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49 Fed. L. Rev. 438 (2021)
Multi-Stakeholder Frameworks for Rectification of Non-Compliance in Cleaning Supply Chains: The Case of the Cleaning Accountability Framework

handle is hein.journals/fedlr49 and id is 430 raw text is: Australian National Article University Federal Law Review 2021, Vol. 49(3) 438-464 Multi-Stakeholder Frameworks © The Author(s) 2021 Article reuse guidelines: for Rectification of Non- arm C~OI 10. Iourna/s0ag72ubX21/h0me/75 Comp lance in Cleaning Supply jaAGE Chains: The Case of the Cleaning Accountability Framework Michael Rawling* , Sarah Kaine**, Emmanuel josserand*** and Martijn Boersmat Abstract There is now an expanding body of literature on the significant problem of business non- compliance with minimum labour standards including 'wage theft'. Extended liability regula- tion beyond the direct employer is seen as one solution to this non-compliance in fragmented but hierarchically organised industries-such as the cleaning industry. This article uses empirical evidence to assess the effectiveness of one such regulatory scheme, the Cleaning Accountability Framework (CAF), in addressing non-compliance with minimum labour stan- dards (including provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and the Cleaning Services Award 2020). We find that CAF has been successful in identifying and rectifying certain non- compliance, improving working conditions for some cleaners involved in the scheme. We synthesise the key success factors of CAF in view of envisioning the adoption of such co- regulation frameworks in other industries. We also propose legal reforms that will support change across the cleaning industry. I Introduction There is now an expanding body of literature on the problem of business non-compliance with labour standards including 'wage (and superannuation) theft' and other forms of labour * Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Thank you to Terry Carney for reading a previous draft of this article and to Katie Johns for assistance with referencing, editing and formatting. Also thank you to the anonymous referees. Any errors are our own. The author may be contacted at michael. rawling@uts.edu.au. ** University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The author may be contacted at sarah.kaine@uts.edu.au. ***University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. The author may be contacted at emmanuel.josserand@uts.edu.au. t University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The author may be contacted at martijn.boersma@uts .edu.au.

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