Migrations and Right to Work in the European Union

The purpose of this paper is to analyse and present the legal framework of the right to work in the European Union in the context of migration issues. Given that migrations in general, and in particular labour migrations, have various causes and important economic, social and demographic consequences, the first part of the paper presents the basic concepts, historical development and the features of migration. The most important socio-economic and legal aspects are also presented, as well as the labour market elements relevant to migration. The second part of the paper elaborates in detail the normative arrangement of labour migration in the EU. There is a clear distinction between the right to work of EU nationals and third country nationals. In the legal analysis, the author puts an emphasis on the areas of freedom of movement of workers, posting of workers, and the transitional regime for new Member States’ nationals