NIM33325 - Special Cases: International: Going to or Coming from Abroad: EEA Regulation 1408/71 (before 1 May 2010): Posted Workers

Note: This page is under review and the content may only be appropriate to periods beginning before 1 January 2021 and for those covered by a Withdrawal Agreement. A new International NICs manual is under development and will be published in due course.

Article 14.1(a) of Council Regulation 1408/71

A worker may remain insurable in the home State. The conditions that must be satisfied are

• the employee is sent by the employer in the home State to undertake work for that employer in the host State
• the work is expected to last less than 12 months at the outset
• the worker is not replacing another employee who has completed a tour of duty abroad