EU worker mobility: digital documents, portable qualifications and more effective checks are forthcoming

With the Fair Labour Mobility package, adopted on 15 September 2026, the European Commission proposes reforming labour mobility within the European Union by digitising social security documents, making professional qualifications portable, and strengthening the European Labour Authority (ELA). The concrete effects will materialise only once the European Parliament and the Council adopt the proposals.

This article was originally written by the Labour Law Observatory team, to which we refer for the whole text.

Click here to read the full text.