On 14 February 2019 the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council secured a provisional agreement on the EU commission proposal to create a European Labour Authority (ELA). If officially adopted, the new authority’s prerogatives will center on issues surrounding labour mobility and EU social security coordination ‘while supporting cooperation between national authorities, including in preventing and tackling social fraud and abuse,’ the Commission press statement noted.
“Over the past decade, the number of ‘mobile workers’ has doubled: around 17 million people are currently working in a different country than where they live or are coming from, and these numbers will only increase in the future. Unfair competition, exploitation of workers and fraud have not always been tackled sufficiently. It is therefore crucial that national labour inspectorates can work across borders, along with labour inspectorates from other Member States to address these types of abuses”, stated rapporteur, Jeroen Lenaers (EPP, NL).
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