{"id":2394,"date":"2019-03-04T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2394"},"modified":"2019-03-04T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T11:25:12","slug":"is-sigurta-socjali-u-l-brexit","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/is-sigurta-socjali-u-l-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security and Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2386\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1034405652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2166\" height=\"1384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1034405652.jpg 2166w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1034405652-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1034405652-768x491.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1034405652-1024x654.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2166px) 100vw, 2166px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With a Brexit no-deal scenario still on the cards, Member States of the EU<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the Union itself have prepared various contingency plans to cover this eventuality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On January 30, 2019, a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-19-743_en.htm\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">press release<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0stated that the European Commission has adopted \u201cfinal set of \u201cno-deal\u201d contingency measures for social security coordination rules\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The measures would ensure that, in the event of a no-deal scenario:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Young people from the EU and the UK who are participating in the Erasmus+ programme on 30 March 2019 can complete their stay without interruption;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EU Member State authorities will continue to\u00a0take into account\u00a0periods of insurance, (self) employment or residence in the United Kingdom before withdrawal, when calculating social security benefits, such as pensions;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UK beneficiaries of EU funding would continue to receive payments under their current contracts, provided that the United Kingdom continues to honour its financial obligations under the EU budget. This issue is separate from the financial settlement between the European Union and the United Kingdom.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Maltese Government has also released a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.mt\/en\/Pages\/brexitfactsheet.aspx\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">factsheet<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0detailing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">plans in case of a no-deal Brexit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more information on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brexit developments and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">future events, follow\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/meusac.gov.mt\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MEUSAC\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meusacmalta\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">facebook page<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; With a Brexit no-deal scenario still on the cards, Member States of the EU\u00a0and the Union itself have prepared various contingency plans to cover this eventuality.\u00a0 On January 30, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2386,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[100],"issuem_issue_categories":[14],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2394"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2394\/revisions\/2396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}