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Under posting.stat-Enhancing the collection and analysis of national data on intra-EU posting (POSTING.STAT)

The evidence provided at EU level by both the Portable Document (PD) A1 report as well as the report on the prior notification tools reveals only a fraction of the
administrative data available at national level on the posting of workers. This leaves many research questions as well as country-specific phenomena
unanswered. Knowing that the more we know about posting, the better we can discuss it, this project proposal aims to promote the debate on posting based on
facts and figures. In this respect, Posting.Stat brings together a coconsortium of universities and research centres from 10 different Member States, supported by several European social partner organisations and public authorities. HIVA – KU Leuven is responsible for the project management and the overall coordination of the project activities. The geographical scope of the project proposal covers the six main ‘sending’ Member States (Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, Slovenia and Luxembourg) and the six main ‘receiving’ Member States (Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) of posted workers.
Extracting administrative micro-data from the competent public authorities, complemented by desk research as well as by expert interviews, should result in more accurate figures on the scale, characteristics and impact of intra-EU posting, both in the main receiving and sending Member States. In addition, we pay additional attention to some ‘forgotten sectors’ in the posting debate (e.g., the live performance sector, the health and social care sector, the research and technology sector) as well to the subsectors of some labour-intensive sectors of activity (e.g., construction, the machine building industry, processing and preserving of meat). A second objective of the research proposal is to gain a better insight into the scale and profile of fraudulent posting. Finally, the research project aims to focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the posting of workers as well to make a first assessment of the implementation and correct application of Directive (EU) 2018/957 amending Directive 96/71/EC concerning
the posting of workers in the framework of the transnational provision of services.
The quantitative and qualitative output will be included in 10 country reports.
Based on the in-depth national contributions prepared by 10 national experts, a synthesis report will be produced. The country reports will be summarized in one of the official languages and in infographics. In addition, the research results of the country reports will be disseminated by a press release. Both the country
reports as well as the synthesis report will be bundled in a printed book. A closing conference will be organised bringing together a community of scholars, social
partners, public authorities, and policy makers. Finally, the research results will be valorised by submitting several papers in national and European peer-
reviewed journals.

Date:1 Feb 2021 →  31 Jul 2022
Keywords:intra-EU posting of workers, theme_welfarestate
Disciplines:Labour and demographic economics