Employment and Employee Benefits in Luxembourg: Overview (2022)

Marie Sinniger (Partner) and Thomas Alberti (Senior Associate) recently contributed to Thomson Reuters Practical Law Guide on Employment and Employee Benefits in Luxembourg.

In this Q&A article, our labor law experts give a high-level overview of the key practical issues including:

• the scope of employment regulation;
• employment status; background checks;
• regulation of the employment relationship (including unilateral changes by an employer to the terms and conditions of employment);
• minimum wage and bonuses;
• working time, holidays and flexible working;
• illness and injury of employees;
• rights created by continuous employment;
• provisions for fixed-term, part-time and agency workers;
• discrimination and harassment;
• termination of employment (including protection against dismissal and protected employees);
• resolution of disputes between an employee and employer;
• redundancy/layoff;
• employee representation and consultation;
• consequences of a business transfer;
• employer and parent company liability;
• employer insolvency;
• employers' health and safety obligations;
• taxation of employment income;
• intellectual property;
• restraint of trade;
• relocation of employees; and
• proposals for reform.

Click this link to access the article: Employment and Employee Benefits in Luxembourg: Overview | Practical Law (thomsonreuters.com)