The European Labour Authority (ELA) is an agency of the

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tasked with coordinating and supporting the enforcement of EU law on labour mobility. Its activities started on 17 October 2019 and the agency is expected to reach a yearly budget of €50 million and 140 staff by 2024.

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is the agency's host city.

Mission

The European Labour Authority (ELA) has been created to help Member States and the European Commission to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility and social security coordination are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way. ELA also has an important role to play in facilitating and ensuring effective labour mobility in Europe, in particular by activities of European Employment Services (EURES).

What ELA does

The European Labour Authority contributes to fair, simple and effective labour mobility by performing the following tasks: * Information and services: ELA provides access to information on labour mobility for individuals, employers and

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. * EURES: ELA coordinates the EURES network and supports Member States in promoting cross-border job matching. * Inspections: ELA coordinates and supports Member States in conducting cross‑border inspections to strengthen cross-border enforcement of EU rules. * Cooperation: ELA facilitates cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States. * Training and Capacity Building: ELA provides capacity building for national authorities and social partners involved in labour mobility and social security coordination. * Mediation: ELA provides mediation services in cross-border disputes between EU Member States. * Analysis and Risk Assessment: ELA carries out analysis and risk assessment related to issues of cross‑border labour mobility. * Relations with social partners: ELA engages with trade unions and employers’ organisations in the field of labour mobility and social security coordination. * Digital tools for labour mobility: ELA promotes knowledge sharing on digital tools and innovative solutions for labour mobility.

History

The agency was first suggested by Jean-Claude Junker,

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, during his 2017 State of the European Union address. On 13 February 2018, the

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presented its first draft of the regulation establishing the authority. On 14 February 2019, the

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and

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reached a provisional agreement on the proposal. On 13 June 2019, the Commission announced that

would serve as the agency's host city. The agency moved to its official seat from Brussels to Bratislava on 1 September 2021 and signed the Headquarters agreement with Slovakia on 16 October 2021. The inauguration of the premises took place on 9 November 2021 in the presence of Commissioner Nikolas Schmit, Prime Minister

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, Minister of Labour of Slovakia, and hosted by Ambassador Cosmin Boiangiu, the Executive Director of ELA.

References

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Government agencies established in 2019 Labour in the European Union Organisations based in Bratislava

Mission

What ELA does

History

See also

References