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

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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