Tag: Temporary Employees

Back to Basics: Employer Responsibilities for Temporary Workers

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Feb 6, 2023 Back to Basics

Updated: Feb 6, 2023

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine employer responsibilities for temporary workers. Do you clearly understand your responsibilities as a host employer for the health and safety of temporary workers? While you have sole responsibility for the health […]

Temporary Workers and I2P2 Programs: A Critical Program for a Critical Group

By Jennifer Busick Mar 30, 2015 Special Topics in Safety Management

Updated: Apr 2, 2015

Sometimes, two heads are better than one. It ought to be that way with temporary workers, who have essentially two employers, both of whom are supposed to be looking out for their safety. But in practice, miscommunication and poorly defined responsibilities lead to gaps in worker training, hazard identification, and supervision that have served to […]