The mobility of employees within the EU, and the Eures Network

Sammanfattning: En sammanfattning av uppsatsen på maximalt 8000 tecken. This thesis is mainly dealing with the mobility of the employees within the borders of the European Union. Legislative framework from the EU is favourable and the Commission has set as one of it goals to promote the migration. Globalisation trends and contemporary business concepts need people who are mobile on the other hand. But migration numbers are still low within Europe. The purpose of this thesis is to find out how much the legal uncertainties, and the different culture mentality in the workplace of another country act as barriers in the minds of the people who wish to work abroad. A survey is done to demonstrate this, and the Eures network is chosen for this reason. Eures is a valuable tool, created with the support of the European Commission, which provides information on job vacancies all over the EEA, and can also provide additional information on the host country. People from four selected countries (Spain, Greece, Germany, Sweden) are asked about how would they feel to work abroad, what do they perceive as major problems in that, and if they are aware of the Eures network. The findings are supported by the answers from big multinational companies of the same countries, regarding their attitudes towards employing foreign people, the problems they face, and if they are familiar with the Eures network. The results of the survey show that the people that were questioned are very open minded in working abroad, and from their opinions on the problems they think they will have to deal with, the two major are further analysed. Namely, in the business field, the different culture in the companies, and their fear if they will not be easily integrated, and in the law field, the social security and pensions system.