Advice to the CJEU: temporary workers are socially insured in their home country during the period without an employment contract

24 March 2022 – The Advocate General (A-G) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has concluded the following in two cases: if foreign temporary workers have no work in the Netherlands between two employment contracts the social security legislation of the state of residence applies. This conclusion may be of importance to Dutch temporary employment agencies that employ workers who temporarily return to their country of residence.