Posted worker

An employee sent by his/her employer to carry out a cross-border service in another EU Member State on a temporary basis under the freedom of provision of services. For example, a service provider may win a contract in another country and send his employees there to carry out the contract.  Posted workers are entitled by law to a set of core rights in force in the host Member State which include, for example, minimum rates of pay/remuneration, maximum work periods and minimum rest periods, minimum paid annual leave, occupational safety and health, etc. Businesses and posted workers who do not comply with the legislation can be considered as being involved in a type of undeclared work by the hosting and/or sending country.

[In line with 'Directive (EU) 2018/957 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 amending Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services' Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 July 2020 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive.]