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The law of 15 October 2021 allows a temporary derogation to the deadline for concluding apprenticeship contracts. Indeed, the deadline of 1 November is postponed to 30 November for the year 2021

The number of resident jobseekers registered with ADEM was 15,417 as of 31 October 2021. Compared to October 2020, this is a decrease of 2,554 or 14.7%. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate calculated by STATEC now stands at 5.4% and has thus returned to the level it had between October 2019 and February 2020.

From 1 January 2020, the rate of the monthly social minimum wage will be adjusted to the new cost of living index.

After the new index tranche was triggered on 1 January 2020, the social parameters were also adjusted with effect from 1 January 2020.

Employers must submit the detailed cost statement (décompte) within three months of the end of the month in which the short-time working occurred. For short-time working in March 2020, the detailed statement must be submitted by 30 June 2020 at the latest.

With the end of the state of crisis and to revive the economy, new methods of granting short-time working to companies affected by the crisis linked to COVID-19 are in force from July until 31 December 2020.

During a press conference on 6 October 2020, Dan Kersch, Minister of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, and Isabelle Schlesser, director of the ADEM, presented the FutureSkills initiative.

From 11 January 2021, certain appointments will again be done in person in the premises of the various ADEM agencies.

Companies that have to close due to an administrative order and have not yet submitted an application for short-time work in the month of February will exceptionally be granted an extension of the deadline until 1 February 2021.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate calculated by STATEC is 5,4% in December 2019.

Organisations legally based in Luxembourg can now apply to become Member or Partner of the EURES Network. Deadline: 15 April 2020.

Visit the internet site of the Ministry of Health for the latest information and recommandations concerning COVID-19. Application of the short-time working scheme due to the coronavirus: specific form available

Aufgrund der aktuellen Situation im Zusammenhang mit dem Coronavirus werden in den kommenden Tagen voraussichtlich verstärkte Grenzkontrollen zwischen Deutschland und Luxemburg stattfinden.

Because of the reduced activity of the postal services, insured persons in France and Belgium have the possibility of exceptionally submitting their certificate of incapacity for work by email to: saisieCIT.cns@secu.lu

A partir du mois de juillet et jusqu'au 31 décembre 2020, de nouvelles modalités d'octroi du chômage partiel aux entreprises touchées par la crise liée au COVID-19 sont en vigueur. Le formulaire en ligne pour introduire une demande de chômage partiel par Internet selon ce nouveau régime est désormais disponible sur Guichet.lu.