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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

A worker who, for a limited period, carries out his work in the territory of an EU Member State other than the State in which they normally work.

Source(s)

Art. 2(1) of Art. 2(1) of Directive 96/71/EC (Posting of Workers Directive)

Translations

  • BG: командирован работник
  • CS: vyslaný pracovník
  • DE: entsandter Arbeitnehmer
  • EL: αποσπασμένος εργαζόμενος
  • EN: posted worker
  • ES: trabajador desplazado
  • ET: lähetatud töötaja
  • FI: lähetetty työntekijä
  • FR: travailleur détaché
  • GA: oibrí ar phostú
  • HU: kihelyezett dolgozó
  • HR: upućeni radnik
  • IT: lavoratore distaccato
  • LT: komandiruotas darbuotojas
  • LV: darba ņēmējs, kurš norīkots darbā citā dalībvalstī
  • MT: Ħaddiem stazzjonat / ippostjat
  • NL: ter beschikking gestelde werknemer
  • PL: pracownik oddelegowany
  • PT: trabalhador destacado
  • RO: lucrător detaşat
  • SK: vyslaný pracovník
  • SL: napoteni delavec
  • SV: utstationerad arbetstagare
  • NO: utsatt effektuering / iverksettelse (b); utsett effektuering / iverksetjing (n)
  • KA: ევროკავშირის ფარგლებში დასაქმებული ევროკავშირის მოქალაქე
  • UK: відряджений працівник
  • HY: գործուղված աշխատող

Note(s)

A posted worker is also one of the forms of ‘trade in services mode 4’ according to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).