Updating author: Marc Meryon

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Summary
Future developments
Action point checklist
Key references
Questions and answers
The Posted Workers Directive
Duties of employers
Likely implications for UK employers
Categories of workers
Liaison officers
Enforcement

Summary

3.1233

• A "posted worker" is a worker who, for a limited period, carries out his or her work in the territory of an EU member state other than the state in which he or she normally works. (See 3.1235 The Posted Workers Directive and 3.1238 Categories of workers)
• Workers may be sent to another EU member state to carry out work for their employer's customers or clients; or to work for a subsidiary or associated employer established in that other member state. (See 3.1238 Categories of workers)
• Workers who are hired by an employment or placement agency to carry out work for a client in another EU member state must also be treated as posted workers. (See 3.1238 Categories of workers)
• Under the Posted Workers Directive, employers sending workers on assignments to other EU member states (for periods of up to one year) must ensure that they enjoy terms and conditions at least equal to those applicable to nationals or "home-grown" workers in those other member states. (See 3.1236 Duties of employers and 3.1240 Enforcement)

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Future developments

3.1234 There are no future developments.

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The Posted Workers Directive

3.1235 The Posted Workers Directive (96/71/EC) came into force in the UK (as in other EU member states) on 16 December 1999.