Executive Summary -- Migration for Employment Policy in Switzerland -- Bilateral Labour Agreements Concluded by France -- From Labour Emigration to Labour Recruitment -- Assessment and Evaluation of Bilateral Labour Agreements Signed by Romania -- Employment of Foreigners in and from the Czech Republic -- Labour Migration to the United States -- Principal Labour Migration Schemes in the United Kingdom -- Labour Recruitment for Skill Shortages int he United Kingdom -- Labour Market Measures Related to Foreign Employment in Ireland -- Recruitment of Foreign Labour in Germany and Switzerland -- Fighting for the Rights of Migrant Workers -- Seasonal Labour Migration in the Light of the German-Polish Bilateral Agreement -- Recruitment of Nurses in Romania by the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Region in Italy -- Conclusions -- Annex 1A -- Annex 2A.

This report opens with an overview of bilateral agreements and other forms of labour recruitment of foreigners in several OECD countries (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States) as well as in the Philippines and Romania.  It then has a series of chapters describing the management and implementation of these practices and analysing the impact of these agreements on labour markets, economic development and migration policies of both sending and receiving countries.  It also examines the prospects for this type of migration. The Annex lists the principal agreements signed by OECD countries, by type of recruitment scheme (e.g. seasonal, contract workers, trainees and guest workers).