Re: Required to do personal items for owner

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On 2/09/06, S Johnson wrote:
> I have a friend who works for in a small office of a
> construction company. No job description or title was
> given to her when she began employment. Recently, she has
> been requested to do babysitting for the owner's wife who
> does work at the company. Also, she has been requested to
> put together Party Invitations for their children. This
> has interferred with her current duties and taken time away
> for her own tasks needing completion. Is there any type of
> law surrounding this or you can pull knowledge from?

She can refuse to do 'personal duties' such as babysitting
and invitations for personal parties as this is not typical
practice of an office job.

However, since this appears to be a family business, they
could decide to let her go if she chose not to do these
things.