About: Posting of Workers

It explains what the rules for posted workers require in 32 states.

It is written for HR and global mobility managers, payroll and social security officers, managing directors of small construction, installation, transport, IT and engineering firms, self-employed contractors and employers outside Europe, who need one place for the EU and national rules on posted workers.

This page explains who we are, how we check and how we are funded.

Who We Are

We are the Posting of Workers Editorial Team, the team that researches, writes and updates every page of postingofworkers.com, and we publish as a team rather than under individual names. We are not a law firm, an authority or a provider of posting services, and no person or company is named on the site.

A posted worker, as used on every page, is "a worker who, for a limited period, carries out his work in the territory of a Member State other than the State in which he normally works" (Article 2(1) of Directive 96/71/EC). The reference keeps to that subject and to the A1 certificate, which shows which State's social security legislation applies during a posting.

What the Reference Covers

The reference covers the EU posting rules, the A1 certificate and the applicable-legislation rules, and the national posting regimes of 32 states: the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For labour law, it covers Directive 96/71/EC (CELEX 31996L0071) as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/957 from 30 July 2020, the Enforcement Directive 2014/67/EU (CELEX 32014L0067) and Directive (EU) 2020/1057 for drivers, applicable since 2 February 2022. For social security, it covers Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (CELEX 32004R0883) and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 (CELEX 32009R0987), applicable since 1 May 2010, and Article SSC.11 of the TCA Protocol on Social Security Coordination for the United Kingdom. The two clocks stay apart: long-term posting starts after 12 months, or 18 months on a motivated notification (Article 3(1a) of Directive 96/71/EC), while the A1 covers an anticipated duration of up to 24 months (Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004). The table lists the seven main sections.

Regulation (EU) 2026/2359 of 7 October 2026 has been in force since 1 November 2026, and its new posting rules apply from 2 November 2028; its take-over by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland is pending as of 5 November 2026. The e-declaration proposal COM(2024) 531 of 13 November 2024 is pending as of 5 November 2026, awaiting the Council's first-reading position. Outside the 32 states, bilateral agreements and certificates of coverage are covered where they decide cover for a posting.

How Every Value Is Checked

Every date, deadline, fine and article reference on the site is checked against a primary source before it is published: EUR-Lex for EU law, the national gazette or ministry for national law, the national single official website on posting, and the social security institution that issues the A1. Article 5(2)(a) of Directive 2014/67/EU provides for a single official national website on posting in each Member State, listed on Your Europe as last checked by the Commission on 30 September 2026. National values carry their act, section and check date, and a value that cannot be confirmed is left out rather than estimated.

Every page states which rule applies today and which from 2 November 2028. Sources, checks and the update cycle form our methodology, described under methodology and fact-checking.

How the Site Is Funded and Why Providers Cannot Buy a Place

The site is funded by provider match: a reader can describe a posting, and we pass the request to independent providers who handle A1 applications, posting declarations and posting compliance. They include A1 and declaration filing services, posting compliance and global mobility providers, payroll providers and employment lawyers. Passing on a request is the only commercial link between the site and a provider, and no provider is named, ranked or described on any page.

No provider can pay for content, edit a page or change what a page says about the law. The rules that keep commerce and content apart are set out in our editorial policy.

Requests go to independent providers. Providers cannot buy a place on postingofworkers.com; see our editorial policy.

What This Reference Does Not Do

The reference explains what the rules require and how they work; it does not tell a named employer or worker which legislation applies to them, whether an A1 will be granted or whether a fine will be imposed. Work permits, payroll and tax appear only where a posting touches them. Decisions belong to the competent authority or the institution that issues the A1, and advice to a lawyer or adviser the reader chooses.

How to Reach the Editorial Team

Write to editorial@postingofworkers.com to report an error, point to a newer official source or ask about the site. Provider requests go through the provider match form instead. Every way to contact the team is listed on the contact page.

• Editorial team: editorial@postingofworkers.com
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