In future, EU-foreign workers should be given not only valid minimum wage but also valid wages if y work in anor EU country. The Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs of EU agreed on reform of Posting of Workers Directive. This means that posted workers, for example, also receive Christmas, holiday or bad wear money.
In addition, stakes are limited for first time and may not last more than one year – only with a special application is it possible to extend it to 18 months. This is intended to defuse competition between posted and domestic workers. Time online answers The most important questions about reform.
What does law specifically regulate?In EU, workers such as Unternehmenfrei are offered to offer ir services anywhere on EuropäischenBinnenmarkt or to accept orders. This is mainly used by construction companies from Eastern Europe and send ir employees to France and Germany, where wages and labour costs are generally higher.
Because re are different rules for Urlaubsansprücheund working hours within EU, rules are needed for workers working in anor EU country. This is so-called workers posting directive, which clarifies what conditions must be adhered to in country of use. Thus sollenbeispielsweise respective minimum wage, but also statutory leave entitlement UndRegelungen be valid for maximum working hours. Equal pay for equal work in same place so.
But even after reform, directive cannot compensate for a wesentlichenUnterschied: The social charges payable in JeweiligenHerkunftsland. They are very different and are much lower in many eastern European countries. Because social security contributions are due in countries of origin, some Eastern European construction companies have a competitive advantage in bidding in Germany.
What's so problematic about that?The one is about equal treatment of workers at same place of work. Until now, employees posted abroad in Germany earned only half as much as ir German counterparts.
In addition, sending companies often do not adhere to minimum wages and regulations on occupational health and safety. Or you trick around by deducting your busy costs for ride and accommodation from pay. It is particularly imSpeditionsgewerbe that difference to valid minimum wage – if any – is paid in cash and thus past social systems.
Also, letterbox companies have been established in cheap EU-foreign countries, in order to circumvent tariff and minimum wages, especially in Germany and France. Gewerkschaftenund workers ' representatives refore speak of some criminal machinations Undbeklagen missing controls. As early as March 2016, EU Commission had suggested revising directive. France and Germany in particular wanted to exacerbate law – in order to offset competitive disadvantages of domestic companies in certain sectors such as construction.
Date Of Update: 25 October 2017, 12:03
