MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs voted (with a short majority, 22 for, 18 against and 6 abstentions) amendments to the draft directive to improve implementation of Directive 96/71 on the posting of workers. They decided that outsourcing firms need to be legally responsible in situations where posted workers are employed – as responsible as the businesses that directly recruit them. On another bone of contention, still being bitterly debated at the Council of Ministers, the MEPs confirmed the open nature of the list of control measures, giving the Member States freedom to decide which measures to apply. (Ref. 130433)
Put a stop to social dumping. In recent years, there have been more and more situations where minimum wage working and employment conditions for over 1 million workers posted within the EU’s borders are often not respected and sometimes close to mafia practices. On this observation, the European Commission adopted a new draft directive in March 2012 (see article No. 120182) to improve implementation of Directive 96/71 on posted workers (which provides that posting companies have to apply cor
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