The Outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Faithful Execution of Employment Contracts Remotely from Home

Abstract: This article on the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the faithful execution of employment contract seeks to draw attention on the need to observe employment rules by executing the terms of employment contracts from home. It raises questions as to whether workers can always execute their employment contracts from home in a faithful manner. The article demonstrates that terms of employment contracts cannot be breached irrespective of the location that an employment contract is being executed. The methodology used is qualitive while incorporating the doctrinal method. Technological ways to defraud workers using information communication technology (ICT) tools to evade supervision and control is exposed in this article. Some workers use some of these technologies and technics to unscrupulously execute their employment contracts. This article is written at time that ICT tools used to communicate work related matters have significantly improved. Such has been used to mitigate the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to avoid frustration of most employment contracts. The article is beneficial to people of all walks of life and governments since employment cuts across all spheres of life. It was found out in the article that working from home is an effective way of executing employment contracts in the event of an outbreak of a pandemic and also that working from home leads to efficiency and economic benefits on both employers and worker. It was also found out that it is convenient to execute employment contracts remotely from home and that despite some frauds by executing employment contracts from home, employers can still use ICT tools to monitor and ensure control over their workers. It is recommended in this article that working from home should be envisaged in all contracts of employment in the event of a pandemic outbreak.