abide to, abide

[Sepmre]

You should seek legal assistance when preparing any type of document to make certain you are abiding to all state and federal laws governing employee conduct.

What does "abide" mean? Is it associated with "to"? does it mean to obey the laws governing conducting employees?

I also would like to know if "employee conduct" means the manner to treat employees or the behaviour of employees.

Thanks a lot

 

[GoesStation]

Re: abide to, abdie

The book you've been studying (which you forgot to reference in this post) seems to contain a lot of writing errors. To abide by means to comply with or, as you guessed, to obey. "To abide to" is a mistake.

Employee conduct means the ways that employees behave. I have a feeling the author meant to write employer conduct, though there's no way to be sure from your short quotation.

From what I've seen of this book, I suggest you find another one to study.

Write What does "abide" mean?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: abide to, abdie

We don't say "abide TO." We say "abide BY."

 

[Sepmre]

Re: abide to, abdie

I wish I could, but it's the only book which is required for a course.

 

[tedmc]

Re: abide to, abdie

You should seek legal assistance when preparing any type of document to ensure that you abide by/conform to/satisfy all state and federal laws governing employee conduct.

The laws usually govern how the employers treat their employees and less so the other way round. So, as an employer, you say: abide by the laws governing employer's conduct.

 

[Tdol]

Re: abide to, abdie

Abide with is also used, though by is more common.