# European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensioners, professional and vocational training, the European Social Fund, and employment discrimination law. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 55 members. Since July 2024, it is chaired by Li Andersson from Finland.

## Members

As of 13 April 2022, the 55 members of the committee are:
| Member | Group (Party) | State |
| Dragoș Pîslaru (Chair) | RE (PLUS) | Romania |
| Marc Angel (Vice-Chair) | S&D (LSAP) | Luxembourg |
| Leïla Chaibi (Vice-Chair) | GUE/NGL (LFI) | France |
| Romana Tomc (Vice-Chair) | EPP (SDS) | Slovenia |
| Katrin Langensiepen (Vice-Chair) | G/EFA (GRÜNE) | Germany |
| Atidzhe Alieva-Veli | RE (DPS) | Bulgaria |
| Dominique Bilde | ID (RN) | France |
| Gabriele Bischoff | S&D (SPD) | Germany |
| Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | S&D (LSDP) | Lithuania |
| Milan Brglez | S&D (SD) | Slovenia |
| Sylvie Brunet | RE (MoDem) | France |
| Jordi Cañas Pérez | RE (Cs) | Spain |
| David Casa | EPP (PN) | Malta |
| Margarita de la Pisa Carrión | ECR (Vox) | Spain |
| Ilan de Basso | S&D (S) | Sweden |
| Özlem Demirel | GUE/NGL (LINKE) | Germany |
| Klára Dobrev | S&D (DK) | Hungary |
| Jarosław Duda | EPP (PO) | Poland |
| Estrella Durá Ferrandis | S&D (PSOE) | Spain |
| Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová | RE (Ind) | Slovakia |
| Rosa Estaràs | EPP (PP) | Spain |
| Nicolaus Fest | ID AfD) | Germany |
| Loukas Fourlas | EPP (DISY) | Cyprus |
| Cindy Franssen | EPP (CD&V) | Belgium |
| Helmut Geuking | EPP (FAMILIE) | Germany |
| Elisabetta Gualmini | S&D (PD) | Italy |
| Alicia Homs Ginel | S&D (PSOE) | Spain |
| France Jamet | ID (RN) | France |
| Agnes Jongerius | S&D (PvdA) | Netherlands |
| Radan Kanev | EPP (DSB) | Bulgaria |
| Ádám Kósa | NI (Fidesz) | Hungary |
| Stelios Kympouropoulos | EPP (ND) | Greece |
| Miriam Lexmann | EPP (KDH) | Slovakia |
| Elena Lizzi | ID (Lega) | Italy |
| Sara Matthieu | G/EFA (Groen) | Belgium |
| Giuseppe Milazzo | ECR (FdI) | Italy |
| Sandra Pereira | GUE/NGL (PCP) | Portugal |
| Kira Marie Peter-Hansen | G/EFA (SF) | Denmark |
| Manuel Pizarro | S&D (PS) | Portugal |
| Dennis Radtke | EPP (CDU) | Germany |
| Elżbieta Rafalska | ECR (PiS) | Poland |
| Guido Reil | ID (AfD) | Germany |
| Daniela Rondinelli | NI (M5S) | Italy |
| Mounir Satouri | G/EFA (EELV) | France |
| Monica Semedo | RE (Ind) | Luxembourg |
| Michal Šimečka | RE (PS) | Slovakia |
| Beata Szydło | ECR (PiS) | Poland |
| Cristian Terheș | ECR (PNȚ-CD) | Romania |
| Eugen Tomac | EPP (PMP) | Romania |
| Marie-Pierre Vedrenne | RE (MoDem) | France |
| Nikolaj Villumsen | GUE/NGL (EL) | Denmark |
| Marianne Vind | S&D (A) | Denmark |
| Maria Walsh | EPP (FG) | Ireland |
| Stefania Zambelli | ID (Lega) | Italy |
| Tomáš Zdechovský | EPP (KDU-ČSL) | Czech Republic |

## Chairpersons

| Chairperson | Term start | Term end | Group | State |
| Pervenche Berès | 16 July 2009 | 30 June 2014 | S&D | France |
| Thomas Händel | 7 July 2014 | 30 June 2019 | GUE/NGL | Germany |
| Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová | 18 July 2019 | 18 June 2021 | ECR | Slovakia |
| Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová | 18 June 2021 | 24 January 2022 | RE | Slovakia |
| Dragoș Pîslaru | 24 January 2022 | 23 July 2024 | RE | Romania |
| Li Andersson | 23 July 2024 | Incumbent | GUE/NGL | Finland |