ECJ SLAMS GERMAN SICK PAY SCHEME.

• Position: European Union Court of Justice - Brief article

The EU Court of Justice has ruled that the German scheme for calculating daily sick pay, which discriminates against a migrant worker whose spouse resides in another member state, is an infringement of Regulation 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes. The worker in question had been automatically placed in an unfavourable tax class compared to that of a national worker whose spouse resides in Germany. The daily sick pay was lower since it is based on net income, which is...