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Cleaning up : Assessment of responsible contracting and procurement in Canada's commercial real estate sector

8 Jul 2011

As it is defined in the Code, freedom of association implies that a company will “take a position of neutrality in the event that there is a legitimate attempt by a labour organization to organize workers employed in the maintenance, operation and/or services of a relevant property.”7 Only one company, the Bank of Montreal, has reference to freedom of association and the right to collective bargai [...] Eleven of the fourteen companies included in this assessment, or 79%, disclosed parts of their contracting or procurement policies either on their website or in the company’s CSR report or the company made parts of the policy available for the purposes of this report. [...] In cases of reasonable exclusions, efforts are made to ensure service providers are aware of the policy and that good faith efforts are made to abide by the spirit of the policy. [...] Although the standards and includes questions assessment only evaluated companies on whether or not the related to anti-discrimination, working tendering process included some reference to labour hours, fair compensation and benefits standards, it is important to note that the majority of and freedom of association and the companies only made reference to adherence to the law right to collective b [...] Signatories to this Code support and encourage contractors to abide by the principles outlined below in order to promote appropriate working conditions, fair wages, and benefits for workers and contractors hired to provide services in the maintenance and management of commercial properties.
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Authors

Rohan, Shannon

Pages
32
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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