Employment is the act of working in exchange for an income. When you are employed, or have a job, you work 8 hours per day, 5-6 days a week, and at the end of the month/week, you get paid fr your work.
Employment is when you are obligated to work for a certain amount of time each day/week/month/year in exchange for a wage/money. Wages can be pain weekly/fortnightly/quarterly/monthly. Amount of wages depends on the position of employment and time worked.
It is economic support and emotional support as he is helping out his family by providing them with money which could be used for their basic needs which means he also helps them Emotionally.