Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » European legislation » EU: rules reforming coordinated social security rights on hold EU: rules reforming coordinated social security rights on hold New rules to coordinate social security regimes aiming to modernize and clarify the rules that are to apply to workers who circulate within the EU and to encourage more worker mobility will not be adopted before the May European elections. The news was announced on 12 April to the Belgian press agency Belga by a spokesperson for the European Commissioner in charge of Employment, Marianne Thyssen, and notwithstanding the provisional agreement struck in March 2019 by the European institutions (c.f. article No. 11054). However the compromise proved too flimsy to be ratified either by the European Council of Ministers or the European Parliament. Among a number of thorny issues, the most contentious was the right to unemployment benefit payments for workers who circulate within the EU with neither the Council nor Parliament able to settle on a common solution. Through . Published on 16 April 2019 Ă 16h15 - Update on 16 April 2019 Ă 16h15 Resources The March 2019 compromise (c.f. article No. 11054) and which the Council had had to validate intended to apply a one month of continuous activity criterion before workers from a different EU Member State could be eligible for unemployment benefits relating to the country within which he/she had been carrying out the activity.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialitĂ©.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels