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The Watchdog project website is a helping hand for posted workers. The idea is to ensure an easy access and overview to the posted workers directive and posted workers’ rights. Here you can find, legislations and information on where to go for help. We hope the platform will ensure greater cooperation between the social partners, labour inspections and European agencies. As well as to increase the accessibility, transparency and quality of the information concerning the terms and conditions of employment.
We want employment conditions to be respected.
We want to protect workers’ rights in the European Union.

POSTED WORKERS DIRECTIVE  96/71/EC

NEW POSTED WORKERS DIRECTIVE 2018/957/EC

The new directive will be valid from 30. July 2020 and will from that date replace Directive 96/71/EC

Health and safety of workers

Health and safety of workers

Employers must take every measure to ensure the safety of the work equipment made available to workers.
In selecting the work equipment, employers must pay attention to the specific working conditions which exist at the workplace with a view to the safety and health of workers

Ensuring EU employees’ rights are respected

Ensuring EU employees’ rights are respected

Among the many rights individuals enjoy in the EU is the ability to live and work in another member country. This legislation ensures that national legal remedies exist if workers or their families consider these rights are being abused.

More socially inclusive growth in the EU

More socially inclusive growth in the EU

Equal opportunities and access to the labour market

This is seen as crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and improving the employability of individuals.

Job search services, across the EU

Job search services, across the EU

The regulation sets out rules on:
– Organising and promoting the EURES network
– Europe-wide sharing of data on job vacancies, applications and CVs
– Measures to achieve a better balance between supply and demand of workers

Read Full Directive …
Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services

Purpose

The purpose of the Watchdog project and the online platform is to establish active mechanisms for control and monitoring of the posted workers’ rights across the EU via cooperation, exchange of knowledge and evidence-based approach of social partners, national labour inspections and European agencies.