Insurance companies require the use of contractors for handling repair and restoration work from claims. As the entity engaging the contractor to perform the work, insurers have direct, albeit shared, responsibility for the safety of the work being conducted and the delivered product. Having a cohort of trusted suppliers and
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have had to become flexible and adaptive in the way they operate. This is important for business continuity and the protection of the health and safety of employees and site visitors. Contractors are also covered by the obligations on a person conducting
The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WHS Act) has now come into force for Western Australia with the regulations are finalised. Exposure drafts were released in December 2021 to provide WA workplaces with the opportunity to prepare themselves for requirements. The WHS Act is based on the model WHS
In October 2021, the Cm3 team released a new Principal Contractor Construction Risk Review based on in-depth feedback from clients and contractors regarding what they would need in a prequalification assessment of this nature. This new assessment enables Cm3 to apply a more critical lens to the evaluation of documents
The use of contractors is a key component of the operations of businesses across most industries. This can take the form of anything between the use of a cleaning company and an entirely contracted workforce. By taking on any externally employed workers, an organisation does not offload their duties under
Is site access a weak link in your contractor compliance? Site access controls and inductions play a major role in ensuring that contractors and visitors have a safe experience on your sites. Without a robust system in place, you may not always have real-time visibility of a contractor’s prequalification status
The complexity of utilising and managing contractors can present businesses with various risks, from legal liability and compliance-based risks to reputational risks from projects not delivered to your standard. Developing and employing robust lines of defence in your management of contractors can help mitigate many of these risks and ensure
In Australia, organisations or organisational groups with a consolidated revenue over $100m have obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) to publicly disclose the efforts they take to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their supply chain. Annual Modern Slavery Statements set out the actions they are taking to
What is a Contractor? Contractors are any organisation or person that is physically working at work sites as an independently operating business. As they are performing work on sites, there is the potential for them to cause a WHS related incident. They should be invited onto Cm3 to complete the
Contractor prequalification is a process that helps minimise the risk to client and contractor by considering, before a contractor is engaged: What hazards/risks the contractor might find when working for a client What hazards/risks they might bring associated with the work they will do How the contractor and client will