Is this upper bound ok to use when bounding the error between the Riemann sum and its integral?

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I found this on some class notes, which gives several different estimates of the error term, when going from the Riemann sum to its corresponding Riemann integral:

$$\frac{b-a}{n}[f(b)-f(a)]$$

Does this bound always work? If so, it is an easy estimate to remember.

EDIT:

The notes show this bound, but only for the difference between the left-endpoint Riemann sum and its integral. I want to know whether it is applicable to right (and midpoint) sums, too.

Thanks