Regulation of labour market intermediaries and the role of social partners in preventing trafficking of labour

Nowadays, private labour market intermediaries (temporary work agencies, employment placement agencies...) contribute to facilitating the labour mobility.

However, due to loopholes in regulation, some workers run the risk of being exploited by fraudulent agencies.

This report examines how public authorities are currently regulating labour market intermediaries across Member States, highlighting the effectiveness or otherwise of different registration or licensing schemes.

The report examines the currently regulation of market intermediaries across Member States, highlighting the effectiveness or otherwise of different registration or licensing schemes and the activities by social partners aimed at preventing the trafficking of labour.

The overall aim is to contribute to the development of a best practice guide for public authorities to encourage better monitoring and enforcement of regulations deterring trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation.

Regulation of labour market intermediaries and the role of social partners in preventing trafficking of labour : executive summary https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1603en1.pdf

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