Equal Pay for Equal Work in the Same Place? Assessing the Revision to the Posted Workers Directive

Daniel Carter
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Following criticism of the current system of posted work in the European Union, the Revised Posted Workers Directive 2018/957 was adopted in June 2018. This paper examines the extent to which the Revised Directive is likely to achieve the stated objective, as put forward by the Member States that criticised the current system and as explained in the Commission’s original proposal, of ensuring ‘equal pay for equal work in the same place’. The article begins by providing a brief overview of posted work within the European Union, including the adoption of the Original Directive and its interpretation by the Court of Justice. By looking at the key decisions of Laval, Ruffert and Commission v Luxembourg, it explains how the Court’s acquis created a system whereby foreign service providers are able to compete unfairly on a national market by circumventing national wage demands in order to gain a competitive advantage, thereby fostering a system of unequal pay for equal work. Following this, the article examines some of the wider implications of the Court’s case law. First, it explains how the current system of posted work underlines the normative tension between the ideas of wage competition and social dumping in Europe. Second, it assesses the extent to which the Original Directive acted to deregulate the labour legislation of various Member States, thereby undermining their ability to pursue social policies, as well as their national autonomy. Then, it explains how the Directive is based solely on Treaty provisions relating to service provision and establishment, and what effect this has on the Court’s approach to posted workers’ cases. Finally, the article assesses the Revised Directive. It explains the concrete changes to the Directive and then evaluates the extent to which the Revised Directive will achieve the ambition of equal pay for equal work. In this respect, the article claims that the Revised Directive will likely mitigate the more damaging consequences arising from the Court’s acquis, although given the more fundamental challenges that exist this may be limited.
在同一个地方同工同酬?评估对上岗工人指令的修订
在对欧盟现行的外派工作制度提出批评之后,2018年6月通过了经修订的外派工人指令2018/957。本文考察了修订后的指令在多大程度上可能实现既定目标,正如批评现行制度的成员国所提出的,并在委员会的原始提案中解释的那样,确保“同地同工同酬”。本文首先简要概述了欧盟内部发布的工作,包括原始指令的采用及其法院的解释。通过考察Laval, Ruffert和Commission诉卢森堡案的关键判决,它解释了法院的收购案如何创造了一种制度,使外国服务提供者能够通过规避国家工资要求来在国家市场上进行不公平竞争,以获得竞争优势,从而形成了一种同工同酬的制度。在此之后,本文探讨了法院判例法的一些更广泛的含义。首先,它解释了当前的就业制度如何突显了欧洲工资竞争和社会倾销观念之间的规范性紧张关系。第二,它评估了原来的指令在多大程度上解除了对各会员国劳工立法的管制,从而破坏了它们推行社会政策的能力,以及它们的民族自治。然后,它解释了该指令如何完全基于与服务提供和设立有关的条约条款,以及这对法院处理张贴工人案件的方法产生了什么影响。最后,文章对修订后的指令进行了评估。它解释了该指令的具体变化,然后评估修订后的指令将在多大程度上实现同工同酬的目标。在这方面,该条声称,经修订的指令可能会减轻法院的判决所产生的更具破坏性的后果,尽管鉴于存在的更根本的挑战,这可能是有限的。
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