New Workplace Obligations Starting 15 January 2022

AMID AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION CONSIDERED ‘VERY WORRYING' BY THE LUXEMBOURG MINISTRY OF HEALTH, BILL OF LAW NO. 7924 FURTHER AMENDING THE LAW OF 17 JULY 2020 ON MEASURES TO COMBAT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WAS VOTED ON AND PASSED BY THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ON 16 DECEMBER 2021.

Amid an epidemiological situation considered ‘very worrying' by the Luxembourg Ministry of Health, bill of law no. 7924 further amending the law of 17 July 2020 on measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic was voted on and passed by the Chamber of Deputies on 16 December 2021.

Alongside the reinforcement of specific CovidCheck obligations for facilities open to the public, gatherings, protests and events, as well as certain sectors, a number of significant impacts affecting how all companies in Luxembourg function will flow from this law (the “Law”). Soon to be published in the Mémorial, the Law introduces new measures that will apply from 15 January 2022 and imposes a ‘3G' CovidCheck regime