Romain Schneider, Minister of Social Security; Credit: SIP / Yves Kortum

Luxembourg and its three neighbouring countries, Germany, France and Belgium, have extended their agreement on cross-border workers' social security affiliation for teleworking until 31 December 2020.

As such, teleworking days linked to the COVID-19 crisis will continue to be excluded from the determination of social security legislation applicable to cross-border workers.

This agreement avoids a change of affiliation if the 25% threshold provided for in European legislation is exceeded for the workers concerned. Concretely, this means that a cross-border worker who carries out his / her work from home continues to be affiliated to the Luxembourg social security system and this until the end of June 2021.

Luxembourg's Minister of Social Security, Romain Schneider, commented: “The extension of this agreement is a strong gesture of solidarity from our neighbouring countries. Teleworking is an important tool in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, so businesses and employers can continue to use it without experiencing a change in their affiliation, avoiding undesirable consequences for policyholders and businesses".