The European Labour Authority awarded three exemplary practices during the ELA conference held in Brussels on 27 June 2024. The Call for Good Practices 2023 yielded 23 selected good practices focusing on two fields: construction and preventing social security fraud. 

In the ‘construction‘ category, the exemplary practice award was given to: 

• General Labour Inspectorate Executive Agency from Bulgaria for their good practice ‘Transnational Cooperation of Governmental and Nongovernmental Actors for the information, prevention and solving of transborder cases in construction sector’. The Bulgarian Labour Inspectorate cooperates closely with Arbeit und Leben Berlin-Brandenburg with the aim to support Bulgarian workers in Germany. 

In the ‘preventing social security fraud‘ category, the exemplary practice award was given to:

• Instituto da Segurança Social (Institute of Social Security) from Portugal for their good practice ‘Determination of Legislation Applicable (DLA) application for the posting of workers’. The Portuguese Social Security Institute developed the Determination of Legislation Applicable (DLA) application to increase the effectiveness and reduce the length of the procedure to issue the portable document A1 to posted workers in EU/EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The application offers also the possibility to verify the authenticity of PDA1 by other Member States using it.

In the ‘Other‘ category, the exemplary practice award was given to:

• The Netherlands Labour Authority from the Netherlands for their good practice ‘Zelfinspectie.nl: checklists for employers’. The Netherlands Labour Authority created digital checklists  to support employers in being compliant with the law and make legislation accessible to them. 

The other 23 selected practices will receive certificates of recognition and can be accessed on ELA’s website, in the database of good practices Call for Good Practices 2023.