Poor working and living conditions of seasonal and migrant workers was identified in 2020 as a matter that required further information and therefore a study was requested and introduced in the 2021-2025 plan.

In the meantime, the political agreement on the CAP 2023-2027 has included a system of social conditionality, along with an undertaking, via a so-called ‘rendez-vous clause’, to carry out a study to monitor the impact of the new social conditionality mechanism after the first 2 years of its application by all Member States (i.e., in 2027), and to assess if the mechanism has had a positive impact on workers’ conditions, with a view to including other relevant provisions in the same mechanism.

Study on the working conditions of farm employees in the EU agriculture sector.