Contractor and worker onboarding in Nordic, international construction site
Suikki-Tuupanen, Sanna (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024060219736
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024060219736
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Construction sites are widely known for their grey economy nature. Experience has shown that if contractors and construction workers contracted to international construction sites are not efficiently managed, the non-compliance cases related to local labour and contractor legislation occurs. Non-compliance cases are known to cause remarkable harm in many ways to construction site operators.
The purpose of this thesis was to increase the client’s understanding about the statutory responsibilities of construction site contractors and workers when they are working in Nordic construction sites. This thesis aims to produce a proposal for the client on what type of workflow on the client’s Nordic construction sites would be efficient and beneficial to ensure the client’s construction sites are kept compliant.
Qualitative methods were used in this thesis to describe the state of the construction industry in relation to grey economy and authorities’ and trade union representative’s stance. It was also described how negative publicity about non-compliance cases can harm the construction site operators. The study of this thesis is thorough research to client’s Nordic location countries legislation and trade union regulations related to contractors and workers working in these countries.
The study presented that there are many similarities in the contractor and worker related legislation and regulations in the client’s Nordic location countries. The study also presented that the legislation and regulations are wide and complex to understand unless there is a clear pre-set process in place to ensure that the contractors and workers are compliant when working in the client’s construction sites. Research into the published articles about non-compliance cases on site also indicated that non-compliance cases can be harmful for the construction project in its entirety and weaken the operator’s social licence to operate in the country.
The purpose of this thesis was to increase the client’s understanding about the statutory responsibilities of construction site contractors and workers when they are working in Nordic construction sites. This thesis aims to produce a proposal for the client on what type of workflow on the client’s Nordic construction sites would be efficient and beneficial to ensure the client’s construction sites are kept compliant.
Qualitative methods were used in this thesis to describe the state of the construction industry in relation to grey economy and authorities’ and trade union representative’s stance. It was also described how negative publicity about non-compliance cases can harm the construction site operators. The study of this thesis is thorough research to client’s Nordic location countries legislation and trade union regulations related to contractors and workers working in these countries.
The study presented that there are many similarities in the contractor and worker related legislation and regulations in the client’s Nordic location countries. The study also presented that the legislation and regulations are wide and complex to understand unless there is a clear pre-set process in place to ensure that the contractors and workers are compliant when working in the client’s construction sites. Research into the published articles about non-compliance cases on site also indicated that non-compliance cases can be harmful for the construction project in its entirety and weaken the operator’s social licence to operate in the country.