316. The Commission may demand payment of the assessment due by a contractor from the employer who retains his services.
In the case of the first paragraph, the Commission may establish the amount of the assessment according to the proportion of the price agreed upon for the work corresponding to the cost of labour, rather than the wages indicated in the statement made according to section 291.
The employer who has paid the amount of the assessment is entitled to be reimbursed by the contractor concerned and the employer may retain the amount due out of the sums that he owes the contractor.
If an employer proves that he is retaining the services of a contractor, the Commission may inform the employer whether an assessment is due by that contractor.
1985, c. 6, s. 316; 2006, c. 53, s. 13; 2009, c. 19, s. 24.