Posting of drivers to France
Posting of drivers to France IMPORTANT LAST UPDATE (2024 February): Recently, the new collective agreement concerning minimum wage rates in the transport sector has been published on the official website legifrance.gouv.fr. It is important to note that these rates are universally binding and have been applicable since December 22, 2023. Below, you can find the…
Martyna VALUZYTE
New Dutch collective agreement wage rates applicable from 01.01.2024
New Dutch minimum wages rates starting 1st of January 2024 According to the Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Dutch Collective agreement for the transport of professional goods is also applicable for the remuneration of foreign transport companies’ drivers posted to the Netherlands. As a result, the minimum wage rates mentioned in the…
New Austrian Collective agreement wage rates from 1st of January 2024
New Austrian minimum wage rates starting 1st of January 2024 The remuneration rules applicable to drivers posted in Austria are described by the collective agreement of the freight transport. Since 1st of January 2024, the minimum wages specified in the agreement have augmented as follows: TYPE Normal hourly wage 2023 € With seniority of up to 5…
Posting of drivers to Germany
IMPORTANT LAST UPDATE (2023-12-27): The legal minimum wage will undergo an increase to EUR 12.41 per hour on January 1, 2024. Based on the Directive (EU) 2020/1057 all drivers posted to Germany must be remunerated in accordance with the local wage rules applicable in Germany (Posting rules). There is no universally binding collective agreement for…
Minimum wage in EU countries
After massive minimum wage increases in many Member States in 2023/01/01, the first part of the year is more stable as only Finland, France, Greece and Luxembourg have changed their rates recently. Below you can check the latest minimum hourly wage rates per each of EU Member state as of 2023/06/16. According to the new…
Posting of drivers to Belgium
Posted drivers to Belgium must be remunerated according to the collective labour agreement conditions applicable to the road freight transport sector. Starting 1st of January 2023, an update of tariffs and a new classification has been added to it. Please check below in details: MINIMUM GROSS HOURLY WAGE Minimum gross hourly wage Availability compensation…
Posting of drivers to UK – what rules apply?
Posting of drivers to UK Posting of drivers to UK raises still a lot of questions as UK is neither Member of the EU nor an ordinary third country. Its relations with the EU are governed by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which to a wide extend regulates road transport between these two…
Margareta Przybyla
Rules on remuneration of posted drivers
Specific rules on remuneration of posted drivers While posting workers to another Member State employers are obliged to apply a clearly defined set of terms and condition of employment in place in the receiving country. These terms and conditions of employment are laid down in the Member State where the work is carried out by…