New York Labor Law & Risk Tranfer
Who can educate us on New York labor law and Risk Transfer from a loss control standpoint?
There is tons of information online, of course, but I’m the kind of person that likes to get personal input.
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New York Labor Law assigns strict liability (automatic liability, regardless of fault) of certain employee injuries up the "food chain". So if an employee of a subcontractor is injured, the liability flows upward to the general contractor or even property owner.
Risk transfer is a way of using contract language to protect the general contractor and owner from this liability. Basically, the subcontractor agrees to assume liability. These contract clauses are often called "hold harmless" clauses or "indemnification" clauses. There are also ways to use insurance, such as having another party named "additional insured" under your policy.
I'm not sure if that answers your question, but that's the basic idea.
I have enough trouble understanding WI, MI, and MN law, cannot help you. I also stay the heck out of ILL and IA.
