Policy Recommendations for the European Road Transport Sector

The Trans­Fair Policy Brief high­lights key fin­dings and pro­ject out­co­mes, pro­vi­des good prac­tice input for inspec­tion aut­ho­ri­ties and makes pro­po­sals for an effec­tive and prac­ti­ca­ble regu­la­tive frame­work to tackle labour law infrin­ge­ments in cross-bor­­der road trans­port. The Policy Brief is avail­able in Eng­lish, Ger­man, Polish, Czech, Slovenian

Veranstaltung: Faire Arbeitsbedingungen im Transportgewerbe? Bestandsaufnahme und Einschätzungen zum EU-Mobilitätspaket

Frei­tag, 10. Juni 2022, 9:00 — 13:30 Uhr Faire Lohn- und Arbeits­be­din­gun­gen auf Euro­päi­schen Auto­bah­nen – eine lange Reise! Unsi­chere und nied­rige Ent­loh­nung, lange stres­sige Arbeits­tage sowie wochen- bis mona­te­lange Abwe­sen­hei­ten von zu Hause prä­gen das Berufs­bild der Beschäf­tig­ten im Stra­ßen­ver­kehrs­sek­tor. Der stei­gende Druck auf die Arbeits­be­din­gun­gen der Fahrer:innen – viele von ihnen kom­men aus Ost­eu­ropa oder […]

Use your tachograph to document your working time!

The Bel­gian trade union and Trans­Fair pro­ject part­ner BTB-ABVV publis­hed a book­let in 10 lan­guages assis­ting dri­vers to use the vehicle’s tacho­graph to docu­ment their working, avai­la­bi­lity and dri­ving time.

TransFair final conference: presentations

The Trans­Fair team com­ple­ted suc­cess­fully the final inter­na­tio­nal event “The Road to Trans­pa­rent and Fair Remu­ne­ra­tion and Working Con­di­ti­ons in the Trans­port Sec­tor” in Gdansk. We assem­bled topi­cal con­tri­bu­ti­ons from our excel­lent rese­arch team, from highly estee­med exter­nal experts, ELA, DG Move, employer orga­ni­sa­ti­ons, trade uni­ons and natio­nal inspec­tion aut­ho­ri­ties. Below you find the presentations […]

TransFair final conference: impressions

Impres­si­ons of the final inter­na­tio­nal Trans­Fair event in Gdansk 

TransFair final conference in Gdansk and online on March 31-April 1, 2022

The Trans­Fair final con­fe­rence “The Road to Trans­pa­rent and Fair Remu­ne­ra­tion and Working Con­di­ti­ons in the Trans­portSec­tor” will take place in Gdansk, hos­ted by our pro­ject part­ner Soli­dar­ność, and online. The con­fe­rence assem­bles all pro­ject part­ners and par­ti­ci­pants, inclu­ding repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion (DG Move), social part­ner insti­tu­ti­ons, labour and road inspec­to­ra­tes and researchers […]

ELA launches 2022 focus on Road Transport

The Euro­pean Labour Aut­ho­rity con­cen­tra­tes its acti­vi­ties in 2022 on the road trans­port sec­tor. Several legis­la­tive chan­ges at Euro­pean level impac­ting on the sec­tor and the often pro­ble­ma­tic employ­ment sita­tion of inter­na­tio­nal dri­vers, as impres­si­vely docu­men­ted throughout the Trans­Fair pro­ject, made ELA choose this sec­to­ral focus, improve infor­ma­tion for sta­ke­hol­ders and enhance coope­ra­tion of enforcment […]

TransFair findings in a nutshell

A news­let­ter briefly resu­mes the Trans­Fair fin­dings and actions. The news­let­ter is avail­able in Eng­lish, Ger­man, Slo­ve­nian, Czech and Polish.

Save the Date: TransFair Final Conference on March 31 — April 1, 2022

The con­fe­rence assem­bles all pro­ject part­ners and par­ti­ci­pants, inclu­ding repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of social part­ner insti­tu­ti­ons, labour inspec­tors and rese­ar­chers to dis­cuss pro­ject out­co­me­sand con­clu­si­ons for future poli­cies to safe­guard labour stan­dards in cross-bor­­der Euro­pean road trans­port. In dia­lo­gue with key sta­ke­hol­ders from natio­nal, EU and inter­na­tio­nal level, the final con­fe­rence shall give the floor to share, […]

New TransFair leaflet out

One of the main aims of the Trans­Fair pro­ject is to pro­vide dri­vers with reli­able and simple infor­ma­tion about their rights on inter­na­tio­nal jour­neys. So far, Trans­Fair part­ners have pro­du­ced leaf­lets for dri­vers from Slo­ve­nia on jour­neys in Aus­tria, for dri­vers from Poland on jour­neys in Ger­many. Now ano­t­her leaf­let is out pro­vi­ding infor­ma­tion for […]