COVID-19 social security measures targeted at employers

In recent weeks, several COVID-19 measures in the field of social security, which affect employers, have been adopted by the government. In order to make it easier to find your way around, the Centre commun de la sécurité sociale (CCSS) has summarised these measures and the steps to be taken in order to benefit from […]

Coronavirus: exchange with the CCSS

In the context of the COVID 19 pandemic, the Joint Social Security Centre (Centre commun de la sécurité sociale, CCSS) has reduced its physical presence. All questions will continue to be answered as fast as possible. To speed up the process, the public is invited to contact the CCSS via the contact form. The CCSS […]

New procedure for the granting of short-time working

In order to maintain employment and, consequently, avoid redundancies, Luxembourg labour law provides that firms may, under certain conditions, have recourse to different short-time working schemes, depending on the nature of the difficulties encountered. This system enables firms to keep their trained employees in employment with skills that are essential to the smooth running of […]

Economic Stabilisation Programme Covid-19

The government has set up a stabilisation plan for the economy. The measures and target groups of those measures are exposed in the documents below. All measures and the related procedures will be explained on guichet.lu: for SMEs for self-employed people for large businesses

Advance on the reimbursement of special leave for family reasons

In the context of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the government has decided to grant the parent who has to look after his or her child special leave for family reasons. In order to reduce the time needed by employers to reimburse the special leave, the Centre commun de la sécurité sociale (CCSS) will make an […]

Tax Measures to Support Businesses

In response to the crisis linked to the spread of Covid-19, the Government decided to implement several fiscal measures in favour of legal entities and individuals. The main objective of these measures is to alleviate the financing and liquidity needs of companies and self-employed persons who are heavily impacted by the current economic restrictions. Further […]

Thank you!

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jean-Paul Olinger, Director of UEL, expresses in the name of employer’s representatives, his gratitude to all those involved in the management of the crisis. Jean-Paul Olinger, Director of UEL: “Many thanks to the government and its teams for the close contact that enabled us to jointly develop concrete […]

INDR delivers ESR label to 23 companies

The 17th official award ceremony of the ESR – Entreprise Responsable label, organised by the INDR, took place on 2 July 2019 at the Chamber of Commerce, in the presence of Mrs. Carole Dieschbourg, Minister of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development. On this occasion, the ESR label was officially awarded to 23 companies that […]

Brochure Crédit d’impôt salaire social minimum (CISSM)

UEL has developed a brochure (available in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪), in the form of questions and answers, on the social minimum wage tax credit (CISSM) in collaboration with the ABBL, the ACA, the Chamber of Commerce, the Chambre des Métiers, the clc, the Fédération des Artisans, FEDIL and Horesca. The budget law for 2019 introduced […]