Proponents believe that “fair wage conditions” and equal remuneration between local and posted workers will provide for a level playing field, better protection for workers, more transparency and legal certainty. 

Critics, on the other hand, believe that the new rules will interfere in national wage setting, create uncertainties and administrative burdens, undermine competition and the provision of services and in the end risk putting an end to posting. And for the third time in history, a "yellow card" procedure is invoked, with eleven national parliaments requiring the European Commission to review its proposal. 

Given the yellow card, the existing differences between Member States and between political groups in the European Parliament and between social partners, the proposal is already one of the most controversial to be handled by the European legislators during in 2016. 

To address this important issue the Swedish Society for Politics and Business (SPN) will organise a seminar at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, on 15th June 2016, between 13.00 and 14.30. Before the seminar a light lunch will be served at 12.30.

The panelists are:

Inge Bernaerts, Member of the cabinet of the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

Martina Dlabajová, MEP, Shadow rapporteur for the ALDE Group 

Danuta Jazlowiecka, MEP, EPP-group

Sverker Rudeberg, Responsible for European Social Affairs at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden

Stephan Agger, Head of the international department of LO, Denmark

Please register by 31st May at the latest.

Warmly welcome!

Gunnar Hökmark, Chairman of SPN Brussels
Olle Ludvigsson, Vice Chairman of SPN Brussels
Daniel Wennick, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Brussels