Inheritance

use strict;
use warnings;
use v5.10;

use Person;
use Employee;
use DateTime;

my $programmer = Employee->new( name => 'Bar', employer => 'Amazon' );
say $programmer->name;      # Bar
say $programmer->employer;  # Amazon

my $student = Person->new( name => 'Foo', employer => 'Apple' );
say $student->name;     # Foo
say $student->employer;
# Exception:  Can't locate object method "employer" via package "Person"

package Employee;
use strict;
use warnings;

use parent 'Person';

sub new {
    my ($class, %args) = @_;

    my $employer = delete $args{employer};

    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(%args);

    $self->{employer} = $employer;

    return $self;
}

sub employer {
    my ($self, $value) = @_;
    if (@_ == 2) {
        $self->{employer} = $value;
    }

    return $self->{employer};
}

1;