{"id":27794,"date":"2019-10-24T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=27794"},"modified":"2019-10-23T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:02:49","slug":"european-labour-authority-starts-its-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/european-labour-authority-starts-its-work\/","title":{"rendered":"European Labour Authority starts its work"},"content":{"rendered":"

The launch takes place two years after European Commission President Jean-Claude\u00a0Juncker\u00a0announced the idea for such an authority in his\u00a02017 State of the Union address\u00a0before the European Parliament.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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President\u00a0Juncker participated in the opening ceremony in Brussels together with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, given Member States’ choice of Bratislava as the Authority’s location. Commission Vice-Presidents Valdis\u00a0Dombrovskis\u00a0and Maro\u0161\u00a0\u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, Commissioner Marianne\u00a0Thyssen\u00a0and other guests also attended.<\/p>\n

The Management Board of the Authority consists of representatives of Member States, of the Commission, EU-level social partners, European Parliament, as well as observers from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and other EU Agencies in the field of employment and social affairs. On 17 October, they will\u00a0meet for the first time\u00a0to adopt the necessary decisions to put the Authority into action and share their views on the initial work programme.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h2>\n

Around 17.5 million European citizens currently live or work in another Member State \u2013 twice as many as a decade ago. At the same time, millions of businesses operate across borders.<\/p>\n

The EU has developed a substantial body of legislation regulating different aspects of mobility.\u00a0To facilitate enforcement of the rules, the Commission proposed to set up a new authority as a way to reinforce structured cooperation and exchange between competent national authorities.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0European Labour Authority\u00a0has the following objectives:<\/p>\n