Secure Mobility: Uncovering gaps in the social protection of posted workers (SMUG)

SMUG seeks to improve the evidence base for posting policy, by conducting a targeted policy-focused research project with clear dissemination channels into policy. The central objective is to map the pan-EU labour market from the perspective of the workers, showing how country of origin and other worker characteristics shape their opportunities and personal mobility decisions. We will reveal specific causes of inequality, and propose practical policies to remedy them.

[Det centrale mål er at identificere, hvornår og hvordan der opstår huller i de udstationerede arbejdstageres sikkerhedsnet. Dette sker ved at interviewe udstationerede arbejdstagere om deres arbejdsliv og derefter diskutere fundene fra disse interview med interessenter i de 6 involverede deltagerlande. På den måde vil projektet afdække specifikke årsager til usikkerhed og foreslå praktiske politikker for at afhjælpe dem.]

The project aims to:

1. document the specific forms of precarity experienced by posted workers in the European Union, resulting from their movement between national systems;
2. map the structure of the posted worker labour market, by finding out the factors segmenting it into more and less precarious segments;
3. identify specific rules that might be changed, or practices enacted to better protect posted workers and reduce labour market segmentation; and
4. disseminate these findings and proposed solutions, through direct interactions with social actors, via a transnational workshop, conference, consortium team meetings and published policy documents.