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This master paper deals with selected issues of the social protection of internationally (highly) mobile construction workers in the border region of Austria (I.), Germany (II.), and Switzerland (III.). Due to the geographical location and the same language there is a lively exchange of employed and self-employed persons. Especially a great many German construction workers are carrying out an employed activity in Switzerland. It should show whether and how the different countries treat the issues of construction workers, in general, and of international mobile workers, in particular and assure their social protection. In concrete, the paper views the national legislations of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in the area of work incapacities and diseases caused by pursuing occupational activities. The paper examines the statutory social protection against short-term unemployment during the winter months … or more generally„ the protection against the loss of income due to non-working periods caused by weather conditions.