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404 potential victims and 93 perpetrators identified during EMPACT Joint Action Days conducted by 32 countries across Europe

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Labour Authority (ELA) have jointly launched a new practical guide to help workplace inspectors to identify and address labour exploitation. The guide will also help workers to claim and enjoy their rights across the European Union.

Seven Member States carried out a joint action in road transport 17 – 23 February with the support of the European Labour Authority (ELA) and in partnership with the European Roads Policing Network (ROADPOL). The action focused on compliance with driving and resting time rules. Fines amounting to EUR 240 000 were imposed during the inspections. 

Almost 500 hundred trucks and buses were checked by enforcement officers in southern Austria. The joint inspection resulted in 1451 identified offenses including multiple tachograph manipulation cases.  

ELA publishes the EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2023 

Comprehensive sessions scheduled across 2024 for all 27 Member States

The inspections, organised by ELA in cooperation with ROADPOL, took place between the 8th and 14th of May and involved 11 Member States in another successful week of road transport action.

The European Labour Authority supported a targeted cross-border joint inspection of road passenger transport on April 13, 2023, organised by the Slovenian supervisory authorities together with the German and Croatian enforcement authorities.

Facts and figures of the first week of action of 2023 organised in cooperation with ROADPOL: focus on commercial buses and heavy goods vehicles. 

From the 13th to the 17th of June the “Truck & Bus” action week took place on European roads across 7 different Member States. ELA and ROADPOL facilitated the cooperation of Member States authorities. Roadside checks were made in Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain.