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A multinational team of 86 enforcement officers conducted inspections of 192 vehicles in 6-12 November 2023 in three Member States. The "Truck and Bus Operation" was coordinated by the European Labour Authority (ELA) and the European Roads Policing Network (ROADPOL) and uncovered infringements against road transport regulations resulting in total fines exceeding EUR 50,000. In particular resting time violations were discovered. In one extreme case, a truck driver was found to have three driver cards, indicating regular more than 17-hour driving periods without breaks. 

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.

Discover essential insights about Europe’s workforce challenges, revealed by the Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) Report.

ELA supported the 2023 EMPACT Trafficking in Human Being Hackathon

The document provides insights and practical tools useful not only to national competent authorities in the field of posting of workers, but also to a wide range of institutions.

Around thirty workers were controlled, some of them were identified as third country nationals using fake ID cards from EU member states.

ELA has launched today it’s new information and awareness raising campaign during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland. The first ELA-supported joint inspection between Finland and Estonia is also taking place at the same time.

The European Labour Authority (ELA) hits the mark of successfully facilitating 100 concerted and joint labour inspections since its establishment at the end of 2019.

ELA published today a new report on the awareness of labour mobility services.