COORDINATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY – IN GENERAL
1. What is social security?
1.1 What is coordination of social security?
1.2 The international rules on social security
1.3 I am a citizen in an EU/EEA country or Switzerland and work within the EU/EEA. Which rules exist?
1.3.1 Work within the EU/EEA or Switzerland
1.3.1.1 Which rules may be relevant to me?
1.4 Which typical situations apply to university employees?
1.4.1 Do I fit into a “typical situation”?
1.4.1.1 I am a university employee posted to work abroad
1.4.1.2 I am a university employee posted to work in Denmark
1.4.1.3 I am a commuter
1.4.1.4 I perform secondary work in Denmark
1.4.1.5 I perform secondary work abroad
1.5 I think it is difficult to get an overview of the rules in relation to my situation
POSTING ABROAD
2 What is a posting situation?
2.1 I am a posted university employee and then what?
2.2 I am posted to work in an EU/EEA country and Switzerland
2.3 When am I covered by Danish social security?
2.4 What should I do as a civil servant employed at a Danish university?
2.4.1 I am a civil servant and work in an EU/EEA country. What is the next step?
2.5 I am posted to a non-EU/EEA country that has a social security agreement with Denmark
2.5.1 Which rules to apply to remain covered by Danish social security?
2.5.2 Can I remain covered by Danish social security?
2.5.2.1 Civil servant
2.5.2.2 Postings
2.5.3 I am covered by a social security agreement. What is the next step?
2.6 I am posted to a non-EU/EEA country that has no social security agreement with Denmark
2.6.1 I am not covered by a social security agreement. What is the next step?
INBOUND POSTING
3.1 I am a posted university employee
3.2 I am posted from a country within the EU/EEA and Switzerland
3.2.1 When am I covered by social security in my home country?
3.2.2 What should I do when I, being a civil servant in my home country, is posted to Denmark?
3.2.3 I am a posted civil servant. What is the next step?
3.2.4 I am a posted university employee but not a civil servant or self-employed person in my home country
3.2.4.1 Posted university employee (not a civil servant)
3.2.4.2 Posted self-employed person
3.2.5 I am a posted (not civil servant) university employee or self-employed person. What is the next step?
3.3 I am posted from a non-EU/EEA country that has a social security agreement with Denmark
3.3.1 When am I covered by my home country’s social security?
3.3.1.1 Civil servant
3.3.1.2 Posting – university employee (not a civil servant)
3.3.1.3 Posting – self-employment
3.3.2 I am a posted university employee from a non-EU/EEA country that has a social security agreement with Denmark. What is the next step?
3.4 I am posted from a non-EU/EEA country that has no social security agreement with Denmark
WORK IN SEVERAL EU/EEA COUNTRIES FOR A DANISH UNIVERSITY (MULTI-STATE WORKER)
4. What does it mean to work in several EU/EEA countries?
4.1 How do I know if I am a civil servant, university employee, self-employed or student?
4.2 When do I work ”normally” in several countries?
4.3 Where am I covered by social security if I am a multi-state worker?
4.3.1 I am a civil servant in Denmark and work in several countries in the EU/EEA
4.3.2 I am a civil servant in Denmark and perform work in several countries in the EU/EEA – what is the next step?
4.3.3 EU/EEA country
4.3.4 I am a civil servant in Denmark and also have a public employment in another EU/EEA country
4.3.5 I am a civil servant in two countries (the multi-state rules apply)
4.3.6 I am a civil servant in two or more countries and also self-employed
4.4 I normally work in several countries. What is the next step?
COMMUTERS
5.1 Social security in relation to me and my family
5.2 Which country’s rules on social security apply to me?
5.3 Are there any exemptions to the rule on Danish social security?
5.3.1 Multi-state workers (Commuters / Secondary job in Denmark)
5.3.2 I am self-employed in my home country and will perform a temporary task in Denmark
5.3.2.1 Time-limited work for two years
5.3.2.2 Self-employed in your home country
5.3.2.3 Similar activities
5.3.2.4 Special agreements between two EU/EEA member states
5.3.3 I am self-employed and posted from my home country. What is the next step?
5.3.4 I am a multi-state worker and have several public employers (outside my country of residence)
5.3.5 I am a multi-state worker and have several public employers. What is the next step?
5.3.6 I work at a Danish university and is a civil servant in my country of residence. Which country’s rules on social security apply?
5.3.7 I work at a Danish university and is a civil servant in my country of residence. What is the next step?
5.4 How do I know if I am a civil servant abroad/in my country of residence?
5.5 When am I a civil servant at the Danish university?
5.6 When do I perform a significant part of my work in my country of residence?
5.7 How do I know where my residence is?
SECONDARY JOB IN DENMARK
6. Is it possible to be covered by Danish social security if I have a secondary job in Denmark?
7. Situations, when Danish social security coverage is always possible
7.1 Secondary job in Denmark for a public employer – no other public employments
8 Situations, when Danish social security is sometimes possible
8.1 Residence in Denmark – secondary job in Denmark for a public employer and secondary job for a public employer in another EU/EEA member state – main job as self-employed
9 Situations, when Danish social security is never possible
9.1 Residence abroad – secondary job in Denmark for a public employer – main job for a public employer in the country of residence
SECONDARY JOB ABROAD
10 Is it possible to be covered by Danish social security if I have a secondary job abroad?
11 Situations, when it is always possible to have a secondary job abroad
11.1 Residence in Denmark – secondary job for one or more private employers abroad
11.2 Residence abroad – secondary jobs for one or more private employers abroad
11.3 Residence in Denmark – two (or more) secondary jobs as a civil servant in two (or more) other EU/EEA member states than Denmark
12 Situations, when it is sometimes possible to have a secondary job abroad
12.1 Residence in Denmark – secondary job as a civil servant in one EU/EEA member state outside Denmark
12.2 Residence abroad – secondary job as a civil servant in one EU/EEA country outside Denmark
13 Situations, when it is never possible to have a secondary job abroad
13.1 Residence abroad – secondary job as a civil servant in one EU/EEA member state outside Denmark and your country of residence
HOW TO HANDLE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES – INFORMATION TO THE UNIVERSITY
14. How to handle university employees posted abroad
15. How to handle university employees posted to Denmark
16. How to handle multi-state workers
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