%0 Journal Article
%T The Requirement of Employment under an Employment Relationship in Public Procurement and the Protective Function of the Labour Law
%A Moras, Małgorzata
%J Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy)
%V Volume 28 (2021)
%R 10.4467/25444654SPP.21.028.14270
%N Tom 28 Zeszyt 4
%P 373-388
%K public contracts, employment relationship, protective function of the labour law, contracting authority, economic operator, socially responsible public procurement; umowy o zamówienie publiczne, stosunek pracy, funkcja ochronna prawa pracy, zamawiający, wykonawca, społecznie odpowiedzialne zamówienia publiczne
%@ 1429-9585
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/szppips/artykul/the-requirement-of-employment-under-an-employment-relationship-in-public-procurement-and-the-protective-function-of-the-labour-law
%X 
	The issues included in the article focus on a tool ensuring compliance with provisions of the social law and labour law, as well as collective agreements (so-called cross-cutting “social clause” or horizontal clause) and more precisely on the analysis of regulations of Polish Public Procurement Law related to the requirement posed in relation to economic operators or subcontractors, concerning mandatory employment of staff under an employment relationship when they execute public procurement contracts. The regulation fulfils the protective function of the labour law, underlying the priority of employment. It was emphasized that socially responsible public procurement are inseparably connected with compliance with the provisions of the labour law, whose main aim is to protect the employee. The article also analyses selected issues concerning socially responsible public procurement and the notion of an employment relationship.

	ASJC: 3308, JEL: K31