A busy social calendar
The socio-economic context under high tension, with considerable effects on citizens, employers and public finances, has not spared the social security system, which is also impacted by the effects of the crisis. UEL represents employers on the decision-making bodies of the social security institutions, which have a busy schedule at the end of the year. […]
The new website of the Employers’ Mutuality is now online!
The purpose of the ‘mutualité’ is to protect employers against the financial risk of the continuation of the payment of wages to workers (Lohnfortzahlung) who are incapacitated for work, an employer-related obligation enjoyed by all employees in accordance with the law of 13 May 2008. Self-employed persons and agricultural workers may join the Mutualité voluntarily […]
Signature of the National Pact “Business and Human Rights” by 50 Luxembourg companies
On 6 July 2022, the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, and representatives of 50 Luxembourg companies signed the National Pact “Business and Human Rights”, in the presence of the Union des entreprises luxembourgeoises (UEL), the Institut national pour le développement durable et la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (INDR) and other stakeholders. As […]
Cross-border telework and the risk of permanent establishment
An article (in French) by Flora Castellani and Laura Bacharzyna, tax advisors at UEL, published in the June issue of the CONNECT by clc magazine.Read the article in the CONNECT by clc edition of June 2022Flora Castellani (left) and Laura Bacharzyna (right), tax advisors at UEL
Annual reports of the UEL member organisations – 2021
This section provides an overview of our members’ annual reports and activity reports for the year 2021. ABBL – Annual report 2021 ACA – Annual report 2021 Chambre de Commerce – Annual report 2021 Chambre des Métiers – Annual report 2021 FEDIL – Annual report 2021
2021 Sustainable Economic Progress Prize ceremony
The Alphonse Weicker Foundation and BGL BNP Paribas, in collaboration with the Institut National pour le Développement durable et la Responsabilité sociale des entreprises (INDR) and the Union des Entreprises Luxembourgeoises (UEL), presented the Sustainable Economic Progress Prize 2021 on Tuesday 26 April at the offices of BGL BNP Paribas. The Sustainable Economic Progress Prize […]
Tax treatment of company cars: what’s new for employers?
An article (in French) by Flora Castellani and Marie Vintrou, tax advisors at UEL, published in the March edition of the CONNECT by clc magazine. Read the article in the CONNECT by clc edition of March 2022. Flora Castellani (left) and Marie Vintrou (right), tax advisors at UEL
Publication of seven sectoral studies
ADEM analyses job offers for a better understanding of growing professions and future skillsOn Thursday, 20 January 2022, the Minister of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, Georges Engel, and the Director of the Luxembourg Employment Agency (ADEM), Isabelle Schlesser, presented seven studies on the jobs and skills in demand on the Luxembourg […]
The impact of VAT “Quick-fixes” survey – Call for entries
UEL, with the support of the Chamber of Commerce, has prepared a survey to collect information on the application of the VAT “Quick-Fixes” directive by Luxembourg businesses. This survey is launched in the context of a recent initiative of the EU VAT Forum to collect feedback on the implementation of the VAT “Quick-Fixes” directive (applicable […]
Reporting of periods of non-payment
The amended Act of 17 July 2020 on measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic introduced the compulsory “3G” scheme in the workplace from 15 January 2022. Article 3f of the amended Act of 17 July 2020 specifies that “an employee who is denied access to his or her workplace may take, in accordance with the […]