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On 30 April, the government approved Bulgaria's application to host the seat of the European Labour Authority, the newest European agency, which is about to start working before the end of the year.
The Agency will be responsible for mobile workers in the EU with the aim of supporting member states in the implementation of EU legislation on cross-border labour mobility and the coordination of social security systems, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and highly mobile services.
Its duties will also include facilitation of the organisation of joint inspections of cross-border infringements and conducting mediation procedure in disputes between the competent institutions of the member states in the application of that legislation.
The new structure is envisaged to bring together the technical and operational tasks of several existing EU bodies - the European Bureau of Coordination, the Technical Committee on Free Movement of Workers, the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers and the European Platform Tackling Undeclared Work.