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Summary

Keywords

SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS - UNEMPLOYMENT - BENEFITS - UNEMPLOYED WORKER WHO WHEN LAST EMPLOYED RESIDED IN A MEMBER STATE OTHER THAN THE COMPETENT STATE - WORKER ' S CHOICE - MAKING HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE OF ONE OF THOSE TWO MEMBER STATES - STATE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF BENEFIT

( REGULATION NO 1408/71 OF THE COUNCIL , ART . 71 ( 1 ) ( B ))

Summary

ARTICLE 71 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 OFFERS THE WORKER A CHOICE . HE MAY APPLY TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SCHEME IN THE STATE IN WHICH HE WAS LAST EMPLOYED , OR CLAIM BENEFIT IN THE STATE WHERE HE RESIDES . IN THE CASE OF A WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED WORKER WHO ELECTS TO BE GOVERNED BY THE LEGISLATION OF THE STATE WHERE HE RESIDES THAT CHOICE IS MADE BY THE WORKER ' S MAKING HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE OF THE STATE FROM WHICH HE IS CLAIMING THE BENEFITS . THE WORKER MAY NOT , HOWEVER , EITHER AGGREGATE THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT FROM BOTH STATES OR , IF HE HAS MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE IN THE TERRITORY OF THE MEMBER STATE WHERE HE RESIDES , CLAIM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FROM THE STATE IN WHICH HE WAS LAST EMPLOYED .