Government procurement contracts and minimum labour standards enforcement: Rhetoric, duplication and distraction?
Government procurement contracts and minimum labour standards enforcement: Rhetoric, duplication and distraction?
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政府采购合同和最低劳工标准执行：言辞、重复和分散注意力？
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2015
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M. Goodwin
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Sasha Holley;Glenda J. Maconachie;M. Goodwin
政府服务合同通常包括要求承包商遵守最低劳工标准法的条款。采购合同条款规定了报告程序和对违规行为的制裁，这意味着政府承包机构将在合同履行管理中监督和执行最低劳工标准。本文以 2010 年至 2011 年新南威尔士州政府合同下雇用的学校清洁工为例，探讨这些保护条款的有效性。我们发现，在澳大利亚的背景下，在采购合同中纳入这些保护性条款是没有必要的，任何关于政府承包机构将监督和执行劳工标准的期望都是误导性的。这些条款充其量只是说说而已，而最坏的情况是，它们会分散拥有执行权的各方的注意力。
Government contracts for services typically include terms requiring contractors to comply with minimum labour standards laws. Procurement contract clauses specify reporting procedures and sanctions for non-compliance, implying that government contracting agencies will monitor and enforce minimum labour standards within contract performance management. In this article, the case of school cleaners employed under New South Wales government contracts between 2010 and 2011 is the vehicle for exploring the effectiveness of these protective clauses. We find that the inclusion of these protective clauses in procurement contracts is unnecessary in the Australian context, and any expectations that government contracting agencies will monitor and enforce labour standards are misleading. At best, the clauses are rhetoric, and at worst, they are a distraction for parties with enforcement powers.