Posted work, enforcement capacity and firm variation: Evidence from the Danish construction sector
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Posted work, enforcement capacity and firm variation : Evidence from the Danish construction sector. / Arnholtz, Jens.
In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2021, p. 1149-1164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Posted work, enforcement capacity and firm variation
T2 - Evidence from the Danish construction sector
AU - Arnholtz, Jens
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article draws on interviews, register data and a survey with 150 Polish posted workers in the Danish construction sector to analyse the challenges of enforcing the labour rights of posted workers. It argues that while posting companies are generally more ‘unruly’ vis-a-vis host country institutions, their way of engaging with these institutions varies depending on whether the company is a main contractor, subcontractor, or a private home service provider. This implies that the enforcement challenges that union and labour inspectors face differ just as the conditions of posted workers vary depending on the employer’s position. The article concludes that while recent reforms to the rules of posting may solve some legal issues, there are still major challenges on the enforcement front.
AB - This article draws on interviews, register data and a survey with 150 Polish posted workers in the Danish construction sector to analyse the challenges of enforcing the labour rights of posted workers. It argues that while posting companies are generally more ‘unruly’ vis-a-vis host country institutions, their way of engaging with these institutions varies depending on whether the company is a main contractor, subcontractor, or a private home service provider. This implies that the enforcement challenges that union and labour inspectors face differ just as the conditions of posted workers vary depending on the employer’s position. The article concludes that while recent reforms to the rules of posting may solve some legal issues, there are still major challenges on the enforcement front.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Construction
KW - Denmark
KW - enforcement
KW - posting of workers
KW - respondent driven sampling
U2 - 10.1177/0143831X19853022
DO - 10.1177/0143831X19853022
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 1149
EP - 1164
JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy
JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy
SN - 0143-831X
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 223254410