Occupational safety and health vulnerabilities of posted workers in the EU

PUBLICATION YEAR

2022

PUBLISHED IN

Cillo, R. & Perocco, F. (Eds.), Posted Workers. La condizione dei lavoratori in distacco transnazionale in Europa. Venezia: ECF.

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CITATION

Danaj, S. & Zólyomi, E. (2022). Occupational Safety and Health Vulnerabilities of Posted Workers in the EU. In: Cillo, R. & Perocco, F. (Eds.), Posted Workers. La condizione dei lavoratori in distacco transnazionale in Europa. Venezia: ECF.

DESCRIPTION

This chapter is a contribution to the book "Posted Workers. La condizione dei lavoratori in distacco transnazionale in Europa" and it focuses on the under-researched topic of occupational safety and health vulnerabilities (OSH) of posted workers across the EU. Through the lens of the layers of vulnerability approach, we present an account of the multiple OSH vulnerabilities and institutional challenges this segment of the labour force is exposed to and discuss how this is linked to their cross-border labour mobility within the European Union. The most frequently reported areas that produce OSH-related vulnerabilities in the nine countries include types of employer, employment and contractual arrangements, access to training, working conditions, access to healthcare and housing, and access to collective representation.