Practical Issues of European Social Security Law: A Dialogue Between Academia and Practitioners

The European social security law, i.e. the European regulations on the coordination of social security for migrant workers, has been evolving for over 60 years.

This book is the result of a dialogue between academia and practitioners in Germany and Greece on practical issues regarding the implementation of the coordination regulations. On the one hand, it reviews the recent case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the interpretation of EU social security law. On the other hand, the book provides accounts of how specific issues are resolved by and between national social security institutions. It explores the exchange of experiences of various administrative authorities, both within and outside the reflection of the ECJ’s existing case law. Furthermore, the discussion on transnational social security rights in the EU and on issues such as the posting of workers or platform work highlight the existing and future―practical―challenges in this field.

Stamatia Devetzi is Professor of Social Security Law at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany. She has been active in teaching and research in the fields of Social Security, European Law, and Law Comparison for over 20 years. She is director of CINTEUS (Center for Intercultural and European Studies) in Fulda and a member of the advisory board of FNA (Research Institute of the German Pensions Insurance). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, the European Journal of Social Security, the European Journal of Migration and Law, and ZESAR (Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht).

Effrosyni Bakirtzi, LL.M, studied law in Thessaloniki (Greece), Rome (Italy) and Frankfurt (Germany). Since 2020, she is Coordinator of the academic research project “Social Security Coordination and Migration: a German-Greek perspective (2020–2022)” at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda in Germany. Her previous books include Civil Status Certificates with Foreign Elements (2009) (with Eirini Tsifopoulou in Greek) and Case Studies in Merging the Administrations of Social Security Contribution and Taxation (2011) (with Danny Pieters and Paul Schoukens). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, the Hellenic Review of European Law, the (Greek) Social Security Law Review, the VSSAR - Vierteljahresschrift für Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht, the ZESAR - Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht and the Online Journal of the Greek Association of Labour and Social Security Law (edeka.gr).

Linda Bojanowski, LL.M., studied Social Law and Social Economy in Fulda and Kassel. Since 2019 she is Senior Administration Expert at the National Association Health Insurance Funds - German Liaison Agency Heath Insurance - International (GKV-Spitzenverband, DVKA) in Bonn and lecturer for the module “European Social (Insurance) Law” at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda.

Eberhard Eichenhofer was born 1950; after studies at the universities of Tübingen and Saarbrücken he received 1979 a doctoral degree by the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken. Between 1980 and 1982 he worked as law clerk at the Federal Court for Social Law. From 1982 till 1989 he was researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht Munich. 1987 he received the degree of a facultas docendi (= Habilitation) by the Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken with an inquiry on the topic: international social security and social welfare law and private international law. 1989 he became Professor for civil law and social security law at the universities Osnabrück (till 1997) und Jena (1997-2016). His recent books include: Werner Maihofer, Vordenker des Sozialliberalismus (Grimma, 2022); Sozialrecht, 2021(12. edition), translated in Mandarin 2019 and Korean 2021; Sozialrecht der Europäischen Union, 2022 (8 th edition); The Law of the Activating Welfare State, 2015; Soziale Menschenrechte im Völker-, Europa- und deutschen Recht (Social human rights in international public, European and German Law), 2012.

Daniel Hlava is Professor of Health and Social Security Law at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in Germany since October 2021. He studied Social Law in Fulda and Kassel. From July 2014 to March 2022, Hlava was an expert for Social Law and European Labour Law at the Hugo Sinzheimer Institute for Labour and Social Security Law (HSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation in Frankfurt. He is co-editor of the HSI REPORT ON EUROPEAN LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW. His papers have been published by, among other outlets, in NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR SOZIALRECHT, NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ARBEITSRECHT, ARBEIT UND RECHT and on the website WWW.HUGO-SINZHEIMER-INSTITUT.DE.