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29/01/25
False medical certificate: stay alert!

The National Health Fund (Caisse Nationale de Santé) recently warned agains…

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12/12/24
Upcoming changes to Luxembourg’s minimum wage

The Luxembourg Parliament (Chambre des Députés) unanimously adopted[1] Bill…

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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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Part time work and principle of prorata temporis

By its decision of November 11th 2015 , the European Court of Justice (hereinafter the “ECJ”) ruled that the periods during which a part-time employee…

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Law of December 18th 2015 - Unemployment Compensation Arrangements

So far, the Labour Code provided an apprenticeship for occupational reintegration purposes (“stage de réinsertion professionnelle”) for every job seek…

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Concurrent holding of a corporate mandate and an employment contract

In Luxembourg, there is no law banning a person from concurrently holding a corporate mandate (director/manager, managing director in charge of daily …

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Redundancies - ECJ C-422/14

According to the Council Directive 98/59/EC dated July 20th1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundanc…

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Une nouvelle obligation à charge des employeurs: la notification des plans d’option sur acquisition d’actions…

De plus en plus de sociétés ont recours aux plans d’option sur acquisition d’actions afin de fidéliser leurs salariés, ceux-ci bénéficiant d’une …

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La loi du 23 juillet 2015 portant réforme du dialogue social : quels changements concrets pour les entreprises…

Le 23 juillet 2015, la loi portant réforme du dialogue social à l’intérieur des entreprises et modifiant le Code du travail et la loi modifiée du 19 s…

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Working time Directive – Travel to place of work

Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 4th 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time…

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