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Who is responsible for training the contractors?

Publication: In Compliance
Publication Date: 01-JUN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The employee of an outside contractor comes into your workplace to do a job. Who is responsible for assuring they are safe? It is a dual role. Both your company (the host employer) and the contractor's own employer share the responsibility for the employee's safety.

The division of between of...

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...responsibility the host and the contractor can get murky, but this rule thumb can help clarify the issue: The contractor is always responsible for making sure that its employees know how to do their job safely. The host...

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