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In the framework of COVID-19 pandemic, the Luxembourg Government took a set of measures in order to support the companies in trouble, among which:
Partial unemployment
Further to the Government release of 18.03.2020, two procedures have now to be distinguished:
- Accelerated procedure for companies directly affected by a governmental measure
- On an exceptional basis, companies who must stop totally or partially their activities, further to a governmental measure, are directly eligible to the partial unemployment (they do not need to file a prior request to the Comité de conjoncture of the Ministry of Economy)
- Request for the reimbursement of the unemployed hours will be made through an online system which will be available in the next few days on ADEM website (with retroactive effect)
- Companies who remain open but are affected by the negative impact of the COVID-19 on their business:
- Request for partial unemployment (force majeure case) to be filed with the Ministère de l’Economie – Secrétariat du Comité de conjoncture, 19-21 boulevard Royal L-2914 Luxembourg or emploi@eco.etat.lu
https://guichet.public.lu/fr/entreprises/sauvegarde-cessation-activite/sauvegarde-emploi/chomage-partiel-technique/force-majeure.html - In principle; the form must be signed by the employer and the president of the staff delegation1. Due to the suspension of its activities, the employer is authorized, on an exceptional basis, to certify that he has duly informed the staff delegation/employees.
- Next meeting of the Comité de conjoncture: Monday 23 March 2020
- Request for March: to be filed until Friday 20 March 2020 at noon
- Request for April: it is recommended to file the request at the same time
- Documents to join to the form (or to be sent asap):
– Attestation of payment of the social security contributions:
https://ccss.public.lu/fr/commandes-certificats/employeurs/commande-certificat-soumission-publique.html
– Financial statements for the last 3 years
- Request for partial unemployment (force majeure case) to be filed with the Ministère de l’Economie – Secrétariat du Comité de conjoncture, 19-21 boulevard Royal L-2914 Luxembourg or emploi@eco.etat.lu
For more information and details:
https://gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites/toutes_actualites/communiques/2020/03-mars/18-aides-entreprises-chomage.html?fbclid=IwAR0crZ9C-RvDn3ZBl7xFvPyfDyLvCmt5QALIeMvLftcmjiV_nGFd_Qf1pIY
1 In the absence of staff delegation, the form must be signed by all the employees concerned.
Special leave for family reasons
Due to the nurseries/schools’ closure, the special leave for family reasons has been extended to parents of children aged of less than 13 years old if there is no other possibility for child care. Please note that both parents cannot benefit from this leave at the same time.
To benefit from this leave, the employee must follow the following process
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- Inform his employer on the day of absence at the latest
- Complete the ad hoc form and send it to the CNS and the employer:
https://cns.public.lu/dam-assets/formulaires/cprf-covid/certificat-de-demande-pour-CRF-v5.pdf - Don’t mention any starting/ending date on the form (this form will cover all non-consecutive leave days)
- Count of effective days by the employer through the monthly declaration of the work incapacity periods to the CCSS
Frontiers workers – entry on the Luxembourg territory
In order to facilitate their entry to the Luxembourg territory, the Luxembourg Government published forms/attestations to be completed before moving:
https://meco.gouvernement.lu/fr/dossiers/2020/coronoavirus-entreprises.html
Frontier workers
- Tax tolerance threshold
- Belgian frontier workers: the homeworking days imposed to Belgian frontier workers further to COVID-19 have not to be included, on an exceptional basis, in the 24 day-tolerance threshold
- French and German frontier workers: negotiations are ongoing to allow to French and German frontier workers to exceed the thresholds of 29 days/ 19 days
- Social security threshold: discussion is ongoing at the EU level
