Worker is prone to discrimination on behalf of their race or through their identification as belonging to a national minority (such as Roma, Dalit or sub-Saharan African) 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 Worker is prone to discrimination on behalf of their sex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Worker has experienced extreme poverty at home; 8 3 1 3 5 2 3 2 4 31 Other (please specify) 3 Missing employment contract and social security as requirement for residence permit; financial despair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Don’t know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Risk factors at workplace Focusing on the situation of migrant workers at their workplace, again, all the possible answers are referred to by the interviewees albeit to varying extents. Based on the responses, across the – professional groups, precarious or insecure situation of employment and relative isolated employment situation with few contacts to clients or to people outside the firm appear to be considered the most crucial factors for labour exploitation. On the contrary, the lack of a membership of a trade union (six) and seasonal employment (seven) have been less frequently specified as risk factors. The table below gives a detailed overview of the risk factors that occur at the workplace and allows to compare the findings across the professional groups. adding to the risk that migrant Total Factors workers are exploited - as regards the migrant workers’ work place S E L R P J M W N The migrant works in a sector of the economy that is particularly prone to exploitation; 7 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 25 The migrant works in relative isolation with few contacts to clients or to people outside the firm; 8 1 3 3 5 0 1 1 3 25 The migrant worker is not a member of a union; 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 The migrant works in a precarious or insecure situation of employment, e.g. formally not employed but 9 1 2 1 4 3 3 2 4 29
Worker is prone to discrimination on behalf of their race or through their identification as belonging to a national minority (such as Roma, Dalit or sub-Saharan African) 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 Worker is prone to discrimination on behalf of their sex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Worker has experienced extreme poverty at home; 8 3 1 3 5 2 3 2 4 31 Other (please specify) 3 Missing employment contract and social security as requirement for residence permit; financial despair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Don’t know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Risk factors at workplace Focusing on the situation of migrant workers at their workplace, again, all the possible answers are referred to by the interviewees – albeit to varying extents. Based on the responses, across the professional groups, precarious or insecure situation of employment and relative isolated employment situation with few contacts to clients or to people outside the firm appear to be considered the most crucial factors for labour exploitation. On the contrary, the lack of a membership of a trade union (six) and seasonal employment (seven) have been less frequently specified as risk factors. The table below gives a detailed overview of the risk factors that occur at the workplace and allows to compare the findings across the professional groups. Factors adding to the risk that migrant workers are exploited - as regards the migrant workers’ work place S E L R P J M W N Total The migrant works in a sector of the economy that is particularly prone to exploitation; 7 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 25 The migrant works in relative isolation with few contacts to clients or to people outside the firm; 8 1 3 3 5 0 1 1 3 25 The migrant worker is not a member of a union; 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 The migrant works in a precarious or insecure situation of employment, e.g. formally not employed but 9 1 2 1 4 3 3 2 4 29