What health and safety requirements should be in the contracts that apply to “permanent” contractors, such as maintenance personnel or cleaners, who work for our organisation on an ongoing basis?
The arrangements regarding health and safety between your organisation and these contractors (whether they are engaged through a contracting company or as individuals) need to be understood by all parties. Guidance on the type of issues that may be relevant to your situation are contained in the explanation to 3.2.4 in the SafetyMAP workbook. If these contractors are permanently on site it may be necessary to also involve them in the same health and safety activities undertaken by your own employees. This could include training, consultation, incident & hazard reporting, access control, emergency preparedness etc. The definitions in the SafetyMAP manual refer to “employees” as including casuals, part-time workers and long-term contractors so many other criteria will apply to them.
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