Editorial policy: Posting of Workers

Six rules govern every page, from editorial independence to the treatment of outbound links.

Pages are published under the byline Posting of Workers Editorial Team, not under a person's name. The six rules apply to every guide on the posting of workers in the EU 27, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Editorial Independence

Every page on postingofworkers.com is written and decided by the editorial team alone: no provider, authority or advertiser reviews, approves or pays for a page or for a place in it. Page content rests on official sources: EU law on EUR-Lex, national gazettes, competent authorities and A1 issuing institutions. No company is named, ranked or recommended on any page.

The site has no role in any posting or A1 procedure: it files no posting declaration, issues no certificate and decides no application. The A1 comes from the competent institution of the State whose legislation applies, which attests under Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 that its legislation applies, until what date and under what conditions.

Not an Official or Government Website

postingofworkers.com is not a government website and is not connected with the European Commission, the European Labour Authority or any national authority. Article 5(2)(a) of Directive 2014/67/EU requires each Member State to indicate on a single official national website which terms and conditions of employment apply to posted workers. Austria's official posting website is entsendeplattform.at, run by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (BMASGPK) together with BUAK; its former address, postingofworkers.at, redirects there (as of 5 November 2026). The similar name implies no link between the two sites. Every State's official site is listed with the single official websites on posting and the other posting authorities.

How Independent Providers Relate to This Site

Providers receive requests from postingofworkers.com but never shape its pages: a reader who describes a posting has the request passed to independent providers, and no provider can buy a place on the site. The request form invites readers in these exact words.

Every request form carries this disclosure, word for word.

Requests go to four kinds of providers: A1 and declaration filing services, posting compliance and global mobility providers, payroll providers and employment lawyers. The form never promises legal advice, a response time, a number of offers or that an A1 will be issued.

The form appears at the end of guides that lead to a practical task, such as an A1 application. The obligations behind a request are listed in the posting compliance checklist.

Explaining the Rules Without Giving Legal Advice

The pages explain what the posting rules, the A1 rules and the national posting regimes require, for whom and how to meet them; they never decide a named case. Four questions stay unanswered for any named employer or worker: which country's social security legislation applies to them, whether an A1 will be granted, whether a posting is lawful and whether a fine will be imposed. Each answer depends on facts that only the deciding body examines.

The competent institution named above issues the A1, and national authorities, such as labour inspectorates, apply their own posting law. A reader with a specific case asks that institution, the national authority or an adviser, for example through a provider request.

How Dates, Time Limits and Pending Proposals Are Written

Every date, deadline and status on postingofworkers.com is written with the instrument it comes from and, where it can change, the date on which it was checked. Rules that do not apply yet carry their start date next to the rule that applies today. Regulation (EU) 2026/2359 of 7 October 2026 has been in force since 1 November 2026, but its new posting rules apply from 2 November 2028; until then, postings follow the current text of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and No 987/2009. Its take-over by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland is pending as of 5 November 2026. Proposals stay proposals: the European Social Security Pass proposal, COM(2026) 980 of 15 September 2026, is pending as of 5 November 2026, awaiting a committee decision in the European Parliament.

Two separate time limits are never mixed. Under Article 3(1a) of Directive 96/71/EC, long-term posting starts after 12 months, or after 18 months on a motivated notification: a labour-law clock. Under Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, the A1 covers a posting with an anticipated duration of up to 24 months: a social security clock. National figures that rest only on the Commission's 2019 report COM(2019) 426 are not presented as current. Each page states which clock a number belongs to, as the guide to the A1 certificate does for the 24-month limit.

Corrections and Updates

When an official source changes or contradicts a value on postingofworkers.com, the page is corrected to the official value and the official source is cited. Official sources are EUR-Lex and the Official Journal of the European Union, national gazettes, competent authorities and A1 issuing institutions, and a newer official source beats every earlier value. A value that cannot be confirmed from a primary source is left out, not hedged or attributed.

Readers report errors to editorial@postingofworkers.com, with the page address and, where they have one, the official source. Pages are re-checked on five triggers: an EU amending act, a national law amendment, an Administrative Commission decision, an update of an authority's page and the yearly review on 1 January.

Outbound Link Policy

postingofworkers.com links out to show readers the source of a rule, and it passes link credit only to official and scholarly sources. Links to commercial pages, such as law firms and mobility vendors, carry a nofollow attribute. No link on the site is sold or exchanged. The table sets out the five source types and how their links are treated.

Where Sources, Fact-Checking and Contact Details Are Covered

Four related pages complete this policy: how facts are checked, who publishes the site, how to reach the editors and how request data is handled.

• Methodology and fact-checking: how sources are ranked and how every value is checked.
• About Posting of Workers: who publishes the site and why.
• Contact the editors: questions and correction reports.
• Privacy: what happens to data sent through the request form.