5th direction: As an employer, one should support one’s servants and employees, who are likened to the “lower direction,” as follows:

1. One assigns them work in accordance with their strength, sex, age and abilities.

2. One pays them wages commensurate with their work and adequate for their livelihood.

3. One grants them fringe benefits by, for example, providing medical care in times of sickness.

4. One shares with them a portion of any extra gain.

5. One gives them appropriate holidays and time to rest.

 

A servant or employee helps his employer by:

1. Starting work before him.

2. Stopping work after him.

3. Taking only what is given by his employer.

4. Doing his job well and seeking ways to improve on it.

5. Spreading a good reputation about his employer and his business.

Buddhist Discipline - Law 3, Sixth Direction