The impact of the crisis on illegal employment of foreigners in the Czech Republic and the respective public policy measures – a critical perspective
Abstract
Paper presented at the 7th CEU Conference in Social Sciences “What Follows after the Crisis? Approaches to Global Transformations” in Budapest, Hungary 27.-29.5.2011. Abstract: The aim of the article is to provide a critical perspective of the public policy measures to tackle the illegal employment of foreigners in the Czech Republic taken by the Czech government in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Based on the study of official documents as well as on expert interviews, the analysis of the changes in the public policy dealing with the problem of illegal employment is conducted. While the crisis triggered a more open public debate and brought the problem on the agenda of some core public policy actors and while new measures were taken to address the issue, some of the main underlying problems remain unaddressed.
In the final part, a possible future development is outlined, drawing on the global labor migration trends as well as on the current public policy practice in the Czech Republic.