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