Glossary

national carriage of goods for hire or reward carried out on a temporary basis in a host Member State by a vehicle registered in another Member State or when the employer is not established in the Member State where domestic transport operations are carried out

liability of a company for a harm caused by its business partners extending the legal responsibility up in the supply chain

Measures to improve commitment to being compliant with labour, tax and social insurance laws and regulations among the public. Measures might include promoting the benefits of declared work, education initiatives, and promoting tax fairness, procedural justice and redistributive justice.

[Eurofound (2013), op cit.]

A tool for reporting abuses/malpractices in the field on labour laws, social security and taxes. These can use different mediums (e.g., telephone hotlines, websites, emails of different authorities), and be targeted at different forms of violation including labour, tax and/or social insurance violations. They can be hosted by enforcement bodies or by social partners. Companies also have internal systems to handle malpractices.

The act of obeying an order, rule, regulation or request. Compliance with a law means doing what is required to operate in the declared economy.

Sometimes referred to as a ‘white list’, this is a list of businesses or individuals who have been compliant over a time period and therefore are regarded as acceptable or trustworthy, and often rewarded with benefits (e.g., they can tender for public procurement contracts).

inspection carried out in two or more Member States simultaneously on related cases, with each national authority operating in its territory, and supported, where appropriate, by the European Labour Authority staff.

Action of the European Labour Authority to assist Member States to cooperate better across borders, to benefit from being part of an EU-wide network and to develop tools which facilitate their work and support capacity building

process of enhancing relations between Member States to overcome problems and foster the willingness to cooperate in relation to the mobility of workers.

Voluntary cooperation between EU/EEA countries national competent authorities to enforce legal obligations and combat undeclared work, occupational health and safety, etc. of mobile workers and businesses. This can involve the exchange of information and data, investigations and inspections, and/or preventative activities.

process aimed at hiring candidates from abroad, consisting of promotion for a job vacancy, a selection procedure and job offer, organised and led by an employer or facilitated by recruitment specialists from public employment services or private entities