Luxembourg's Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy have recalled that for the month of April 2021, companies can apply for partial unemployment via MyGuichet.lu between 1 and 12 March 2021.

The Economic Committee will continue to support companies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic while distinguishing four scenarios:

1. Industrial companies will continue to benefit from the partial unemployment scheme as long as they pledge to not make redundancies for economic reasons

2. Companies in the hospitality, tourism and events sectors will continue to have access to the partial unemployment scheme, under the following conditions:

a) Due to the current health situation, for the month of April, the granting of this aid has been extended for an additional month without setting a maximum ceiling on the total number of hours not worked, i.e. 100%;

b) From May until June 2021 inclusive, these companies will continue to benefit from partial unemployment up to the limit of 50% of the total working hours lost as long as they do not make redundancies.

In the event that companies in these sectors are forced to close their doors by virtue of an administrative decision, the companies concerned benefit from unlimited partial unemployment during the period of closure and may proceed to economic redundancies within the limit of 25% of their workforce.

3. Companies affected by the health crisis (other than industrial companies and those in the hospitality, tourism and events sectors) will continue to have recourse to partial unemployment, but within the limit of 15% for the month of April (and 10% for the months of May and June 2021) of the number of working hours lost and without making redundancies. Normal working hours may not exceed 40 hours per week and per employee.

4. Finally, companies, regardless of the sector to which they belong and which proceed with redundancies or exceed the percentages set in points 2 or 3, can only do so on condition that they provide a recovery plan (for companies with fewer than fifteen employees), respectively a job retention plan (for those with more than fifteen employees), or even, where applicable, a sectorial job retention plan.