Posting and assignment of third-country workers from Croatia to Germany

The employment of workers from third countries, for example from India, Nepal or the Philippines, first in Croatia and then their engagement in work in Germany, is an increasingly common business model. Such a structure is not prohibited in advance, but it is legally sensitive because it is simultaneously subject to Croatian rules on the residence and work of foreign nationals, European rules on the posting of workers, and German rules on minimum working conditions, notifications and the hiring-out of workers. Lawful start in Croatia The starting point of any permissible model is the lawful work of the worker in Croatia. A...

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