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"Mit dem Bedeutungszuwachs der oeffentlichen Auftragsvergabe werden Entscheidungen ueber Arbeitsbedingungen zunehmend jenseits der eingespielten Formen des Interessenausgleichs getroffen. Welche Verfahren der Entscheidungsfindung sich hier herausbilden und wie dies die etablierten Macht- und Interessenstrukturen in den industriellen Beziehungen veraendert, ist Kernfrage des Beitrags. Er zielt zudem darauf, Einflussfaktoren, Gegenstaende, Akteure und Mechanismen der Entscheidungsfindung im Bereich der oeffentlichen Auftragsvergabe in systematisierender Weise zu beschreiben und auf diese Weise zu einem besseren Verstaendnis der Konturen dieser emergenten Arena der industriellen Beziehungen beizutragen. Die Auswertung erster empirischer Studien zu Deutschland, Daenemark und Grossbritannien ergibt, dass die gezielte Nutzung der Auftragsvergabe als Instrument der Arbeitsmarktregulierung laenderuebergreifend auf grosse Huerden stoesst, und die traditionell staerker ausgepraegten Mitbestimmungsrechte von Arbeitnehmern in Deutschland und vor allem Daenemark in dieser emergenten Arena der industriellen Beziehungen bislang nur bedingt zum Tragen kommen."

"This paper focuses on the property services sector, and in particular on the provision of cleaning and security services. Buildings need cleaning, and buildings and property also need protecting. There is a long history of companies employing cleaners, caretakers and security staff at their workplaces and premises, sometimes as direct employees but also sometimes through other – more informal – arrangements. The past 30 years or so have seen a shift away from these more traditional arrangements, however, towards more systematic approaches. The idea that companies should concentrate on their core business activities and use contractors or outside suppliers for those which are peripheral is now deeply embedded in business practice and it has resulted among other things in the rapid growth in recent years of companies which make it their business to specialize in property and facilities services. "

"The present study attempts an examination of the extent to which Greek firms use flexible employment arrangements, the kind of jobs in which they are used and the factors affecting their use. It concentrates on three types of flexible work: temporary workers, independent contractors and subcontractors. Drawing upon data from a sample of seventy-five companies, it identifies factors affecting: a) firm's decision to use flexible forms of work or not and b) the percentage of flexible workers used.The main findings indicate that different types of flexible worker are used by the same firm for the accomplishment of different kinds of job and are affected by different factors. Training costs and monitoring problems appear to be the most influential factors explaining the use of temporary workers, while low frequency of specialized tasks is the main factor affecting the use of independent contractors and often the recourse to subcontractors. Results from the Greek national context would add to existing evidence on this important issue."

"Mehr als die Hälfte aller Bundesländer verfügt mittlerweile über ein eigenes Tariftreuegesetz, demzufolge öffentliche Aufträge nur an solche Unternehmen vergeben werden dürfen, die gültige Tarifverträge anwenden. Der Staat nutzt hiermit seine Marktmacht als öffentlicher Auftraggeber, um das Tarifvertragssystem zu stabilisieren und faire Wettbewerbsbedingungen herzustellen. Der Beitrag beschreibt die Entstehungsgeschichte von Tariftreueregelungen in Deutschland und zeigt die Unterschiede der einzelnen Landesgesetze auf. Dabei wird deutlich, dass heute immer mehr Branchen in die Tariftreuegesetze einbezogen werden, während diese ursprünglich im Wesentlichen auf die Bauwirtschaft und den öffentlichen Nahverkehr begrenzt waren. Hinzu kommt, dass einige Bundesländer zusätzlich zur Tariftreue auch Mindestlohnregelungen in die Vergabegesetze aufnehmen. Die Zukunft der Tariftreueregelungen ist nach dem jüngsten EUGH-Urteil ungewiss. Die Notwendigkeit aber bleibt, Tariftreueregelungen europarechtskonform gesetzlich abzusichern."

"The purpose of this article is to discuss the ILO's Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention 1949 (Convention No. 94) and, in particular, the legal situation in the aftermath of the decision on 3 April 2008 of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Rüffert case (Case C-346/06). The authors argue that the labour law concerning social clauses in public contracts is an old and well-established institution that still has an important role to play. They analyse the Rüffert case and argue that there is a conflict or contradiction between the ECJ's judgment and Convention No. 94. The authors propose how the Posted Workers Directive 96/71/EC and the EU public procurement regime should be clarified in order to resolve this contradiction. This issue should be raised and promoted both by the EU Member States, in the aftermath of the discussions in June 2008 at the ILO Labour Conference in Geneva on Convention No. 94, and by the new Barroso Commission, which took office in spring 2010, as well as the European Parliament. "

"Governments spend huge amounts of money buying goods and services from the private sector. How far should their spending power be affected by social policy? Arguments against the practice are often made by economists - on the grounds of inefficiency - and lawyers - on the grounds of free competition and international economic law.Buying Social Justice analyzes how governments in developed and developing countries use their contracting power in order to advance social equality and reduce discrimination, and argues that this approach is an entirely legitimate and efficient means of achieving social justice. The book looks at the different experiences of a range of countries, including the USA, the UK, and South Africa. It also examines the impact of international and regional regulation of the international economy, and questions the extent to which the issue of procurement policy be regulated at the national, European or international levels. The role of EC and WTO law in mediating the tensions between the economic function of procurement and the social uses of procurement is discussed, and the outcomes of controversies concerning the legitimacy of the integration of social values into procurement are analyzed."