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In cooperation with six other EU Member States, Austrian authorities carried out a large-scale joint road transport inspection on 8-9 September 2026, on the A12 motorway in Tyrol, supported by the European Labour Authority (ELA). Twenty-three labour inspectors and other enforcement experts from Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia joined the inspection to exchange expertise and strengthen cross-border enforcement. 

The European Labour Authority (ELA) and Europol have signed today a Working Arrangement to strengthen their cooperation in tackling labour exploitation, trafficking in human beings, fraud and related forms of serious and organised crime. 

In June 2026, the European Labour Authority (ELA) coordinated its first week of action dedicated to temporary employment agencies and other labour intermediaries. In this targeted action, enforcement authorities from 14 EU Member States worked together to check 70 companies and almost 2800 workers.

Aircrew working across Europe face gaps in how labour mobility and social security rules are enforced, according to a new European Labour Authority (ELA) report published today. The report covers all EU Member States and shows that national enforcement systems struggle to keep pace with the highly mobile work patterns of pilots and cabin crew. ELA assessed how rules are applied in practice, collected data from national authorities, and provides practical recommendations to help improve the enforcement of EU labour mobility and social security rules.

ELA coordinated another Road Transport Week of Action in the first week of May 2026, with 21 Member States taking part to check compliance with EU and national rules in the sector.

From 1 July 2026, social legislation in road transport will apply to light commercial vehicles (LCVs). The revised rules concern driving and rest times and use of tachographs. They concern drivers of vehicles engaged in international transport or cabotage (domestic transport is not concerned), driving a vehicle with a maximum permissible mass exceeding 2.5 tonnes. Until now, these rules applied only to heavier vehicles exceeding 3.5 tonnes. Enforcement of posting of drivers rules will also start towards the drivers of these light commercial vehicles. An information session for drivers and

A new annual report maps where workers are missing and where they are available, sector by sector and country by country.

The European Labour Authority presented awards to six exemplary practices during the ELA annual conference on declared work in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 12 March 2026.