Posting of workers

The ETUC is raising the alarm over European Commission plans to limit what information member states can request from employers about cross-border workers risk making it easier for bosses to exploit workers.

Brussels, 5 May 2025 To the Deputy Permanent Representatives of Member States to the EU (COREPER I) For information to the Social Attachés at the Permanent Representations of Member States to the EU Dear Ambassadors,

Brussels, 12 March 2025 To the Social Attachés in the Permanent Representations of Member States to the EU Dear Madam, Dear Sir, On behalf of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), we wish to share with you our Position on the e-Declaration on Posting, as adopted by our Executive Committee on 4-5 March 2025.

Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 4-5 March 2025

Figures showing that there would be very small financial savings from a deregulation policy with high social costs disappeared from a European Commission document before its publication. 

The social cost of European Commission plans to weaken rules on the posting of workers will be far higher than the small savings which would be made by businesses, trade unions are warning.The European Commission today published a proposal to create a single EU system for the declaration of posted workers, the goal of which should have been ensuring better compliance with and enforcement of rules.

The European trade union movement is sounding the alarm at proposals being tabled for the EU Talent Pool. The proposal would greenlight recruitment sharks who use exploitative methods.