EU law contains important provisions to protect third-country workers from exploitation, namely in the employer sanctions directive, the seasonal workers directive, the single permit directive, the posted workers directive, the anti-trafficking directive, the victims’ rights directive, and other EU legal instruments. However, these provisions are little known to workplace inspectorates.

This training manual from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to help officials responsible for workplace inspections and those responsible for training them to enforce the protective standards in EU law that safeguard the rights of third-country workers. 

The training manual contains seven modules:

• Module 1: Introduction and legal framework,
• Module 2: Speaking with migrant workers during inspections
• Module 3: Providing information
• Module 4: Access to justice and facilitation of complaints
• Module 5: Identification and referral of exploited workers
• Module 6: The right to back pay and compensation
• Module 7: Decent housing and changing employer 

For further information, please read the manual online or attached above.