EU proposes digital social security
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EU proposes digital social security passport to ease job moves across Europe

The European Commission hopes that a digital "social security passport" will save money and make it easier to move jobs within the Union.

“This package will fundamentally change the single market for the better. Companies should be able to recruit the staff they need with less paperwork and fewer delays,” said Employment Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu in a press release on Tuesday about the proposal.

The idea is, among other things, that anyone who wants to work in an EU country other than their own should be able to easily obtain and send a digital version of their so-called A1 - a certificate showing which country’s social security system they are part of.

The proposal also includes faster and simpler mutual recognition of, for example, doctors and medical qualifications, and a strengthening of the labour market authority ELA.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers

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