Freedom of Movement for the Unemployed and Co-Ordination of Unemployment Benefit Schemes

Abstract

This article provides an analytical overview of the most recent case law of the European Court of Justice in the field of the co-ordination of unemployment benefits. More specifically, it addresses judgments involving work-seekers' right to export unemployment benefits (Rydergård), the concepts of ‘wholly’ and ‘partially’ unemployed for the purposes of Article 71 of Regulation 1408/71 (De Laat), the calculation of benefits (Stallone), family members' right to benefits and the significance of international conventions for the right to unemployment benefits.