Preserving Operational Freedom in Hospitality: HOTREC's Position on Subcontracting

Subcontracting in the hospitality industry involves delegating tasks and services to external providers, allowing accommodation establishments to focus on core operations such as guest experience and management. 

Our priorities on subcontracting are as follows:

• Hospitality businesses must be free to decide how to organise their services. Any other option would hinder innovation, flexibility and productivity, and may even risk business viability.
• A full chain liability is not proportionate. National legislation already exists to protect the interests of workers and businesses.
• No legislation is needed on subcontracting at EU level.
• To avoid any possible abuse, solutions can be found through enforcing current legislation and encouraging labour inspections.

Full Position Paper on Subcontracting