EU Adopts Fair Labour Mobility Package with Six Legislative Proposals

Key points

• The package comprises six legislative proposals: the ESSPASS Regulation, the ELA Regulation, the Skills Portability Act, the Professional Qualifications+ Directive, the Delegated Directive on Physiotherapists and the Third Country National Qualifications Directive.
• ESSPASS fully digitalises the request and receipt of social security documents such as the Portable Document A1 through a standardised, real-time verifiable mobile app.
• The European Labour Authority would gain stronger data analysis capacity, clear competences on third-country nationals' working conditions and the ability to fund organisations advising workers and employers.
• The Skills Portability Act would digitalise all qualifications from secondary school to PhD, removing scanned copies, authenticity certification fees and proof of qualification level.
• The Professional Qualifications+ Directive would shorten recognition procedures, create a single interface in all EU official languages and use AI to translate documents automatically.
• Automatic recognition would expand to an eighth profession, physiotherapists, with 10 new professions identified including civil engineers, biomedical laboratory technicians and electricians.
• The Third Country National Qualifications Directive would set common timelines, appeal rights and document requirements, plus an EU certification system for universities abroad.