A Plea for “Controlling Employer” Defense in Multiemployer Worksite Policy

OAKLAND -- An advisory committee convened to examine the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's (DOSH) experience with the multiemployer worksite policy heard a request from construction industry representatives for an "affirmative defense" in the policy for so-called "controlling employers." But Len Welsh, DOSH's special counsel for regulatory development and chairman of the committee, said employers need to make a "clear ca