The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Other Services Activities Of Extraterritorial Organisations And Bodies Activities Of Extraterritorial Organisations And Bodies 99.00 - Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2019
Foreseen end date
1 January 2024
Description
The European Labour Authority (ELA), whose new headquarters are located in the Slovak capital Bratislava, has begun recruiting for employees. ELA is an EU agency that aims at enforcing EU norms on labour mobility and that is part of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The authority is planned to reach full operational capacity with 140 employees by 2024 and it has recently advertised offers for six positions. According to the Slovak Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, the first 26 employees are expected to be in office by 1 October 2019 and some of them will relocate from Brussels.
Eurofound (2019), European Labour Authority, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 98268, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98268.
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