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ELA supported cross-border inspections of 50 companies in hotel, restaurant and catering (HORECA) sector in June. More than 400 workers were interviewed.

Hundreds of trucks and buses were checked by enforcement officers in multiple Member States. Joint inspections resulted in 396 identified infringements.  

ELA publishes the EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2023 

ELA supported in March cross-border inspections of almost 200 companies. More than 600 workers were interviewed.  

Hundreds of trucks and buses were checked by enforcement officers in February in six Member States. In total 324 infringements were identified.  

Comprehensive sessions scheduled across 2024 for all 27 Member States

The European Labour Authority (ELA) organised a week-long Training for labour and social inspectors on 4-8 December 2023. More than 60 inspectors participated in the training, which ended with a roadside mock-inspection in Bratislava, Slovakia. The objective of the training was to enhance the inspectors’ knowledge and skills on cross-border inspections.

The European Labour Authority (ELA) coordinated and supported several inspections across the EU in 16-22 October 2023, with special attention to working conditions in the construction sector.

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

The European Labour Authority (ELA) supported inspections of working and living conditions of mostly Romanian workers employed in the meat industry in the Netherlands. More than 100 officers from Germany, the Netherlands and Romania were involved. Unworthy workers’ housings conditions across the border in Germany were discovered where 42 workers’ accommodations were checked and their 150 tenants interviewed. The Dutch and Romanian labour authorities offered 68 workers active in the meat industry in the Netherlands advice on their labour and social rights. Also temporary employment agencies in