What are a self employed persons responsibilities under the OHS Act?
• The Act applies in that the self employed person must work in a safe manner, have WHMIS training and report critical injuries and fatalities to the MOL as well as cooperate with the MOL for inspection and enforcement purposes. What are the responsibilities of the agency contracting them? Depends on the relationship. Self employed individuals need to be made aware of the hazards that the employer knows about, should have it clearly spelled out to them what their employment relationship is and also be clearly made aware of the terms and conditions. The MOL is applying a very broad definition of employer these days.
