Letter-box companies and abuse of the posting rules: how the primacy of economic freedoms ans weak enforcement give rise to social dumping
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2014
4 p.
construction ; EU law ; international relocation of industry ; labour mobility ; road transport ; social security ; working conditions ; social dumping
ETUI Policy Brief. European Economic, Employment and Social Policy
5//2014
Industrial enterprise
English
Bibliogr.
2031-8782
"This policy brief demonstrates how the emphasis on the primacy of economic freedoms has negatively affected the application of EU social security rules and the working conditions of posted workers. It also discusses the legal ambiguities accompanying the notion of 'genuine undertakings' and some recent cases of abuse of the freedom of establishment through the spread of letter-box companies. Finally it formulates policy recommendations for clear, transparent regulation, tighter controls and closer cooperation between national law-enforcing authorities. "
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