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Furthermore it says,<blockquote>स्वामिकार्ये विनष्टो यस्तत्पुत्रेतद् भृतिं वहेत् | यावत् बालोऽन्यथा पुत्रगुणान् दृष्टा भृतिं वहेत् ||2.413||<ref name=":0" /> </blockquote><blockquote>''svāmikārye vinaṣṭo yastatputretad bhr̥tiṁ vahet | yāvat bālo'nyathā putraguṇān dr̥ṣṭā bhr̥tiṁ vahet ||2.413||''</blockquote>Meaning : If any employee dies before retirement, his son becomes automatically entitled to get the employment of his deceased father. After becoming a major, his wages should be determined according to his qualifications.

Furthermore it says,<blockquote>स्वामिकार्ये विनष्टो यस्तत्पुत्रेतद् भृतिं वहेत् | यावत् बालोऽन्यथा पुत्रगुणान् दृष्टा भृतिं वहेत् ||2.413||<ref name=":0" /> </blockquote><blockquote>''svāmikārye vinaṣṭo yastatputretad bhr̥tiṁ vahet | yāvat bālo'nyathā putraguṇān dr̥ṣṭā bhr̥tiṁ vahet ||2.413||''</blockquote>Meaning : If any employee dies before retirement, his son becomes automatically entitled to get the employment of his deceased father. After becoming a major, his wages should be determined according to his qualifications.

== Dharma for domestic servants ==

== भृत्यपोषणम् ॥ Feeding Domestic Helpers ==

There has been a provision concerning domestic servants, which indicates that employer should ensure humane treatment to the employees.<blockquote>ये नित्या भात्किकास्तेषामनुपरोधेन संविभागो विहित: |काममात्मानं भार्यां पुत्रं कोपरुन्ध्यान्न त्वेव दासकर्मकरम् || </blockquote><blockquote>''ye nityā bhātkikāsteṣāmanuparodhena saṁvibhāgo vihita: | kāmamātmānaṁ bhāryāṁ putraṁ koparundhyānna tveva dāsakarmakaram ||''</blockquote>Meaning : While distributing food to all the guests, if there is any shortage of food, the householder may stint (reduce the share to) himself, his wife and children, but by no means the food due to should be reduced. (Apastamba Smriti - Vide Dharma Kosha -P-816)

The Apastamba Smrti makes an important provision concerning domestic servants which indicates that an employer should ensure humane treatment to the employees. It says,<blockquote>ये नित्या भात्किकास्तेषामनुपरोधेन संविभागो विहित: | काममात्मानं भार्यां पुत्रं कोपरुन्ध्यान्न त्वेव दासकर्मकरम् || </blockquote><blockquote>''ye nityā bhātkikāsteṣāmanuparodhena saṁvibhāgo vihita: | kāmamātmānaṁ bhāryāṁ putraṁ koparundhyānna tveva dāsakarmakaram ||''</blockquote>Meaning : While distributing food to all the guests, if there is any shortage of food, the householder may reduce the share to himself, his wife and children, but by no means the food due to a domestic helper should be reduced.

The directive of the verse is that an employer should never make his domestic employee to starve even if it meant shortage of food to himself. The verse exhibits the requirement of being kind to employees. It is obvious that this directive was regarded as essential, for the reason that if there is shortage of food for the owner and/or his wife, they would certainly prepare food and satisfy their hunger. But the employee ;would be helpless. Therefore, the rule provided that food should be reserved for the employee, thereby recognize the human right for food.  

The directive of the verse is that an employer should never make his domestic employee starve even if it meant shortage of food for himself. It exhibits the requirement of being kind to employees. It is also obvious that this directive was regarded as essential. Because, if there is shortage of food for the owner and/or his wife, they would certainly prepare food and satisfy their hunger. But the employee would be helpless. Therefore, the rule provided that food should be reserved for the employee, thereby recognising the human right for food.  

This rule read with other rules which required payment of fair wages and courteous treatment, are illustrative of the respect for human right and constituted the basic principles, for the guidance of employers, in order to ensure just and fair treatment to the employees.

This rule read with the others like payment of fair wages and courteous treatment are illustrative of the respect for human right. In fact, they constituted the basic principles for the guidance of employers in order to ensure just and fair treatment to the employees.

== संहृतिः ॥ Synopsis ==

== संहृतिः ॥ Synopsis ==