The courts in some parts of the world are helping to refine the responsibilities around Duty of Care for multinational companies that have subsidiaries or sub-contractors working on their behalf. A story I read in the Economist on May 26 summarizes a recent UK court case that further supports this conclusion published in the 2009 white paper Duty of Care of Employers for Protecting International Assignees, their Dependents and International Business Travelers, “Case law has established that multi-national companies cannot delegate their Duty of Care responsibility to their subcontractors or agents.” Read full blog post
