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