X
30Oct

Eleventh Circuit Says General Contractor Was Responsible for Subcontractor's Safety Practices

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s multiemployer worksite doctrine, a company can be cited for safety violations that it did not create and for hazards to which its own employees were never exposed. The doctrine is used most often in the construction industry, where a general contractor (GC) is cited for safety violations committed by a subcontractor used on the worksite....
By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eleventh-circuit-says-general-46977/

Related

Repeated Strikes In Furtherance Of Common Goal Defeats Protected Status For Strikers

Key Points- Direct evidence of a plan to engage in repeated strikes to achieve a common goal establ...

Read More >

Employers Take Heed: The EEOC Is Cracking Down On Pay Discrimination

Equal pay for equal work is a hot topic for employers. In the last few years, several states have pa...

Read More >

International Employee Stock Plans: 2019 Mid-Year Developments

This White Paper highlights some recent developments in certain countries relating to employee stock...

Read More >

Get Ready: Significant Changes to Pennsylvania’s White-Collar Overtime Exemptions Are Almost Here

More than a year ago, in June 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) proposed...

Read More >

[Webinar] From Brown to Bright - Developing brownfields for solar projects in Ohio - September 10th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

Please join several Bricker & Eckler attorneys and Mike Foley, Director of Cuyahoga County's Departm...

Read More >

Private Equity Fund Acquisition Structures for Buying a Blocker

It is typical in private equity funds for certain tax-sensitive investors, including U.S. tax exempt...

Read More >