‘Costly’ EU cross-border worker reform moves forward a step

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Member-state ambassadors to the EU announced support for a reform of unemployment insurance for cross-border workers. The proposal will entail additional costs for Switzerland.

When cross-border workers lose their jobs, they receive unemployment benefit from their country of residence. In future, they should receive these benefits from the country in which they last worked. Twenty-one Member States support this change, according to a European diplomat in Brussels.

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People who have lost their jobs could receive benefits from the unemployment office for a period of up to six months, the Cypriot Presidency of the Council said in a press release.

“This agreement brings long-awaited clarity to social security coordination across the EU. The result is greater freedom of movement, stronger labour markets, and a more competitive and socially just Europe for all,” said Marinos MoushouttasMinister of Labour and Social Insurance of the Republic of Cyprus.

This regulation is part of the agreement on free movement between Switzerland and the EU. It could only be adopted “with the explicit agreement of Switzerland”, said the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.

Adapted from French by AI/ac

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