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Social Partners Barriers and Enablers WP5 report WP Leader – Glasgow Caledonian University [email protected] February 2020: Delivery 5.2 Horizon 2020 SIRIUS (770515) Reference: SIRIUS [D5.2] This research was conducted under the Horizon 2020 project ‘SIRIUS’ (770515). The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the author. The European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at: [email protected] This document is available for download at https://www.sirius-project.eu/ 2 Table of Content Table of Content ..................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 10 Social Partners Barriers and Enablers – Introduction to the WP5 Integrated Report .... 13 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 13 1.2 Methods .................................................................................................................. 14 1.3 Newcomers’ skills: an unlocked potential? ............................................................. 16 1.4 Are newcomers disrupting national labour markets? .............................................. 20 1.5 Barriers and enablers according to social partners’ experts ................................... 23 1.6 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 28 References ........................................................................................................................ 30 Appendix ........................................................................................................................... 31 Country reports ..................................................................................................................... 36 Czech Republic .............................................................................................................. 37 2.1 The environments for social partners in the Czech Republic ................................. 37 2.2 Methods .................................................................................................................. 39 2.3 The strategies and activities of social partners in the labour market integration of migrants and refugees in the Czech Republic ................................................................... 40 2.4 Barriers to the Labour Market Integration identified by social partners .................. 43 2.5 Enablers to labour market integration identified by social partners ........................ 46 2.6 Social partners, social dialogue, policymaking and labour market integration ....... 48 2.7 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 49 References ........................................................................................................................ 51 Annex I – List of Interviews with Social Partners Representatives .................................... 52 Denmark ........................................................................................................................ 53 3.1 The environment for social partners in Denmark .................................................... 53 3.2 Methods .................................................................................................................. 56 3 3.3 Strategies and activities of social partners in the labour market integration of migrants and refugees in Denmark .................................................................................................. 57 3.3.1 Labour market integration as talent/skills mobility ........................................... 58 3.3.2 MRAs and the threat of “social dumping” ........................................................ 60 3.3.3 Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................... 62 3.4 Barriers to labour market integration identified by social partners .......................... 62 3.4.1 Cultural Barriers .............................................................................................. 63 3.4.2 The Stigmatizing Political Environment ........................................................... 65 3.4.3 Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................... 66 3.5 Enabling factors to labour market integration identified by social partners............. 66 3.5.1 Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................... 69 3.6 Social partners, social dialogue, policymaking and labour market integration ....... 69 3.6.1 Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................... 72 3.7 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 72 References ........................................................................................................................ 74 Annex I - List of Interviews with Social Partner Representatives ...................................... 76 Finland ........................................................................................................................... 78 4.1 Social Partners in Finland ....................................................................................... 78 4.1.1 Trade Unions and Employers’ Organizations .................................................. 78 4.1.2 Social Partners and Migrants .......................................................................... 79 4.2 Methods .................................................................................................................. 81 4.3 The Strategies and Activities of Social Partners in the Labour Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees in Finland ..................................................................................... 81 4.3.1 Benefits to Finland of Migrants Entering the Labour Market ........................... 81 4.3.2 Services and Activities Targeted at Migrants .................................................. 82 4.4 Barriers to the Labour Market Integration Identified by Social Partners ................. 84 4.4.1 Barriers to Labour Market Integration .............................................................. 84 4.4.2 Migrants more Exposed to Risks ..................................................................... 86 4.5 Enablers to Labour Market Integration Identified by Social Partners...................... 88 4.5.1 Existing Enabling Services to Labour Market Integration ................................ 88 4.5.2 Employment Opportunities for Migrants .......................................................... 89 4.6 Social Partners, Social Dialogue, Policymaking and Labour Market Integration .... 91 4.6.1 Effect of Current Labour Market Integration Policies ....................................... 91 4.6.2 Social Dialogue and Cooperation .................................................................... 92 4.7 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 92 References ........................................................................................................................ 94 Annex I - List of Interviews with social partners ................................................................ 96 Greece ........................................................................................................................... 97 5.1 The environment for social partners in Greece ...................................................... 97 5.2 Methods .................................................................................................................. 98 4 5.3 The strategies and activities of social partners in the labour market integration of migrants and refugees in Greece ...................................................................................... 99 5.4 Barriers to the labour market integration identified by social partners .................. 101 5.5 Enablers to labour market integration identified by social partners ...................... 104 5.6 Social partners, social dialogue, policymaking and labour market integration ..... 106 5.7 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 108 5.8 References ........................................................................................................... 110 Annex I - List of interviews with social partners .............................................................. 112 Italy .............................................................................................................................. 113 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................... 113 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 113 6.2 The environment for social partners in Italy .......................................................... 113 6.3 Methods ...............................................................................................................