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Luxembourg Notes Extension of Agreements with Belgium, France, and Germany on Treatment of Cross-Border Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

20 December 2021

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Treaty Development

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Luxembourg-Belgium-France-Germany

Luxembourg's Ministry of Social Security issued a release on 16 December 2021 noting the extension of the agreement with Belgium, France, and Germany concerning the treatment of cross-border (frontier) workers during the COVID-19 pandemic until 30 June 2022. The agreements essentially provide that in cases where a cross-border worker is required to work from home due to COVID-19 (teleworking), the days spent teleworking from home will be treated as working days in the Contracting State in which the worker would normally be working, if not for COVID-19. Note, the agreements were extended until 31 March 2022, with the tacit agreement...