# Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, Article 2: Definition

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘posted worker’ means a worker who, for a limited period, carries out his work in the territory of a Member State other than the State in which he normally works.
2. For the purposes of this Directive, the definition of a worker is that which applies in the law of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/71/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-71/article-2
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