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Luxembourg: Extension of the agreement on social security affiliation for cross-border workers concerning teleworking until 31 December 2020
Gouvernement.lu (25.08.2020) After the agreement in July 2020 with Belgium, Germany and France to maintain the exceptional provision not to take into account the teleworking days linked to the COVID-19 crisis for the determination of the applicable social security legislation frontier workers, Luxembourg and its three neighboring countries have agreed to extend this exemption until December 31, 2020.
Luxembourg: Extension of the agreement between Luxembourg and Germany regarding the social security affiliation of cross-border workers who are teleworking
Guichet.lu (06.07.2020) The agreement between Luxembourg and Germany regarding the social security affiliation of cross-border workers who are teleworking is extended until 31 August 2020. Thus, the days of teleworking due to the COVID-19 crisis: are not taken into account for the determination of the social security legislation that should apply to the workers concerned; will not have any influence on their social security affiliation.
Retail businesses can apply for subsidies of up to €50,000
Coronavirus: Luxembourg introduces extraordinary leave for family reasons in response to Coronavirus
Additional measures relating to the COVID-19 situation concerning unemployment benefits for jobseekers
Bonuses for employees undergoing professional redeployment
ADEM applies simplified procedure for jobseeker registration and application for unemployment benefits
Luxemburg: Measures at the level of social security contributions
gouvernement.lu (19.03.2020) Faced with the impact of COVID-19 on companies and the self-employed in Luxembourg, the Joint Social Security Centre (CCSS) and the Minister for Social Security, Romain Schneider, have taken a series of measures to support companies and the self-employed by offering them greater flexibility in their management of the payment of social security contributions.
Recent social policy developments in Luxembourg, Portugal and Turkey
Europa (17.04.2019) Three new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on the increase in the minimum wage by the new government in Luxembourg, the effort to lower the cost of public transport for users in Portugal, and social assistance programmes recently introduced in Turkey.