Poland: the government has three months to transpose Directive 2014/67/EU on the posting of workers

For several years, posted workers, with Polish posted workers being one of the EU’s main ‘exports’, have been vigorously criticized in terms of the risks for social dumping by countries with reputedly higher social standards. In 2014 the EU Member States eventually agreed on Directive 2014/67, (c.f. article No. 8419), which was meant to improve enforcement of European regulations as regards the posting of workers. Three months before the final deadline for transposing the Directive Poland’s Council of Ministers has adopted a draft “law on the posting of workers within the context of the provision of services.”
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Not enough to ‘talk the talk’ but must also ‘walk the walk’. The economic crisis, rising unemployment, and scandals on abuses over posted workers especially in the construction sector have prompted unions and public authorities in those countries that depend heavily on posted workers, such as France, to focus more on the phenomenon and to better manage it. For these countries this translates into more labor inspections, especially in businesses using workers from central and eastern Europe. Pol

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