SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social affairs

Tough negotiations at Council on posted workers directive

Brussels, 23/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

The Employment and Social Policy Council (EPSCO) on Monday 23 October held long and occasionally highly technical discussions about the directive on the posting of workers.  As EUROPE was going to press, agreement had not been reached and the national delegations were still in deadlock over the three main policy issues, namely the maximum duration of the posting, the duration of the transposition period for the directive and the special case of international road transport.

In the...