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The main principle of the EU rules on social security coordination1 is that persons are subject to the legislation of a single Member State only. If the person works, the legislation of the Member State applies where the economic activity is carried out (‘lex loci laboris’). In some very specifi...

This report provides an overview of the payment of old-age, survivors’, and invalidity pensions in a cross-border context within the EU/EFTA (including the UK), seeing that there is a considerable group of pensioners who have worked in several countries or have decided to move abroad. Persons ar...

There are no data available for the impact of the virus on mortality among persons with disabilities. Data are available with regard to persons living in care homes (but with no explicit reference to old(er) age and/or disability): By December 2020 there have been 1 500 deaths in care homes (out...

The Portuguese government presented the Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026 in October 2020, prioritising the areas of urgent intervention after the crisis produced by the pandemic. The plan included a section addressed to renovate social care facilities for vulnerable populations, including ...

In December 2017, the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) adopted its Opinion on the modernisation of six OSH directives to ensure healthier and safer work for all (1). In this document, the ACSH confirmed the need to update the six directives, including Directive 92/58/EEC, a...

Social economy organisations can face difficulties developing and scaling up their activities because they are not sufficiently understood and recognised. They need more and better support to grow and thrive, and have an even bigger impact on society....

In a cross-border situation, at least two Member States are involved. In such situations, there is a risk that social security contributions are not paid for/ by mobile persons to the public authority in the competent Member State. Furthermore, there is a risk that benefits are unduly paid to mo...

In February 2022, extraordinary measures associated with the COVID-19 crisis continued to play a significant role in the development of labour law in many Member States and European Economic Area (EEA) countries. This summary is therefore divided into an overview of developments relating to the ...

The widespread positive developments in the social situation up until early 2020 were interrupted and then put into reverse by the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak and the related containment measures adopted by the Member States to fight the pandemic and protect the lives and livelih...