Advisory Report: Third-class Citizens by posting practices (summary)

Currently, it is easy for employers to take advantage of EU posting. The EU legal framework on posting of workers does set out the rules for EU postings, but because the rules apply from the country of employment and rules apply from the country from which they are sent, the conditions created by employers are sometimes very untransparent.

It is also a way to deploy third-country migrant workers without applying working permits in the Netherlands. The lack of enforcement has encouraged misuse of practices in relation to posting. It is almost impossible to know exactly what a posted migrant worker is entitled to. Not only for the migrant worker himself, but also for municipalities and government bodies like the Netherlands Labour Authority.

Read the advisory report: Third-class Citizens by posting practice