Digital labour markets in Central and Eastern European countries : : COVID-19 and the future of work / / edited by Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek and Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics Ser.
• TeilnehmendeR: Woźniak-Jęchorek, Beata,; Marchewka-Bartkowiak, Kamilla, 1973-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 pages)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781000829099; 9781032354118
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek and Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak.

The free movement of services, one of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union's (EU) internal market, allows companies to post their employees to other EU Member States. In Slovenia, the concept of cross-border posting became relevant after the country joined the EU in 2004. The number of posted workers in Slovenia has been growing steadily since then and is among the highest in the EU. An increase in posting has also been observed in the EU as well. One of the main reasons for the rapid increase in the number of workers posted to wealthier EU countries is the accession of ten new Member States in 2004, with significant differences in living standards between the `new´ and `old´ Member States. Focusing on Slovenia, an important reason for Slovenia’s high numbers of posted workers is also its proximity to the countries of the former Yugoslavia and the strong migrant flows from these countries to the EU via Slovenian companies. As a result, the number of workers posted from Slovenia to other EU Member States has been one of the highest in the EU over the past decade.