The European Commission on Tuesday (8 March) decided to reform the directive on posted workers in order to limit social dumping inside the EU.
According to the proposed new rules, a posted worker - defined as "an employee who is sent by his employer to carry out a service in another member state for a temporary period" - will have to paid as much as a local worker.
Until now, employers were obliged only to pay them at the minimum rate, when it existed, even if the local workforce ...
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