Following a vote on 22 October, the European Labour Authority’s Management Board appointed Cosmin Boiangiu as ELA’s next Executive Director. 
Mr. Boiangiu participated today in an exchange of views with the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, and is expected to take office at the beginning of 2021 at the latest.

This joint operation saw three EU countries fighting arm in arm against undeclared work in the construction sector. It kicks off the Week of Action of the very first European campaign on the benefits of declared work.

As part of the first European campaign for declared work, the European Platform tackling undeclared work and the European Labour Authority (ELA) have launched a #EU4FairWork social media competition, calling on workers and employers from across the EU to share their personal stories about working declared.

An overview of the various approaches and their results to tackle undeclared work in Member States across the EU.

The European Platform tackling undeclared work has been quick to respond to the immediate challenges from the COVID-19 outbreak and is looking into solutions on how this transition could be achieved.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, ELA’s working group on inspections is carrying out its regular meetings video conferencing. At the meeting on 27 April, Member States discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and possible adaptation measures in the field of cross-border concerted and joint inspections.

COVID-19 is having profound impact in the way people live and work across Europe. But what is the EU response to the coronavirus outbreak? And what are the implications for EU’s labour mobility?

Today, the Commission adopted a report on Member States’ cooperation in tackling undeclared work, evaluating the efforts of the European Platform tackling Undeclared Work.

The European Labour Authority (ELA) aim is to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility and social security coordination are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way and to make it easier for citizens and businesses to reap the benefits of the internal market.

Tom Bevers, Member from Belgium, and Agnieszka Wołoszyn from Poland have been elected as Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson respectively of the Management Board of the European Labour Authority.