Dublins Session - Posted Workers

By Sophy King, Envoy Global

The Posted Worker Alliance was delighted to have the opportunity to present to the EuRA members in Dublin 2023. We were blown away by how many people filled the room for our session, and impressed with the engaging and interested questions our audience asked.

Our panel comprised Posted Worker Alliance founder members Johanna Lennartson (Sweden; Nim.Mersion), Caroline Treuillard (France; Mobility Compliance); Jordi Roca (Spain; GD Global Mobility), Nihat Kurt (Netherlands; Expat Management Group) and Andreea Gheorge (Romania, Nestlers Group), and was moderated by Sophy King (UK, Envoy Global).

We looked at the varied and diverse aspects of posted worker compliance, namely:

1. What is a posted worker? Caroline started us off by discussing when a simple trip within the EU can actually be defined as a “posting” and therefore require action in order to be compliant

2. How do posted workers fit into the relocation world? Johanna talked about the relocation aspects of posted workers, including accommodation search, allowances, and more

3. Employment aspects –Jordi looked at employment law and social security considerations of posted workers, including how “equal pay for equal work” should be applied in practice

4. Nihat led an engaging discussion about immigration compliance, both for non-EU nationals and EU nationals, and how to avoid falling accidental noncompliance

5. Tax! Andreea magically helped us to understand the tax requirements associated with the posting of workers in the EU, and even made it sound quite simple

We also discussed, in general, the opportunities that posted worker compliance can offer professional service providers our industry : too often, this crucial compliance issue is overlooked; as global mobility professionals, whether we are tax, immigration, employment specialists or not, we have the ability to see and to flag potential compliance problems, and to connect our clients with the professional support they need to avoid the very real financial penalties that otherwise may ensue.

We could have spent a whole day examining each of these concepts in much more detail, but sadly only had an hour or so at our disposal. The Posted Worker Alliance remains available and interested to support EuRA members!