Structural reliance on migrant labour in the Dutch agricultural and gastronomy sectors and the role of informal employment practices

This report presents the national findings for the Netherlands that were collected for work package 6 (Employers’ reliance on irregular employment of migrants) of the DignityFIRM project. The overall aims of this work package are: (1) to identify and assess the main labour market-related conditions, policies and actors that are driving the irregularity of migrant labour in the food supply chain industries in Europe; (2) to assess the conditions resulting from the irregular status on the labour market; and (3) to analyse and to explain the structural effects (on the sectoral level) of the presence of irregular migrant labour. The research in the context of this work package and in this report focuses in particular on the sectors agriculture and gastronomy (bars, restaurants, food delivery).

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