1.0constructconnect.comDaily Commercial News/%site_branch%/author/edwardbayleyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="I8XC7wM4nZ"><a href="/dcn/news/ohs/2024/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-supreme-court-makes-owners-liable-as-employers-how-should-contractors-owners-respond">Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The Supreme Court makes owners liable as employers – How should contractors, owners respond?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/ohs/2024/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-supreme-court-makes-owners-liable-as-employers-how-should-contractors-owners-respond/embed#?secret=I8XC7wM4nZ" width="600" height="338" title="“Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The Supreme Court makes owners liable as employers – How should contractors, owners respond?” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="I8XC7wM4nZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/IP_OP-ED_Frame-CSC-RulingMainWEB.png1024576The Canadian Supreme Court shocked the construction industry in its City of Sudbury decision declaring owners to have responsibilities of employer of the contractor’s workers. This decision upsets the status quo that has existed since the Ham Commission established the Internal Responsibility System (IRS) as the underpinning of the OH&S Act. Employers, supervisors and workers […]