OHS Buffet
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HOW IT COMES UP
Sometimes when two companies make a contract one side agrees to indemnify the other against losses.
WHAT IT MEANS
The company that promises to indemnify (Company A) must repay the other company (Company B) for any losses Company B suffers because of things Company A does or omits to do.
EXAMPLE
A subcontractor indemnifies a contractor for losses resulting from the subcontractor
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QUESTION: Who won?
ANSWER: The hospital. The hospital did have a duty to use reasonable care to protect the visitor under the BC Occupiers Liability Act. But it didn
Work-related injuries cost Americans $131.2 billion in 2000–more than the combined profits of the top 13 companies in the Fortune 500!
Workplace accidents cost a company money. But how do you say that without sounding like a tired old clich
FACTS: A worker is about to drive home in his car after a shift. A co-worker asks for a lift. The co-worker is carrying a package that the employer has asked him to drop off. Because he has to do a work-related errand, the worker takes a different route home. On his way to the place where the co-worker is going to drop off the employer
