The Grenzinfopunt Aachen-Eurode (Cross-border Information Point) informs and advises cross-border
workers and employers concerning the impact of cross-border working on social security and taxation
in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. They report to have confronted with two major difficulties
in the monitoring and continued reimbursement of incapacitated cross-border workers, who work in
another country than their country of residence.
This report addresses the national legal frameworks in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany when
it comes to sickness benefits. People working as cross-border workers and become ill face two major difficulties when becoming ill, especially concerning the following issues:
i) How their status as a sick employee is monitored in their country of residence so that they can be
sure to not being confronted with a suspension of payments by the competent authority in the country
in which they are socially insured.
ii) How applicable employment law is related to applicable social security law when it comes to
establishing the incapacity for work and to sickness payments and re-integration measures.
