The European Commission has just launched the website of the European Labour Authority (ELA), as well as the recruitment of the staff for the new agency.

With over 17 million Europeans living or working in another EU Member State, the European Labour Authority  will help individuals, businesses and national administrations to get the most out of the opportunities offered by free movement and be a crucial instrument for ensuring fair labour mobility.

On 13 June 2019, the Council decided on Bratislava as the seat of the new authority. In this start-up phase, the Commission will host ELA in its premises in Brussels, until the premises are ready in Slovakia.

The Authority is expected to be established on 31 July and the activities will start in mid-October with the first meeting of the ELA Management Board and the presentation of the work programme.

The authority is expected to reach its full operational capacity by 2024 with approximately 140 staff members, some of them seconded by the Member States and acting as National Liaison Officers. The Commission has just published the first vacancies at the Authority, which can be found in the vacancies section.

The European Labour Authority is part of the rollout of the European Pillar of Social Rights and was first announced by President Juncker in his 2017 State of the Union address.