Luxembourg: the bill on the private sector’s workers’ single status will be discussed in September

On August 3, the government submitted to the deputies' chamber the bill introducing a single status for the private sector's workers. This text, which puts an and to the difference between white-collars and blue-collar sworkers, contains three major measures concerning the adaptation of labour law, compensation in the event of a disease and reorganizing the social security system. (Ref. 070682)
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This text, which tends to establish a single status for the private sector’s workers and wanted by the government, was born from a long tripartite negotiation (see our article n° 070159). The text aims at ending the distinction between white-collar and blue-collar workers and at applying uniformly the Labour code to all workers from private sector. It also plans the creation of a single labour court.

Generalization of pay maintaining in the event of a disease. The bill lays down that the emplo

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