PROGRAMME
Opening Remarks
Approaching sectors: Agriculture Rebecca Vinning (PhD student, Maynooth University), Audrey Deverson (PhD student, CNRS - University of Strasbourg)
Discussion
Approaching sectors: Domestic and care work Dr Clíodhna Murphy (School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University) Catharina Lopes Scodro (PhD student, CNRS - University of Strasbourg)
Discussion
Features of temporary labour migration Dr Marco Rocca (CNRS - University of Strasbourg) Professor Michael Doherty (School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University)
Discussion
Closing Remarks
Coffee break
Chair: Dr Meishan Zhang (Department of Sociology, Maynooth University)
ABOUT
The global phenomenon of labour migration intertwines immigration controls with labour regulation, setting the tone for migrant workers’ rights and conditions of entry and leave, work, and stay. Labour migration schemes are often temporary, for which time restriction might serve to justify social rights limitation, deny equal treatment to migrant workers, or result in de facto exclusions. Thus, it can structure the precarities migrant workers face. The migrant workforce plays a major role in agriculture and domestic and care work sectors. Under the European Union legal framework, temporary labour migration schemes – such as posting of workers (intra-EU), seasonal work, and au pairing (third country nationals) – coexist with other legal statuses. This Seminar explores temporary labour migration as a multifaceted phenomenon in the EU, which both shapes and is shaped by the intersection of migration and labour regimes. The Seminar turns to common features of temporary labour schemes, as well as to specific sectors – agriculture and domestic and care work from a legal and geographical perspective, unpacking challenges and precarities that migrant workers might encounter.
This is a free event with no registration required.