Have a look at the term "access to employment" in the EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary
The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "access to employment" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!
The term "access to employment" which is used in the recent EMN study on "Integration of applicants for international protection in the labour market", is defined as:
1. In the general migration context: conditions and requirements governing admittance to the labour market for migrants and refugees legally residing in a host country.
2. In the EU migration context: authorization of third-country nationals (legally resident migrants, beneficiaries and applicants for international protection) to engage in employed or self-employed activities in EU Member States subject to the rules generally applicable to the profession and public service, as well as employment and working conditions.
If you are interested in other terms, please check out the online version here.