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