🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

员工责任

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Yuángōng zérèn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Employee Liability/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/ ˌlaɪəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"员工责任在公司政策中至关重要。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The legal responsibility of an employer for the actions or omissions of their employees during the course of employment.

    "The company faced significant employee liability after the accident occurred on-site."
  2. 2

    A financial obligation incurred by an employer due to the actions of an employee.

    "The employee liability insurance covered the costs associated with the lawsuit."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'employee' originates from the Old French 'employé', meaning 'one who is employed', which itself comes from the Latin 'implicare', meaning 'to involve'. 'Liability' comes from the Latin 'liberare', meaning 'to free', evolving through Middle English to denote a state of being legally responsible.

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