the draft IL legislation and let us see how tightly it is written?

@ old onion bags

“One term Government” … Jesus H C’rist, you mean I gun be hearin’ that stuttering buffoon as a Prime Minister again … nah! Not he … Lard I can’ tek it na more …! I VOTING INDEPENDENT OR NOT AT ALL!

@ David

I have absolutely no problem with the Privy Council residing in London … or Canada … or Nigeria … or New Zealand … or any place else but ’bout hey …! There. I have declared my hand …!

Caswell Franklyn | March 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM |
Thanks.

enuff wrote “What powers will there be to delve into the accounts of family members’ accounts where I stash the kick backs?”

Interesting especially with the large number of Bajans who are bastards like me.
Then there are friends who are like close family.

Lots of “safe havens” for “assets”.

That is why IL must have enough “teeth” to do a forensic audit if there is the appearance of impropriety.

@JUST ASKING ,

YUH dont know that Bajans like to talk people name and technology has made it so easy now for malicious Bajans ???

You nailed it. That is what has fuelled the fear of IL and a FOI act.

Caswell Franklyn | March 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM |
Employment Question for Caswell | March 4, 2012 at 4:38 PM |
Does an employer have the right to assign any task to an employee that is within the employee’s competency, though outside of the role for which the employee was hired?

The answer to your question is, “No”. An employer would be in seeking to breach your contract if he assigned work that is outside your job description. Mind you, if you accept and perform those duties you cannot change your mind and then refuse. You would have accepted the variation in your contract of employment. They now become part of your duties.
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Does a job description not also carries the blanket proviso of, “And any other duties.” ?

Colonel

When you see, “And any other duties” written in a job description, it does not mean that the employer could give the employee anything to do. The other duties must relate to the other items in the job description. For example, if you employ a maid and her duties are itemized in a job description, let’s assume that one of those duties is mopping: you do not have to include an item in the job description that requires the maid to catch the water in the mop bucket, but she could not refuse to catch the water because that is not written in the job description. Similarly, if you employ a financial controller, the employer could not reasonably assign a duty to mop.

Excellent point Chris.
I missed the fact that he (FS) only promised PoC and IL. Question begs, can corruption be uncovered and lack of integrity proven without requisite freedom of information in place? If the answer is no, then you have introduced a very relevant elephant.

@ Caswell
Quoting from your comment above. . . .”Similarly, if you employ a financial controller, the employer could not reasonably assign a duty to mop.”
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That is technically & legally the accepted position “in theory”. However, Caswell, sometimes the reality of the situation could be far different. I don’t know if any “financial controllers” with a family waiting at home for the next meal who would be willing to bet that he could refuse to “mop” and still have a job. With my experience of the job climate/employers in Barbados that fellow’s employers have been known to then make it a priority to find some way or ways of terminating (victimising?) that person without a word being said by the authorities. So now out of work, that person is left scrambling to seek another job which maybe very difficult to land these days. Ah lie? Bullying does not only occur in school, Caswell it is also alive and well in the work place today.

@BU.David: “Maybe wrongly so but whenever mention is made of ‘transparency legislation’ it is meant to include both FOI and I’ll.

Careful David. You are dealing with lawyers here, who are artists with language…

Please remember that the fundamental point of Freedom of Information is everything produced using public funds should be publicly known.

Every “first world” democracy has a form of FOI.

Barbados claims to be a democracy, and aspires to be “first world”.

Thus, I would argue there is something a bit weird about the fact that Barbados does not yet have a FOIA on the books….

@David
noted

A lot is riding on its implementation though. Going to election without it would be political suicide. Well, more than has already been committed.

Can,t wait to see some heads roll when the FOI is implemented.

a special place what… please … he is killing us with his non-performance adacemic nonsense … please …. It is possible to be so smart you end up stupid.