The Employee-Employer Relationship at Simpson Insurance

This report examines the employee-employer relationship within the context of Simpson Insurance Brokers, focusing on the roles of Fatima as a service provider and Alan Sinclair as the Facilities Manager and Payroll Supervisor. The report analyzes whether Fatima has a contract of service or a contract for service, emphasizing the importance of a balanced relationship. It details the process and factors involved in determining Fatima's salary, considering her responsibilities for lawn care, snow removal, and parking lot maintenance. The report recommends a monthly payment of $5,000, factoring in outdoor work conditions and transportation, with potential incentives for extra work or training. It highlights the significance of communication, appreciation, feedback, and mutual terms in fostering a strong employer-employee relationship, supported by references to relevant research on employee engagement and work-life balance.

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Does Fatima have a contract of service or a contract for service with Simpson Insurance
Brokers? As the company’s Payroll Supervisor, explain to Alan the process and factors you
used to make your decision.
Fatima has a contract of service with Simpson Insurance Broker and she is appointed by
Alan Sinclair who is her Facilities Manager and me as a payroll have to suggest Alan about the
structure of her salary. It is important to maintain a problem balance in relationship between the
employee and the employer. For this instance we have Alan Sinclair as the employer of the
maintenance service and Fatima as the recruiter of the company. She has been appointed as the
responsibility to look after the contractual service of Simpson Insurance Brokers where he has to
regulate the service of lawn care, snow removal and maintenance of the parking a lot. The work
accounts to hold a certain payroll that needs to be decided for Fatima (Grant, Wallace and
Spurgeon 2013).
The employment of a candidate is the legal relationship between the employee and the
employer. It stays into existence when a person follows or performs the work that is allotted for
him/her to deliver. The relation that Alan needs to build between himself and Fatima should
concentrate on better communication as he has to discuss the agenda and the pay structure of her
work, she should be given the opportunity of gratitude and appreciation, a consistent form of
feedback should be given to Fatima as per her work performance. The feedback process will help
her to rectify her faults where the employer thinks she lacks (Yadav and Dabhade 2014). This
will make her work more efficiently and guide her colleague who are appointed by her on a part
time basis.
The payroll that can be decided by Fatima should be based on the number of take he
deliver on a monthly basis. The work for which she is appointed is for looking after the parking

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lot area and advising her co-workers to follow the rules of the parking area. The second work
that she should deliver is clearing of the snow from the street or snow accumulated in front of the
school or park and lastly to cater the responsibility towards lawn care (Haski 2013). The
payment on a monthly basis should be set as $ 5,000 as all her work is based on outdoor basis.
Keeping in mind about the weather condition, facing the transportation problem or purchasing
lunch or mid-day meal. Her payment id structured on the basis of the above three work. The
facility of incentive should also be applicable for her if she gives extra working hours or takes a
session on training the co-workers who are hired by Fatima. The facility of incentive will allow
her to work with more passion and dedication. The employer and employee relationship is built
on mutual terms. If Fatima is paid according to her service which she is hired to deliver the work
performance remains permanent (Marron 2017).

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