Using business objects as model in mvc

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Below is code in Employee.cs in project BusinessLayer
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace BusinessLayer
{
    public class Employee
    {
        public int ID { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Gender { get; set; }
        public string City { get; set; }
        public DateTime Birthday { get; set; }
    }
}

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Below is code in EmployeeBusinessLayer.cs in project BusinessLayer
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace BusinessLayer
{
    public class EmployeeBusinessLayer
    {
        public IEnumerable<Employee> Employees
        {
            get
            {
                string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Default"].ConnectionString;
                List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>();

                using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
                {
                    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("spGetAllEmployee",con);
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
                    con.Open();
                    SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                    while (rdr.Read())
                    {
                        Employee employee = new Employee();
                        employee.ID = Convert.ToInt32(rdr["Id"]);
                        employee.Name = rdr["Name"].ToString();
                        employee.Gender = rdr["Gender"].ToString();
                        employee.City = rdr["City"].ToString();
                        employee.Birthday = Convert.ToDateTime(rdr["Birthday"]);

                        employees.Add(employee);
                    }
                }
                return employees;

            }
        }
    }
}

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Below is code in EmployeeController.cs in project MVCDemo
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using BusinessLayer;

namespace MVCDemo.Controllers
{
    public class EmployeeController : Controller
    {
        // GET: Employee
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            EmployeeBusinessLayer employeeBusinessLayer = new EmployeeBusinessLayer();
            List<Employee> employees = employeeBusinessLayer.Employees.ToList();
            return View(employees);
        }
    }
}

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Below is code in EmployeeController.cs in project MVCDemo
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@model IEnumerable<BusinessLayer.Employee>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<div style="font-family:Arial">

    <h2>Index</h2>

    <p>
        @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")
    </p>
    <table class="table">
        <tr>
            <th>
                @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)
            </th>
            <th>
                @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Gender)
            </th>
            <th>
                @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.City)
            </th>
            <th>
                @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Birthday)
            </th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>

        @foreach (var item in Model)
        {
            <tr>
                <td>
                    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Gender)
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.City)
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Birthday)
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = item.ID }) |
                    @Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id = item.ID }) |
                    @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.ID })
                </td>
            </tr>
        }

    </table>
</div>