In December 2008, the irremediable insolvency of Landsbanki Luxembourg SA led the District Court of Luxembourg to announce the dissolution of the bank and its winding up under the bankruptcy laws.
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview (in French) [1] with newspaper La Voix, published by the Luxembourg government, that Luxembourg politics and social dialogue have been the source of unusual tension in 2010. This has been evident even within the coalition government as when
The forthcoming reform (*LU0702069I* [1]) will revolutionise the century-old logic of work insurance financing. Since the law of 5 April 1902 on compulsory insurance for workers against work accidents (see article 42 (in French and Luxembourgish, 2.6Mb PDF) [2] of the abrogated law), activity
Formerly, article 271 of the Luxembourg social security code (in French) [1] (CSS) granted family allowances for children over 18 years of age and children in higher education until a maximum age of 27. Under article 269(b), the payment of family allowances can be awarded to anyone who: [1] http:/
The legislative process began in October 2008 after the European Court of Justice (ECJ [1]) ordered adjustments to the law of 20 December 2002 – which transposed into national legislation Directive 96/71/EC [2] on the posting of workers. The new law on posted workers [3] came into force on 11 April
The tripartite talks of March and April 2010 focused on three topics: employment, the competitiveness of the economy and public finances. Although the social partners welcomed the government’s initiatives on unemployment, they did not support proposals for the reform of index-linked salaries.