Luxembourg's Economic Committee has granted requests for short-time work (partial unemployment) for 8,557 employees for the month of October 2022.
The Economic Committee met on Tuesday 27 September 2022 to analyse the labour market situation for the month of August 2022 and the national economic situation.
For the month of October 2022, the number of applications submitted for partial unemployment increased by 24 units compared to the previous month. A total of 85 companies have submitted a request for partial unemployment in order to be able to benefit from the provisions of this measure over the next month.
After analysing the applications submitted, the Economic Committee approved 76 requests, with the final decision on the allocation of this support resting with the Government Council. Among the approved requests, 57 were related to a temporary source while thirteen were linked to a structural source, i.e. a job retention plan, and six were related to economic dependence.
The granted requests for the month of October concern 8,557 full-time employees (up from 7,432 in September).
The next Economic Committee meeting will take place on Tuesday 25 October 2022.
