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EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2022, by the European Labour Authority launched on 29 March.
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The European Labour Authority, together with the European Commission, is launching the Posting 360 Mutual Learning and Understanding Programme. ELA Forum on the Posting of Workers is the first event of the Programme, taking place at ELA Headquarters in Bratislava on 13 and 14 March.
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More than 50 EU SOLVIT representatives participated in a training on 8-9 March organised by ELA in cooperation with the European Commission (DG GROW) and the SOLVIT network. The training was about cross-sectoral understanding of EU labour mobility rules, enforcement, fair labour mobility rules in the single market and had the aim to build the capacity of SOLVIT Centres.
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Members of the European Parliament, Mr Antonius Manders, from the European Peoples’ Party and Ms Daniela Rondinelli, from the Socialist & Democrats, led the European Parliament delegation during its official visit to the European Labour Authority on the 20th and 21th of February 2023 at ELA’s premises in Bratislava, Slovakia. The aim of the visit was to get a better idea on ELA’s operational activities and exchange views on ELA's priorities for 2023.
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Facts and figures of the first week of action of 2023 organised in cooperation with ROADPOL: focus on commercial buses and heavy goods vehicles.
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Recordings of two workshops on road transport of passengers and a sector-specific info session are now available in many official EU languages.
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Gradual expansion of ELA’s activities in 2023; main strategic areas of work announced for 2023 – 2025.
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Focus fields of the year: construction and preventing social security fraud
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The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Labour Authority (ELA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to intensify their cooperation.
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The European Labour Authority (ELA) supported a joint action coordinated by Eurojust and Europol and led by Belgian and Portuguese authorities. The aim of the operation was to end the illicit activities related to social security fraud. Experts from ELA and Europol were deployed to Portugal. Five suspects were detained by law enforcement authorities. So far 5 properties in Portugal have been seized and 32 bank accounts frozen.