Posting to the Netherlands and France — WagwEU and SIPSI in a nutshell

Netherlands — WagwEU

The Dutch system is WagwEU (Wet arbeidsvoorwaarden gedetacheerde werknemers in de Europese Unie). You file via the postedworkers.nl portal before work begins.

What you register:

• employer and Dutch representative details (contact person),
• each worker's details and their A1,
• workplace address,
• planned period,
• pay and the applicable CAO (collective bargaining agreement) name.

The Netherlands strongly enforces sectoral CAOs — minimum pay is often 30–50% above Polish minimums, and even higher in construction and transport.

France — SIPSI

The French portal is SIPSI. Registration is mandatory before work starts (at most 24 hours before, in urgent cases).

What's specific to France:

• Représentant en France — you must have a representative in France throughout the entire posting (individual or legal entity),
• the worker must carry a printed SIPSI in French,
• working time records in 3 languages (French + 2 others).

France has the strictest enforcement in the EU. Germany's Zoll? URSSAF is tougher.

Things you can't forget in either country

• Translating the employment contract into the local language (English alone is not enough).
• Special working time records to local standards.
• Sectoral minimum wage — usually higher than the "national" floor.
• Per-diems and allowances — counted as part of pay in some countries, not in others.

Penalty comparison

Belgium (LIMOSA) is in similar ranges.

Practical advice

Each of these countries requires a different process, different paperwork, a different language and a different portal. Trying to run this "on the side" of other duties tends to end with an inspection.

We handle postings in ~14 EU countries. Document packs ready for each. Planning to send workers outside Poland — let's talk.