Alex When do you need to understand subcontractor rights?
If any person working for your organisation feels that their workplace rights have been breached, they may bring the issue before an employment tribunal. As an employer, you must understand subcontractor rights in order to meet your legal, ethical and financial obligations.
What does it mean to be a sub contractor?
A sub-contractor is a party which agrees to perform part or all of the obligations of another party (main contractor) under a separate contract (master contract) with the ultimate employer (employer). The sub-contractor will usually be engaged by a main contractor to perform a specific task as part of the master contract. Why sub-contract?
What are the problems with sub contractor selection?
Improper selection of sub-contractors might lead to many problems during work progress. These include bad quality of work, and delay in project duration. This process is controlled by many factors. Forty six factors are collected from previous studies that influence sub-contractor selection.
How to choose the best sub-contractor for a project?
A questionnaire was distributed to experts in the construction domain to determine the importance of factors that are taken into consideration by the main contractor to select the most suitable sub-contractor. A survey was carried out which was conducted with 29 experts in the construction field to determine the score of each factor.
If any person working for your organisation feels that their workplace rights have been breached, they may bring the issue before an employment tribunal. As an employer, you must understand subcontractor rights in order to meet your legal, ethical and financial obligations.
How are sub-contractors selected in construction projects?
A study by Walraven and De Vries [3] applied the process of selecting the best contractor. The research method of this study is divided into four parts. The first part determines 34 sub-criteria of contractor selection driven from other studies.
Is the contractor license exam an open book?
It is a common misconception that since the builder exam is open book; it is not difficult to pass. In actuality the contractor license exam is more difficult to pass than similar closed book exams due to the fact that you have books available as a resource during the contractor exam.
Can a contractor be sued by a subcontractor?
An individual then trips over the curb and the contractor is sued. Under Centex, if the subcontractor has an agreement to “indemnify and defend any and all claims arising out of the work” the subcontractor still has to defend this claim. The court says that whether the subcontractor was at fault or not is irrelevant.