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EMN Inform: Illegal Employment of third-country nationals , , 2017 – 2022 situation analysis
The EMN Inform is a short summary of the EMN study "Illegal Employment of third-country nationals: 2017 – 2022 situation analysis".
The study by the European Migration Network (EMN) highlights the issue of illegal employment among third-country nationals (TCNs) in EMN Member Countries from 2017 to 2022. The report details the various ways in which TCNs engage in illegal em-ployment and the challenges faced by both workers and authorities. It offers an up-to-date analysis of key legislative and policy frameworks, as well as practices to prevent, identify, and tackle illegal employment.
Illegal employment of TCNs continues to be a top political concern. National debates have intensified around the impact of illegal employment on society, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Preventive measures, however, have largely remained the same since 2017, focusing on awareness-raising, mandatory notifications to authorities when employing TCNs, compiling lists of unreliable employees or blacklisted employers. Key challenges in preventive measures include difficulties with monitoring and inspections, language barriers in communicating rights and obligations, and administrative obstacles, including data protection issues.
EMN Member Countries have improved cooperation between national actors and with other countries and sectors. Since 2017 new schemes for better collaboration between national agencies involved in prevention and enforcement efforts have been intro-duced. Labour inspectorates often collaborate with immigration and asylum services, financial and tax authorities, law enforcement and border control, social security and insurance agencies, and occupational safety and health authorities. Cross-border cooperation has also increased, using new initiatives like the European Labour Authority's (ELA) European Platform tackling undeclared work.
The EMN Inform is only available in English. The EMN-Flash briefly summarises the key findings on just one page (see "Downloads" under "Further information").