Posted By Kenny McGillivray
Hi all

We offer vocational qualifications and assess and verify these using our own staff as much as possible.

However, in order for us to maintain our individual cpd in the skill area we are competent in, it has been proposed by our operations manager that individual staff members go and work for other organisations for a day or so to update our skills.

This would mean staff working in care homes, warehouses, construction sites and catering establishments and many more.

what are the implications for our employers liability and contracts of employment?

i realise I will have to risk assess the whole process in conjunction with the other employers. Anyone any thoughts

thanks

Kenny

Posted By Merv Newman
I just said this on another thread. The employer, ie the one who actually pays the wages into employee's bank account, has primary responsibility for the employee's H&S.

Should employee be working elsewhere this week then employer remains responsible.

you can do all sorts of contract thingies to try and pass off responsibility but, in the end, it all comes back home.

if my employer (me) sends me to Iceland for work experience in a fish finger factory and I catch a cold. I sue him (me) not the FFF

My employer (me) can then try to get back costs from the FFF (what's "good luck" in Icelandic ?)

Doesn't it make your eyes cross ? (is that litigable ?)

Merv