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

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 it, en

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