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The European Labour Authority (ELA) and the European Commission organised an online training session dedicated to the road transport sector on Monday 14 November 2022 to support socially responsible, fairer, and more efficient road transport practices in the EU. The training focused on promoting the new rules and obligations introduced by the Mobility Package I in relation to return of the vehicle, regular weekly rest outside of the cabin and classification of infringements.
The 11th Management Board adopted ELA's priorities for the next year, with a focus on the construction sector in 2023. Tom Bevers and Agniezska Woloszyn re-elected as chair and deputy chair respectively of the ELA’s Management Board.
European Labour Authority (ELA) coordinated its third action week this year, between 10 - 14 October, in the road transport sector. In total 263 vehicles were checked in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania and Slovakia.
A workshop with the focus on road transport, construction and seasonal work was organised by ELA and the Spanish Labour Inspectorate’s National Training Center in Madrid, last week.
The European Labour Authority held a multinational event promoted by Slovakia in ELA’s headquarters dedicated to the posting of workers, particularly the posting of third country nationals with the Slovak neighbouring countries and Baltic states.
874 workers affected by labour violation or exploitation were identified during the action week
European Labour Authority, ELA, launches today an information and awareness raising campaign #Road2FairTransport, which will run intensively in the following weeks and continue until the end of the year in all EU Member States and in multiple languages.
Registration open to attend the conference organized by ELA at its Headquarters in Bratislava (SK) and online on the 4th of November 2022.
The EU Talent Pool Pilot Initiative is an online job-searching tool in the EURES portal for people fleeing the war in Ukraine, looking for work in the EU and benefiting from temporary protection. Through the Talent Pool Pilot, they can access over 3 million job vacancies and 4,000 potential employers.
The workshop organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Labour Authority (ELA) resulted in recommendations to EU and other European countries, including Ukraine and Moldova, on how to respond to the risks of trafficking in human beings, forced labour and undeclared work of the persons fleeing the war in Ukraine.
10 cross-border inspections and 15 Member States were involved in a joint initiative coordinated and supported by ELA in the construction sector.
ELA's mediation service has been successfully used by two Member States, Cyprus and Germany. The mediation succeeded toresolve a long-standing dispute in the field of social security coordination between the two countries.
ELA organised the second edition of Training Programme - Basics of EU Labour Mobility, taking place in Valetta, Malta from the 10th to the 12th of May 2023.
Recent trends and expected impact on the job market and main activities of ELA supporting fair and efficient labour mobility at the conference Future of Work in 21st Century organized by the Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovakia.
The Meeting offered an opportunity to share and discuss analytical approaches and modi operandi for tackling labour exploitation and trafficking of human beings. The Meeting was organized by the European Labour Authority (ELA) in cooperation with the Netherlands’ Labour Authority and France’s Gendarmerie Nationale and was attended by representatives from labour inspectorates and law enforcement authorities from EU Member States.
The report provides practitioners from the Member States, the social partners and experts with a better understanding of the EU rules, challenges in the application of the legislation and enhancement of cross-border cooperation in relation to the posting of third-country nationals.