Luxembourg: the law transposing the Directive on the information and consultation of workers was adopted

The law on the information and consultation of workers was permanently voted on April 29, 2008 by the House of Representatives. It transposes into national law Directive 2002/14 of March 11, 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees. (Ref. 080364)
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This text follows a first bill, more ambitious but disputed by employers and the Council of State, because it surpassed the Directive’s imperatives. The new law is based on a bill adopted in September 2007 (see our dispatch No. 070758) which remained faithful to the Directive’s wording. The two most important measures planned in the law are the following:

  • The skills planned by the directive in terms of information and consultation have been added to the powers of the staff representatives prese
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