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