BusinessEurope critical of summit compromise on posted workers

Employers’ association BusinessEurope has criticized the compromise reach after the Monday summit of EU labor ministers in Luxembourg. The consensus lowers the maximum time a posted worker can work abroad to 12 months, with an option to extend it to 18 months, upon the company’s application. Initially, the period was to be 24 months. The business organization stated that long-term worker mobility is a common practice in construction work and business services. Poland, which has the highest number pf posted workers among EU countries, shares the association views, however the vote at the summit was not in its favor.