RECRUIT4TOMORROW – Comparative analysis report

2025.04.17

This paper reports insights drawn from a sample of firms from countries that participated in the research project “Encouraging employment of third-country nationals through social dialogue – Recruit4Tomorrow (GA 101102367)”, which is co-funded by the European Union.

The report starts with a brief overview of the methodology, sample characteristics, the current state of employing foreign and third-country workers, their origins, and their wages. The third section explores the benefits, challenges and barriers of hiring third-country workers. The role of workers’ representatives is discussed in section four. It concludes with a set of identified areas and topics on which the social partners can and will work in the next phases of the Recruit4Tomorrow project to prepare a list of measures and common recommendations for policy-makers which will be aligned with all social partners within the social dialogue. In the appendix, all of the national reports are also attached so that the reader can also evaluate the specific countries in detail.