Pension / social security
If you are posted for no longer than 24 months, and if you don’t replace another posted worker, you can remain insured in your home country.
As a posted worker, to continue to be covered by the social security system in your home country, your employer has to request a PD A1 form from the social security institution in your home country and inform the host country´s authorities.
If your posting lasts longer than 2 years, you can either:
- switch to the social security system of the country where you are posted or
- ask your employer to apply for the extension of the validity of your social security form posting period to remain covered in your home country. The extension will be granted if a mutual agreement is reached between the authorities in both countries and it is in your interest.
Find out more about your social security cover while on a posting to another EU country.
If you are posted for no longer than 24 months, and if you don’t replace another posted worker, you can remain insured in your home country.
The sending country issuing the social security documents of a posted worker must properly assess the relevant facts and guarantee their correctness. The A1 form is only valid if filled out correctly. The sending country has clear deadlines to respond to a host country’s request to verify the documents. The sending country keeps the right to revoke the A1 form. In case of fraud, the withdrawal of a document will have retroactive effect [include consequence]
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