Posted Workers

The Condition of Transnational Posted Workers in Europe

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Abstract
The result of research carried out in several European countries, this book analyses the phenomenon of the posting of workers from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, with a particular focus on working conditions, occupational safety and health (OSH), regulatory issues, offences and violations of posted workers’ rights. The first part of the book examines the origins and evolution of the posting of workers in Europe, also in terms of legislation; the second part presents various national case studies (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, and labour mobility from Third Countries); the third part focuses on Italy, as the European crossroads of posted work. From this richly documented examination, the posting of workers emerges as a new frontier of the devaluation of labour, which exacerbates tendencies characteristic of the transformations of labour that have taken place in recent decades on a global scale, first and foremost precariousness and social dumping. Given its profound impact on the labour market and working conditions, the posting of workers therefore opens up new challenges for the protection of workers in both receiving and sending countries.

Keywords Rule Enforcement • Labour mobility • Labour exploitation • European Labour Authority (ELA) • Social dumping • Bosnia and Herzegovina • The Copenhagen Metro • Labour migration • OSH • Slovenia • Undeclared work • Cross-border • Subcontracting • European law • Employment conditions • Freedom to provide services • Labour flexibility • Precarity • Posting of workers • Wage dumping • Third country nationals • Free provision of services • Labour market • Unions • Directive 96/71/EC • Posted workers • Belgium • Law applicable • Posting labour • Public works • Dumping • Work transformation • Construction sector • Atypical employment • Non-European • Flexibility • Germany • Precarious work • Posted work • Free movement of workers • Directive 2014/67/EU • Cross-border labour recruitment • The Aarhus Light Rail • Precariousness • Internal market • Language barriers • Italy • Working conditions • Inspection activity • European Union • Housing • Collective rights • Austria • Inspection services • Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) • Outsourcing • Transnational labour market • Transnational posting of workers • Applicable labour law regime • EU • Health • Collaboration • Occupational safety and health • Trade Union • Exploitation • Rule enforcement

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-515-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-515-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-516-2 | Published Sept. 26, 2022 | Language en, it

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