Labour exploitation and forced labour remain human rights challenges even in Europe – especially in the construction sector, where low-skilled and migrant workers face precarious conditions. While efforts to address these issues exist, they are fragmented and largely confined to national initiatives.


With the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, European companies will soon be required to implement stronger due diligence practices. This creates a critical opportunity to share knowledge, align strategies and build impactful partnerships across borders.


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Workshop 1 - Empowering migrant workers before departure
Topic lead: Sarah Barassa and Paola Alvarez (International Organisation for Migration)
Migrant and posted workers often arrive on European construction sites unaware of their core rights regarding pay, working hours, health and safety, or social security coordination. Evidence from a strategic analysis by the European Labour Authority (ELA) highlights major shortcomings: fragmented information, complex legal language, lack of translations and guidance. This workshop will discuss current practices in pre-departure information – from orientation centers and bilateral agreements to digital one-stop portals – to ensure workers start their journey informed and protected. Join us to discuss how these activities can be aligned and integrated into corporate due diligence processes and which role multi- stakeholder initiatives can take to build accessible, clear and multilingual rights information packages across mobility corridors.

Worksop 2 - Shared responsibility and effective risk management in subcontracting
Topic lead: Sara Fadi (Vattenfall) and Manuella Appiah (Sunrock)
Complex, multi-tiered subcontracting chains remain a hallmark of construction – but also a breeding ground for exploitation, undeclared work and even labour crime. As shown by a strategic analysis by the European Labour Authority (ELA) and the European Federation of Building and Wood Workers’ (EFBWW) Roadmap for Quality Jobs in Construction, blurred responsibilities and supply chains let abusive intermediaries thrive. Effective corporate due diligence processes paired with risk-based inspections and joint liability schemes are promising tools, but their effectiveness depends on shared responsibility, clear rules and enforceable limits. This workshop will invite participants to unpack the challenges faced by commissioning actors, their business partners and labour inspectorates to tackle exploitative practices. Join us to discuss how collective action based on mutual learning can strengthen risk management systems, due diligence measures, and ensure responsibility travels down the chain to protect every worker.

Workshop 3 - Access to remedy for mobile, dispersed workers
Topic Lead: Kateryna Danilova (FairMobility)
For posted and migrant workers in construction, violations often go unremedied. Fear of retaliation, distance from home countries, language barriers and short-term contracts create systemic obstacles. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s fourth report on the topic of severe labour exploitation and case work by the advisory network Fair Mobility (Faire Mobilität) show that access to justice requires innovation: cross-border complaint bodies, collective claims, mobile advisory units, and cooperation between inspectorates, businesses, trade unions and NGOs. This workshop will explore how remedies can be made accessible to an unorganised and highly mobile workforce – ensuring that rights on paper become rights in practice through coordinated, worker-centred approaches at EU and national level.

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