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> What on earth is 'immoral, unethical, or irresponsible' about that? I cannot comment on construction, but lets talk about big companies. Big offices contrac
by Ntrails 6y ago
> What on earth is 'immoral, unethical, or irresponsible' about that?
I cannot comment on construction, but lets talk about big companies. Big offices contract out to cleaning companies in part in order to avoid having to take responsibility for pay and conditions. e.g.
"We pay all of our staff the London living wage".
"What about your cleaning staff?"
"Those are employees of our subcontractors, so we cannot comment"
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- graeme 6y agoActually in that case subcontracting is legal. You appear to have misunderstood the law. You’re allowed to hire someone from a different field.
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- chrisseaton 6y agoIf you want your office management contractor to use a cleaning company that pays a living wage you can... put that in your contract with them! I think some companies literally do this already. We already have solutions to these problems! And if your contractor says it cannot comment on something and you’re not happy with that response, go with someone else.
- AniseAbyss 6y agoPaying someone a living wage should never be voluntary. I guess we can abolish the minimum wage because everyone will do the ethical thing?
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- chrisseaton 6y ago> Paying someone a living wage should never be voluntary. I didn't say it should. > I guess we can abolish the minimum wage because everyone will do the ethical thing? No I don't think that. I'm not arguing for or against a living wage - it's just an example of something you could force a subcontractor to do using your contract with the prime contractor. Whether you think the living wage should be voluntary or not... it's not an example of an issue with subcontracting. Subcontracting doesn't make any difference to how much people are agreed to be paid.