The Employment and Social affairs committee of the European Parliament together with legal  experts  discussed the impact of the European Court of Justice rulings on the cases "Laval" and "Viking" for collective agreements today.

"There is no need to change the Posting of Workers directive as a result of the ECJ ruling in the Laval case", says Anne E. Jensen MEP (Venstre, Denmark), ALDE member of the Employment and Social affairs committee.
 
"What is needed is a much better and clearer information on rights for posted workers and employers' obligations. Also Denmark and Sweden should review their implementation of the Posting of Workers directive to better exploit the possibilities in order to ensure equal treatment of posted workers vis-à-vis workers in the host country".
 
"The hearing made it clear that the ECJ rulings in the Laval case is not an attack on the fundamental rights of trade unions to use collective action, but it restricts the aims of collective action to only the objective of protecting posted workers and securing their minimum rights".
 
"I find it totally ridiculous that some EU-sceptics see this ruling as an obstacle to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, and I noted that John Monks from the ETUC clearly stated that workers around Europe will have better rights following the Lisbon Treaty and the stronger legal force of the Charter of Fundamental Rights", - concluded Mrs E.Jensen.