New Trends In Intra European Union Mobilities PDF Download

This report focuses on the importance of seasonal work in the context of free movement of workers. This topic gained particular importance during the COVID-19 pandemic, when borders were closed and seasonal workers residing in other countries were hampered to get to or return from their places of work. The importance of such seasonal workers for certain economic sectors became quite visible, as well as the difficulties these seasonal workers are faced with. The report follows the commitment from the Commission Guidelines on Seasonal Workers in the EU in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak to collect data on intra-EU seasonal work and identify the main challenges faced including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, it does not focus on the tools meant to support seasonal workers, since they are covered in the Commission Guidelines. The specific group of EU citizens living in one Member State and carrying out seasonal work in another Member State ('intra-EU seasonal workers' in the following) is not frequently studied. As these workers only stay in the country of work for a short period and there is little information about their work in the country of residence, there is little statistical information available about this group. This report seeks to fill this gap and presents the results of a first exercise to develop an operational definition and estimate approximate figures on this group.