Managing the Risks of Being a Victim of Severe Labour Exploitation: Findings from a Research Project Exploring the Views of Experts in the UK
基于欧盟基本权利机构项目数据，分析英国专家对严重劳动剥削风险管理的建议，包括监控、执法和支持措施，对政策制定者和从业者有用。
The 2015 report published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the severe labour exploitation of workers in the European Union (EU) 1 highlights the need to address the factors that increase the risk of being subjected to exploitative working conditions. 2 This article begins by setting out the principal risks that impact upon an individual’s vulnerability to severe labour exploitation, according to the country data from the 21 EU Member States involved in this project. 3 Then, by focusing on the empirical research conducted in the UK, 4 the article discusses some of the measures, put forward by the UK research participants involved in the study, that could be implemented to manage the risks identified. Based upon the research participants’ recommendations, the authors will draw conclusions on how better to manage the risks of labour exploitation. This article utilises data collected for the FRA project ‘Severe forms of labour exploitation’ as presented in the UK National Report. 5 The authors were part of the UK National team based at University of Nottingham and were responsible for all data collection, analysis and reporting. 6 Thirty-seven interviews and two focus groups collected the views of professionals representing: monitoring bodies (denoted as M) such as inspectorates and health and safety executives, law enforcement agencies (P), support groups (S), lawyers (L), recruitment agencies (R), workers’ organisations (W), employment organisations (E) and a national policy expert (N). Acting on FRA guidance, only data reported in the national reports and comparative reports are used here.