job duty vs her duty

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Job duty' refers to a specific duty or responsibility within a job or profession, while 'her duty' is more general and can refer to any duty assigned to a person.

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job duty

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a specific duty or responsibility within a job or profession.

Use 'job duty' when referring to a specific duty or responsibility within a job or profession. It is commonly used in the context of job descriptions or performance evaluations.

Examples:

One of his job duties is to manage the company's social media accounts.
The job duties of a teacher include lesson planning and grading assignments.

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A wise person knows when and how to make the exception to every rule, as the janitors knew when to ignore the job duties in the service of other objectives.
We reluctantly do this job as our duty, but we're against capital punishment and war.
Maybe Walt just thinks of his job as a duty rather than a game.
It's their job and their duty.
However, I wonder whether one part of the problem is the way in which the state has expanded and squeezed out the private sphere, has annexed to itself jobs and duties that were traditionally discharged within a family - childcare, education and social security.
A Member of the European Parliament's job and duty is to work in the common interests of European democracy, truth and development.
I had some medical issues at the time, so he picked up an off-duty security job to help pay the bills.
Subject: Threat to jobs from imposition of duty on fasteners
And as his doctor, it is my job, my duty to find him before he hurts himself.
A cynic might say that the first concrete employment policy measure taken by the Community will be the destruction of over 100000 jobs by abolishing duty-free.
You're willing to see me how you look at something horrible like a corpse, because it's your job, your duty.
I had some medical issues at the time, so he picked up an off-duty security job to help pay the bills.
It was an off-duty construction job, and I was involved in an undercover investigation for the CPD.
Subject: Threat to jobs from imposition of duty on fasteners
And in the act of doing good... of doing his job... his duty...
Considers that the controls carried out - or due to be carried out - at farms by the various parties whose job or statutory duty it is to conduct them should be coordinated with a view to reducing the number of farm inspection visits;
If the directive were not clear, it would work to the advantage of non-European businesses and we would be failing in our job and in our duty towards the Lisbon Strategy, towards the new social project about which so much is spoken and towards development.
A huge number of jobs are involved and maintaining duty-free has particular relevance for regional development.
Jobs will be lost in the duty-free, transport and tourism sectors.
- ...the duties of your job.

Alternatives:

work responsibility
employment obligation
professional duty
job task
work duty

her duty

This phrase is correct and can refer to any duty assigned to a person, not necessarily related to a job or profession.

Use 'her duty' when referring to a duty assigned to a specific person, regardless of the context. It is a more general term that can apply to various situations.