More and more entrepreneurs are willing to do business with Slovenian companies and they post employees to this country. As in the case of posting to other EU States, the secondment of workers to Slovenia involves many formalities to be completed by the employer, in particular the notification of the intention to post employees to the competent authorities. In today’s article, we will present the rules for notifying the secondment of workers to Slovenia.

On 10 April 2025, the President of the Republic of Poland signed the Act of 20 March 2025 on the conditions for the admissibility of entrusting work to foreigners on the territory of the Republic of Poland. The Act in question introduces significant changes concerning the conditions of employment of the foreigners in Poland.

Our website often features articles describing how to declare the posting of workers to individual EU countries. However, it may turn out that they will become obsolete. Indeed, there are plans to introduce a single, common platform for all Member States to notify the posting of employees.

Persons who travel to the Netherlands, especially in relations to work, are often confronted with the so-called BSN number. It is needed, among others, in the case of legal employment in the territory of this country, allowing the employer to pay remuneration and make appropriate contributions. However, it should be emphasised that the BSN also has a broader application. Therefore, in this article, we explain what this number is and what it is used for, as well as how to obtain it.

Due to the fact that EU citizens have freedom of movement in Switzerland, an increasing number of employers are choosing to post workers to this country. However, secondment to Switzerland requires taking care of several formalities. These include, among others, the obligation to notify the posting to the competent authorities.

An employer posting construction workers to Belgium is obliged to obtain a professional identity card for construction and public works employees, ConstruBadge for short, for each of them. This document was created in order to counteract illegal employment in construction industry and public works. It’s also a control tool. Indeed, in the event of an inspection, an employee is obliged to show ConstruBadge to the controlling authorities, and the barcode on the Card helps to quickly indetify the worker.

Until now, the employer posting workers to the Czech Republic notified the arrival of employees using a dedicated form which had to be sent to the e-mail address of the Czech State Labour Inspecorate. As of 1 July 2024, the way of notifying a departure to the Czech Republic has changed. From the date indicated, declaration shall be made via a web portal.

Recently, the protection of whistleblowers has become a very popular topic among employers. This is related to the entry info force on 25 September 2024 of the Act of 14 June 2024 (Official Journal of 2024, item 928, as amended), hereinafter referred to as the Act. The Act in question implements the provisions of the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law into the Polish legal order.

As in Poland, health insurance coverage is mandatory in Germany. However, it should be noted that in Germany, there is no single nationwide health insurance fund applicable to all insured persons. AOK constitutes the most popular health insurance fund – both among Germans and foreigners.

There is a common belief that employees sent to work abroad should always receive daily allowances which constitute reimbursement of food costs and certain expenses. This view is incorrect. Indeed, foreign daily allowances are only due to a strictly defined group of workers.

Employers paying social security contributions on workers’ wages in Germany are required to have a Betriebsnummer. The obligation in question is incumbent on both German and foreign employers. Therefore, Polish employers wishing to engage workers for whom social security contributions will be paid in Germany are also obliged to have a Betriebsnummer.

Taking into account the length of posting, the legislation allows to distinguish two types of secondment: short-term posting and long-term one. The provisions attach different legal consequences to each of the indicated types of secondment. For this reason, it’s extremely important to understand the difference between short-term posting and long-term one.