Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Luxembourg as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Luxembourg: Economic and Social Council issues opinion on the employee’s right to disconnect
The national Economic and Social Council has issued an opinion recommending a new Article 312-9 of the Labour Code …
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Luxembourg: A third social plan for RBC employees has been signed
A Canadian-owned investment bank, RBC, has just embarked on its third social plan …
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Luxembourg: Minimum social wage increased for 2021
The minimum “social wage” for non-qualified employees aged 18+ is now €2,201 …
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Luxembourg: Extension of the agreement on social security affiliation of frontier workers regarding teleworking until June 30, 2021
Luxembourg’s social security affiliation agreements with Belgium, Germany and France has been extended …
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Luxembourg: Extension of aid measures for businesses conducting projects to fight COVID-19
The validity period for Aid in favour of research and development projects connected with combating COVID-19 and Investment aid for producing goods relevant to combating COVID-19, has been extended until 31st May 2021 …
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Luxembourg: Leave for family support
Until 24th May 2021, employees may claim “leave for family support“, to provide care for a disabled or elderly adult person, following the closure of a day-care centre, a training or work facility …
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Luxembourg: Changes for personal tax in 2021
On 14th October 2020, the government announced revised rules regarding the taxation of bonuses paid to employees on the basis of a company’s annual results …
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Luxembourg: Companies allowed to hold virtual meetings until 31 December 2020
Parliament has extended a Grand Ducal Regulation first introduced in March 2020 allowing corporate meetings of all kinds to be held without physical attendance …
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Luxembourg: One-off bonus for apprenticeships
The Chamber of Deputies has been considering measures to encourage the resumption of apprenticeship training, after programmes were suspended during the lockdown …
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Luxembourg: Extension of agreements on taxing cross-border workers
Amicable tax and social security affiliation agreements with Germany and Belgium for cross-border workers have been extended through to 31st August …
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Luxembourg: One in three Luxembourg residents report their mental health declined during the COVID-19 crisis
A recent survey undertaken by STATEC – the government statistics service of Luxembourg – has found that one in three residents reported a decline in their mental health during the health crisis …
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Luxembourg: Employment protection where departing company foreign
An employee on parental leave is not afforded special protection against termination of employment, as granted under Article L …
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Luxembourg: wage index January 2020
In January 2020, the wage index increased from 814 …
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Luxembourg: Draft law amends right to leave for family reasons
The Chamber of Deputies is currently considering a Bill that would remove the necessity for those taking family leave to show that their children aged 14–18 had been hospitalized …
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Luxembourg: Entry into force of the law introducing one additional day of annual paid leave and one additional public holiday
The law modifying the Labour Code principally by adding two extra holidays, is in effect retroactively, from January the 1st 2019 …
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