The EU's Council of Ministers has adopted a new Directive to ensure the better application at national level of EU citizens' right to work in another Member State. Member States now have two years to implement the Directive at national level. The Directive aims to remove existing obstacles to the free movement of workers, such as the lack of awareness of EU rules among public and private employers and the difficulties faced by mobile citizens to get information and assistance in the host Member States. To overcome these barriers and prevent discrimination, the Directive will require Member States to ensure: (i) enabling a national level body to provide support and legal assistance to EU migrant workers with the enforcement of their rights; (ii) effective legal protection of rights; and (iii) easily accessible information in more than one EU language on the rights enjoyed by EU migrant workers.

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