Social dumping at work: uses and abuses of the posted work framework in the EU

" This Policy Brief demonstrates how legal ambiguities in the EU’s regulatory framework on worker mobility between EU member states allow companies to circumvent social regulations in order to save on labour costs. Taking concrete examples from Finland and the Netherlands, the authors show tha...

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Main Author: Berntsen, Lisa
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Brussels 2015
ETUI
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19111571124919397539-Social-dumping-at-work-uses-an.htm
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description " This Policy Brief demonstrates how legal ambiguities in the EU’s regulatory framework on worker mobility between EU member states allow companies to circumvent social regulations in order to save on labour costs. Taking concrete examples from Finland and the Netherlands, the authors show that firms can use three types of social dumping strategy: regulatory evasion (bluntly violating laws); regulatory arbitrage (exploiting differences between national systems); and regulatory conformance (bending, but without actually breaking, the rules of welfare and industrial relations systems). The Policy Brief recommends minimising the legislative features that permit arbitrage by regulating posted work in such a way that the rules no longer lend themselves to the pursuit of cost-competitive objectives. "
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is_hierarchy_title Social dumping at work: uses and abuses of the posted work framework in the EU
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physical 4 p.
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publishDate 2015
publisher Brussels
ETUI
spellingShingle Berntsen, Lisa
EU policy
labour relations
labour mobility
labour standard
posted worker
Social dumping at work: uses and abuses of the posted work framework in the EU
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title Social dumping at work: uses and abuses of the posted work framework in the EU
topic EU policy
labour relations
labour mobility
labour standard
posted worker
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19111571124919397539-Social-dumping-at-work-uses-an.htm