Commission proposes a single digital declaration portal to reduce administrative burden for posting workers

The Commission has proposed to establish a single digital declaration portal for companies providing services and temporarily sending workers to another member state, known as ‘posted workers'. The EU Single Market counts 5 million posted workers. One of the main administrative barriers faced by their employers is to handle multiple and diverse documentation in each member state. 

Member States will be able to use the public interface on a voluntary basis. In those that choose to do so, the new single digital declaration portal will reduce the administrative cost for businesses when posting their workers abroad. This will contribute to the Commission's objective of reducing companies' reporting burden by 25%, as outlined in its Communication on ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU', while fully maintaining the existing high-level of protection of rights of posted workers enshrined in EU and national legislation. 

The proposal will also allow better compliance with existing rules, allowing the enforcement of fair mobility, in line with high worker protection standards. To increase transparency, member states can also send a copy of the declaration to posted workers.  The tool proposed by the Commission will reduce the administrative burden for posting workers. A single digital declaration portal will allow service providers to use a single form instead of using 27 different national forms. This will facilitate businesses' compliance with declaration obligations to competent national authorities. The tool will also enhance cooperation among member states and support protection of workers. More information is available in a press release, a Q&A and a factsheet.

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