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30/01/24
Meal voucher reform: in force imminently

The revamp of meal vouchers in Luxembourg will have major repercussions for…

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19/01/24
New law on public holidays

In 2019, Luxembourg introduced a new public holiday on 9 May to celebrate E…

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Legal Alert | Criminal Checks

The Luxembourg law dated July 23rd  2016 [1] (the “New Law”) amending inter alia the law dated March 29th 2013 relating to the organisation of th…

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New year, new benefit and employment laws: Are you compliant?

2017 has arrived and some legislative changes with it. In order to assess if your HR department is compliant with the new laws, you will find a short …

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New Law Regarding Working Hours

A new law dated December 23rd 2016 on the organisation of the working hours (the “ New Law”) has been enacted which amends the Luxembourg Labour …

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La consultation du casier judiciaire par l’employeur à compter du 1er février 2017

Par une loi du 23 juillet 2016 publiée au Mémorial n°154 du 4 août 2016 (la « Loi »), le législateur luxembourgeois est venu modifier profon…

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Le licenciement pour motifs économiques

Le chef de l’entreprise est seul responsable du risque assumé, il bénéficie corrélativement du pouvoir de direction. Il décide donc seul de la politiq…

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Mise à pied en période de protection

L’employeur qui a, en l’espèce mis à pied son salarié en date du 16 mai 2013, prétend, en raisonnant par analogie avec l’article L.121-6 (4) alinéa 2 …

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Augmentation du salaire social minimum et indexation des salaires au 1er Janvier 2017

Tous les deux ans, le Gouvernement doit soumettre à la Chambre des Députés, sur base de l’article L.222-2 du Code du Travail, un rapport sur l'évoluti…

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La clause de non-concurrence en droit luxembourgeois

En matière de concurrence, y a-t-il une distinction à opérer selon que le contrat de travail a pris fin ou non ? La distinction à opérer est la suivan…

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La résiliation pour faute grave de l'employeur n'empêche pas le paiement des indemnités de préavis et de dépar…

A l’occasion de deux arrêts rendus le 8 juillet 2016, la Cour constitutionnelle a été saisi de deux questions préjudicielles relatives au versement de…

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Reform of parental leave

​​On 11 October 2016, draft law no. 6935 concerning the reform of parental leave was voted by the Parliament. The Law concerning the reform of parenta…

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New Law on parental leave approved by Luxembourg's Parliament

On 11 October 2016, Luxembourg’s Parliament (Chambre des députés) approved the draft law n° 6935 on the reform of parental leave (Projet de loi p…

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Entrepreneurs and trade secrets in 5 points

Far from the controversy raised by the Luxleaks and Panama Papers scandals and the acquisition of confidential information, the key to success for ent…

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Mitigated sentences in the LuxLeaks trial: suspended prison sentences after a guilty verdict

On 29 June 2016, the 12th chamber of the Criminal Court of Luxembourg found two former employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), Antoine Deltour an…

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Labour Code amendments - Draft law n°6989

Since in some of the newer EU Member States wage levels and social protection are considerably lower than in other Member States, a review of directiv…

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Les 10 commandements d‘une expatriation réussie

Dans un environnement compétitif croissant, le Luxembourg, bien classé dans les charts des études sur la qualité de vie des expatriés1, recherche des …

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Surveillance of Internet usage in the workplace

By its decision of January 12th 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter the “ECHR”) ruled that the monitoring of an employee’s use of th…

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Dismissal for improper use of Internet

While accusing his receptionist (hereinafter the “Employee”) of using the company’s internet to play indie games during working time, the employer all…

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Les employeurs n'enfreignent pas le droit à la vie privée de leurs salariés en lisant leur correspondance.

La problématique de la protection de la vie privée des salariés sur leur lieu de travail a déjà été abordé de nombreuses fois au Luxembourg, notamment…

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Law of July 23rd 2015 amending the Labour Code and the Social Security Code as regards the mechanism for inter…

The precursor to this law dates back to a judgment of the Court of Cassation of 28thNovember 1996. Prior to this decision, article 187 of the Social I…

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The reform of social dialogue

The law of July 23rd 2015 on the reform of the social dialogue within undertakings (hereinafter the “Law”) has substantially amended the existing…

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