A draft law that introduces several liability in a chain of subcontracting has been approved by the parliamentary committee on economics. Trade union Unia has welcomed the proposal that introduces a mandatory social responsibility for the main contractor. It is an essential instrument for the social partners to improve contract compliance and can be seen as a crucial flanking policy measure for the free movement of workers and services.
German: http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/nationalratskommission-fuer-solidarhaftung …
http://www.parlament.ch/d/mm/2012/seiten/mm-wak-s-2012-08-29.aspx
French: http://www.unia.ch/news_aktion_fr.9.0.html?&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=7941&tx …
http://www.parlament.ch/e/mm/2012/Pages/mm-wak-s-2012-08-29.aspx
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