Towards a European minimum wage and more collective agreements
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS On 7 June 2022, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament finally reached a provisional agreement on the draft directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union. The agreement does not set a uniform and binding European minimum wage as such, but encourages Member States to achieve […]
Productivity in Luxembourg
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS “Productivity” is a term often used but seldom well interpreted because of the complexity and multidimensionality of the concept. To help understand this phenomenon, a National Productivity Council (CNP) was created a few years ago in Luxembourg. Productivity is defined as the ratio, in volume, between an output and the resources […]
Health and safety at work – Everyone is concerned!
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS Since 2003, the Accident Insurance Association (AAA), UEL, later joined by INDR, have joined forces to fight against accidents at work, commuting accidents and occupational diseases. In 2016, these three organisations launched the national strategy VISION ZERO, on the occasion of the 10th edition of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) […]
Employer Mutuality – reimbursed benefits
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS In case of incapacity to work of an employee, the employer is first responsible for maintaining the remuneration of the employee person unable to work until the end of the month in which the 77th day of incapacity to work occurs within a reference period of 78 weeks. For the remaining […]
The country’s changing demographics, a factor to be taken into account
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS Companies were looking for talent yesterday. They still are today and will be again tomorrow. This major challenge is at the heart of the UEL’s concerns. In this context, UEL monitors the data that allow it to better understand the environment in which companies are evolving in order to be able […]
The Merry Month of May
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS Since the introduction of 9 May as a national holiday for Europe Day in 2019, the month of May has three public holidays in Luxembourg. Although Luxembourg is not at the top of the list of days off and public holidays at European level (article on the “Tout l’Europe” website updated […]
Prime participative, 1 year later: review of the situation
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS The Luxembourg government has introduced in 2021 the tax regime of the profit sharing bonus “prime participative” as a tool to retain employees in their company. To this end, all employees who receive such a bonus from their employer can benefit from an income tax exemption of 50% of its amount, […]
Promoting CSR and sustainable development
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development are topics that are becoming more and more important in society. Today, companies are more than ever called upon to improve their governance, social commitment and environmental protection. This is why the interests of stakeholders, whether on the side of investors, customers or suppliers, must […]
After the tripartite, the quadripartite: the situation of the health and maternity insurance at the heart of the debate
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS The quadripartite committee meets twice a year to take stock of the financial situation of the health and maternity insurance scheme (AMM). The budget for the AMM is based on estimates of GDP, the employment rate and the contribution base of those insured for health care. At present, expenditure on health […]
Skills in companies: a major challenge for today and tomorrow
UEL POSITIONS AND OPINIONS In Luxembourg, as in Europe, companies looking for employees with the necessary skills to carry out their activities are encountering more and more difficulties. Reasons for this are a labour shortage and a growing gap between the skills required and those available to employees and job seekers. This is a major […]