What are the Health and Safety requirements for loaned employees?
Everyone in a workplace is entitled to a safe working environment.
Sometimes one employer may borrow an employee from another employer. For example, this can often occur on construction sites where sub-contractors help each other out in order to keep the job moving as quickly as possible.
The employer who is loaning their employee to another employer has to make sure that:
The other employer must treat the worker as if they were their own employee, to ensure their safety and provide a safe working environment.
Date Modified: Thursday, December 09, 2010
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