Luxembourg: Law of 8th April 2018 amends Labour Code

A new law dated 8 April 2018 voted by the Luxembourg Parliament on 13 March 2018 and published on 11 April 2018 will amend numerous legal provisions of the Labour Code, including:

1. Maintenance of the employee’s salary during sick leave: employees following a working schedule are entitled to their monthly base salary and any supplements which would have been paid during sick leave, had the employee worked as initially planned. Employees working on a normal basis (without a work schedule) are entitled to a payment based on the average daily salary of the last 6 months preceding the first day of sickness;

2. Students:students hired on the basis of a fixed-term contract can henceforth work an average of 15 hours per week (instead of 10 hours), calculated within a reference period of 4 weeks/1 month;

3. Resignation by employee: increase of an employee’s rights in case of the resignation by the employee with immediate effect for gross misconduct;

4. State aids:change of state aids and extension of financial programs for employees receiving unemployment benefits.

The aforementioned legal provisions enter into force on the 4^th day of their publication in the official gazette (“Mémorial”).