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Businessowners and employers

There are some obligations to employees which an employer cannot pass on contractually to a third party. Notably, the responsibility for many Title VII provisions cannot be delegated. For example, an employer has a nondelegable duty of nondiscrimination, hire without regard to sex, and provide a nonhostile environment free of sexual harassment. In general, employers have a nondelegable duty to provide reasonable care in providing a safe working environment for employees. An employer or owner of an establishment also owes a nondelegable duty of care to customers and to maintain a reasonably safe place for said patrons. For example, a carnival owner has a nondelegable obligation to inspect and supervise obligations of a ride. The employer is especially liable under a nondelegable obligation when it is reasonably foreseeable that some harm will result to the employee or customer unless some reasonable precautions are taken. As one example, an owner of a ship has a nondelegable obligation to provide a seaworthy ship to passengers or other customers.