Norway
Scandals over working and employment conditions in private contractors have been hitting the headlines in recent months (see, for example, articles about the Adecco agency work company epsucob@NEWS, March 2011). The Fagforbundet municipal union reports that the government is determined to maintain and improve a regulatory framework to protect contractors’ employees, based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 94 (this covers labour clauses in public contracts), that was introduced into Norwegian law in 2008. The ESA, the body that monitors legislation in the European Economic Area, argues that Convention 94 conflicts with EEA/EU rules and so the government is looking at new legislation in response to these criticisms.
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