EU member states are backing a reform that could reshape unemployment benefits for frontaliers with significant financial implications for Switzerland.
Under the proposal, benefits would no longer be paid by a worker’s country of residence, but by the country where they were last employed.
A majority of EU states support the change, which could see unemployed cross-border workers receive payments for up to six months, paid by the country of employment.
This will have a major impact on the Geneva region. Currently France pays unemployment to frontaliers - despite frontaliers paying into the Swiss social security system while working.
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