Posted Workers (Enforcement of Employment Rights) Regulations 2016 come into force

Implementation date: 18 June 2016

The Posted Workers (Enforcement of Employment Rights) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/539) implement the Posted Workers Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EU) to include a right for a posted worker in the construction sector to bring a claim for non-payment of wages against his or her employer's contractor, up to the level of the national minimum wage. The right is subject to the Acas early conciliation procedure. The Posted Workers (Enforcement of Employment Rights) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (SR 2016/242) make similar provision in Northern Ireland.

The Posted Workers Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EU) obliges member states to ensure that workers who are posted from one member state to another are entitled to certain minimum employment rights.