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
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 […]
Transnational Inspectorate Workshop: the role of drivers in inspection processes
Based on the three bilateral labour inspectorate workshops, another TransFair event was held online. In the transnational workshop on September 20, 2021, we summarised findings so far about labour inspectorates’ competences, cooperation and challenges to inspect working conditions and remuneration in cross-border road transport. Moreover, Robertas Lukasevicius of the European Labour Authority gave an input […]
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