ARTICLE · 04 JANUARY 2018

Law Amending Certain Paid Leaves

ELVINGER HOSS PRUSSEN, société anonyme

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A law aiming at reforming leave for family reasons and certain extraordinary paid leave was published in the official gazette (Mémorial A) on 18 December 2017 (the "Law").

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Elvinger Hoss Prussen

A law aiming at reforming leave for family reasons and certain extraordinary paid leave was published in the official gazette (Mémorial A) on 18 December 2017 (the "Law").

This Law will enter into force on 1 January 2018.

The changes can be summarised as follows:

Repeal of special leave before enrolment for military service

The Law repeals the special leave of one day before enrolment for military services as obligatory military service in Luxembourg no longer exists.

Paternity leave and fostering leave

The Law aims to extend paternity leave and leave for fostering a child under 16 years for adoption purposes (except in the case where adoption leave is taken), which is currently set at two days, to ten days.

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