Study supporting the Monitoring of the Posting of Workers Directive 2018/957/EU and of the Enforcement Directive 2014/67/EU : the situation of temporary cross-border mobile workers and workers in subcontracting chains. (2024)

FAQs

What is the EU directive for posting workers? ›

What is the EU Posted Worker Directive? The Posted Workers Directive (PWD) sets requirements and conditions for employers when sending their employees to a Member State of the European Union* for a limited time to perform a service.

The most important new measures that will be applicable in the French law are the following: Posted workers must receive remuneration equal to that of local employees: “For equal pay, equal work». All the rules valid for local workers (seniority, bonus, thirteenth month …) will apply to posted workers.

The Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive

The directive protects citizens' fundamental right to data protection whenever personal data is used by criminal law enforcement authorities for law enforcement purposes.

The principle of free movement of workers is enshrined in Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU'). This prohibits discrimination based on nationality between workers of the member states as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.

A "directive" is a legislative act that sets out a goal that EU countries must achieve. However, it is up to the individual countries to devise their own laws on how to reach these goals.

The professions who benefit from automatic recognition on the basis of harmonised minimum training requirements under the directive are: nurses, midwives, doctors (basic medical training, general practitioners and specialists), dental practitioners, pharmacists, architects and veterinary surgeons.

The universal service obligation (USO) is the core of the Postal Services Directive (97/67/EC, amended by Directives 2002/39/EC and 2008/6/EC). This is the requirement that letters and parcels should be delivered to each home or business premises, on 5 days each week, throughout each EU country (with exemptions).

That's why the country that's famous for giving its employees 30 days off a year and 16 weeks of full-paid family leave in May 2016 made itself even cooler with its new "right to disconnect" rule. In France, if you're a company of 50 employees or more, you cannot email an employee after typical work hours.

French labor law dictates that the standard workweek in France is 35 hours per week. However, this can vary based on the industry and is subject to any collective bargaining agreements. Anything beyond this is considered overtime and should be compensated as such.

Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) states that the European Commission, as the guardian of the EU treaties, has the task of enforcing EU law, by monitoring the application of EU primary and secondary law and ensuring its uniform application throughout the EU.

What is the EU enforcement regulation? ›

The EU's Enforcement Regulation enables the EU to enforce international obligations, to which fellow WTO members have agreed, when a trade dispute is blocked despite the EU's efforts to follow dispute settlement procedures in good faith.

Regulations have binding legal force throughout every Member State and enter into force on a set date in all the Member States. Directives lay down certain results that must be achieved but each Member State is free to decide how to transpose directives into national laws.

Article 45 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter) also provides for freedom of movement and residence. Freedom of movement entails the right to exit and enter Member States with a valid identity card or passport.

1. Within the framework of the decisions adopted in accordance with Article 43, the Council may entrust the implementation of a task to a group of Member States which are willing and have the necessary capability for such a task.

The term 'worker' has a meaning in EU law and cannot be subject to national definitions[15] or be interpreted restrictively[16]. It covers any person who undertakes genuine and effective work for which he is paid under the direction of someone else[17].

The Directive's purpose (set out in art. 2) is to ensure the protection of temporary agency workers and to improve the quality of temporary agency work by: applying the principle of equal treatment (see Equal treatment) to temporary agency workers; and recognising temporary work agencies as employers.

Under the Directive, misleading advertising is defined as any "advertising which in any way, including its presentation, deceives or is likely to deceive the persons to whom it is addressed or whom it reaches and which, by reason of its deceptive nature, is likely to affect their economic behavior or which for those ...

The radio equipment directive 2014/53/EU (RED) establishes a regulatory framework for placing radio equipment on the market. It ensures a single market for radio equipment by setting essential requirements for safety and health, electromagnetic compatibility, and the efficient use of the radio spectrum.