Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Luxembourg as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Luxembourg: Parental and extraordinary personal leave rights modified
Modifications now have been made to parental and extraordinary personal leave rights …
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Luxembourg: Figures of companies offer continuous professional training
Latest figures from the official statistics agency indicate that three quarters of companies undertook in-house training in 2015 …
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Luxembourg: Payroll employment
Payroll employment increases by 0 …
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Luxembourg: Penalties for accidents
The government of Luxembourg has drawn up a new draft law that will penalize employers for work-related accidents …
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Luxembourg: New managerial liability
A number of proposed tax changes are before Luxembourg’s national parliament which would make it marginally more attractive as a location for companies, but not for individuals …
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Luxembourg: Wage indexation forecast to trigger
The Grand Duchy’s statistical agency STATEC has issued its price inflation forecasts for the coming year …
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Luxembourg: Wage indexation in next year
The Grand Duchy’s statistical agency STATEC has issued its price inflation forecasts for the coming year …
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Luxembourg: Latest on parental leave reforms
A Bill that would reform the law on parental leave is currently being considered by Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies …
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Luxembourg: New notice requirement for employee share plans
The tax office in Luxembourg (Bureau RTS) now requires employers to give them two months notice before introducing any equity-based employee share plans — including share option schemes …
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Luxembourg: Wage indexation payment expected in Q1 2016
The Luxembourg Central bank has predicted that a wage indexation payment of 2 …
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Luxembourg: Reform of rules on social dialogue
A law has recently been passed in Luxembourg that will significantly change the rules on social dialogue from January 1st 2016 …
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Luxembourg: Failure to stop abuse of fixed-term contracts
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that Luxembourg has not, in the case of occasional workers in the entertainment arts sector, complied with its duties under EU law to prevent the abuse of fixed-term employment contracts …
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Luxembourg: Differing approaches to risk assessments in Europe
According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work’s second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks, over three quarters of establishments in the EU conduct regular risk assessments …
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Luxembourg: Retroactive minimum wage increase
The parliament in Luxembourg has agreed to increase the national minimum wage by 0 …
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Luxembourg: Employers to bear costs of linguistic leave
Since January 1st 2015, employers in Luxembourg are no longer able to benefit from a 100% reimbursement of wages paid to employees during ‘linguistic leave’ (leave given to learn Luxembourgish) …
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