Cross-Border Employment and Social Rights in the EU Road Transport Sector

This textbook aims to sketch out the main problems arising in the field of EU transnational transportation by providing adequate understanding of the legal setting in the five key EU legal areas for this sector: fundamental freedoms, private international law, posting of workers, social security coordination and social dialogue. Indeed, road transport is a truly living organism which makes it challenging for the laws to keep up with its ongoing dynamics. In  addition, due to its inherent transnational element, the process of application of relevant laws is often shrouded in ambiguity, making it difficult to solve the emerged conflicts of laws. Against this background, this textbook provides an integral vision on the interaction of EU freedoms with social rights at EU level offering a comprehensive and unique  in­depth coverage of the most relevant topics and presenting nuanced guidance depicting problem­solving skills which was carefully selected by the leading academic experts. Overall, this position is addressed to not only academics but also to students, practitioners and others interested in the road transport sector.

This textbook was composed within the framework of an Erasmus + SENSE Project comprised of the following partners: Luca Ratti (University of Luxembourg), Amber  Zwanenburg, Ruben Houweling and  Zef Even (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Mijke Houwerzijl (Tilburg University), Herwig Verschueren and Bartłomiej  Bednarowicz (University of Antwerp) and Monika Tomaszewska and Michał Szypniewski (University of Gdansk).

1 Introduction; 2 The EU Fundamental Freedoms in the Light of Cross-Border Road Transport; 3 The Analysis of Private International Law in the EU with Regard to EU Cross-Border Road Transport: Competency and Applicable Law; 4 The Analysis of the Posting of Workers Directive(s) with a Specific Focus on EU Cross-Border Road Transport; 5 The EU Coordination of the Social Security Systems of the Member States and Its Applicability in Cross-Border Road Transport; 6 The European Social Dialogue in the Road Transport Sector