Luxembourg: New Conditions for Short-time Working as of 1 July 2021

Conditions for short-time working, which were introduced in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 health crisis and which have remained in force since then, will officially end on 30 June 2021. From 1 July 2021, access to short-time working will be governed by the provisions of the Labour Code.

Companies will be granted, as long as they meet the relevant conditions as such, access to:

• either short-time working due to cyclical economic problems, to support businesses belonging to a crisis-stricken sector or economic branch and encountering economic difficulties; or
• short-time working due to structural economic problems, to support businesses experiencing structural difficulties; or
• short-time working due to force majeure.

Applications for short-time working for July must be sent by 12 June 2021 at the latest.

To read the press release of the Ministry of Economy of 21 May 2021 click here (in French).