Background information

The Luxembourg Government created a recovery and solidarity fund, which intended to encourage and maintain employment and support companies in sectors hard hit by the health crisis. Legal background: Law of 24 July 2020 aimed at setting up a recovery and solidarity fund and an aid scheme for certain companies (Loi du 24 juillet 2020 visant à mettre en place un fonds de relance et de solidarité et un régime d’aides en faveur de certaines entreprise), Mémorial A 64 24 July 2020.

Content of measure

Any company in the sectors of tourism, hotels, restaurants and cafés; culture; events as well as entertainment that suffered a loss of turnover during June to November 2020 of at least 25% compared to the same period in 2019 could introduce an application for a direct and non-refundable monthly aid. The amount of support has been calculated on the basis of the number of employees and self-employed workers in the company.

The company must have carried out its activity before 15 March 2020 and operate during the month for which aid is requested. Also, the company must have a valid establishment permit, had a turnover for the fiscal year 2019 at least equal to or greater than €15,000, not have dismissed, during the month for which aid is requested or during the months eligible for support, more than 25% of the employees for reasons not inherent to the person of the employee. For every wage-earner, an amount of €1,250 has been foreseen aid, while the amounts are limited to €10,000 for micro-companies, €50,000 for small companies, and €100,000 for medium and large companies.

Use of measure

Until 1 March 2021, 5,978 non refundable eligible applications have been processed and €48,596,108 were transferred.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Sector specific set of companies	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
Company / Companies	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Unknown	Unknown
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Unknown
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No information available.

Views and reactions

No information available.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 04 January 2021: Etat des lieux au 19 octobre 2020 des aides accordées aux entreprises (gouvernement.lu)
• 05 January 2021: Fonds de relance et de solidarité pour entreprise (guichet.public.lu)
• 01 March 2021: Etat des lieux au 1er Mars 2021 des aides accordées (meco.gouvernement.lu)