{"id":2804,"date":"2018-03-14T17:01:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asd-int.com\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:51:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:51:36","slug":"work-performed-by-posted-workers-the-fines-are-arriving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asd-int.com\/en\/seconded-work-authorities-start-to-impose-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Seconded work: Authorities start to impose fines"},"content":{"rendered":"

French legislation is the strictest in Europe when it comes to fraud in relation to foreign posted workers. Inspections have tripled in 2 years and will be strengthened in 2017.<\/p>\n

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The French Construction Federation continues to fight to protect its activity sector and is putting pressure on the French Government to go even further to combat the abuses of foreign employers posting staff to France. These new measures put in place in recent years are not designed to block salaried secondment, but to protect the posted workers.<\/p>\n

PROTECTING THE POSTED WORKERS<\/h2>\n

French companies denounce the practices implemented by foreign companies from the Eastern European countries. It is common to find that posted workers, declared and paid for 35 hours, are actually working more than 70 hours a week. To put an end to this sense of impunity and\u00a0to protect the posted employees, the law creates awareness among contractors<\/strong>\u00a0by making them accountable. They must be sure of the social compliance of their service provider. In the case of infringement, the contractor is jointly responsible and can suffer a financial penalty.<\/p>\n

The professional identity card was established recently to control abuses particularly in the construction sector (construction worker\u2019s identity card\/ carte btp<\/a>).<\/p>\n

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS MOBILISING<\/h2>\n

Work done by posted workers is the key issue<\/strong>\u00a0at the core of all the discussions in Europe. Several ministers of the European Union want the posted workers to receive remuneration which is the same as the workers of the country of their secondment from the first day of their mission. They all want ambitious reform to regulate posted work and bring an end to social dumping. Certain countries of Eastern Europe, headed by Poland, are applying the brakes and adopting a stance of opposition to any change in this domain.<\/p>\n

REQUIREMENTS THAT FOREIGN COMPANIES MUST COMPLY WITH CONCERNING POSTED WORK IN FRANCE<\/h2>\n

To eradicate social dumping and restore fair competition between French companies and foreign countries posting employees to French territory, the law of 2014 on unfair competition and the Macron law of 2015 have tightened the rules of the game.<\/p>\n

Foreign companies must:<\/p>\n