VISTIM presents: The fundamentals people managers need to know about the regulatory and market employment practice in Luxembourg.

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The fundamentals people managers need to know about the
regulatory environment and the market practices in Luxembourg.
2016 WORKSHOP
‘Employment in Luxembourg:

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‘The fundamentals people managers need to know about the regulatory and market practice
environment in Luxembourg’.
‘All what people managers need to know to get it right!’
Human Resources is a highly regulated activity in Luxembourg and it is not easy for managers to
have the full overview of the legal requirements as well as the local market practices they need. It
is also an area which brings a high level of exposure to reputational and financial risks, giving
little space for improvisation.
The goal of this workshop is to equip managers with the fundamentals of what they need to
know to effectively manager their Luxembourg based employees.
Duration: one full day - breakable in several sessions.
Overview

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I – Introduction: overview of the political and geographical
environment
Key players in the Luxembourg market and their impact
Cross boarder and international workforce: challenges and opportunities
Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements
Social subsidies
Reporting requirements
Data protection
II - Cost of employment and benefits specific to Luxembourg
Cost of employment: overview of Employer and Employee’s social
contributions and taxation
Other employment costs: salary indexation
Benefits: overview of market practices
Consequences for your people strategy and policies
III - Recruiting in Luxembourg
Key players
Legal requirements
Do’s and Don’ts during the recruitment interview
Selection, screening and discrimination
Offers and contract
IV - Working time and overtime
Standard working hours and overtime
Regulatory reporting
V - Absence management
Sickness leave
Holidays and special leaves
Maternity leave and parental leave
Days worked abroad: impact and monitoring requirements
VI – Training
Overview of regulatory framework
Training Leave (CIF)
State subsidy through INFPC
VII - Staff representation
Requirement to elect a staff delegation
Role and ‘power’ of staff delegation
Responsibilities from the management
New regulation 01/01/2016
VIII- Disciplinary and exit: how does it work?
Resignation and notice period
Individual dismissals
Collective dismissals or social plans.
Content overview

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Gérard Sinnes - Founder/CEO
Gérard holds a Master degree in HR and has worked since 1996 in various HR management and director level
roles in Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Germany.
In 2009 he set himself up as independent HR consultant. Since then, he delivered conceptual and strategic HR
projects and held senior management roles at interim for customers including Hypo Real Estate (Munich),
JC Flowers’ owned NPG Wealth Management, HSBC Luxembourg, Lombard International Assurance S.A. and
ArcelorMittal.
In 2015 he has founded VISTIM S.A. with a pioneer service proposition of HR operations covering the entire
employment life cycle.
Virginie Boyard - Executive Director
Virginie Boyard has been holding international senior HR management roles for some of the most prestigious
players in the financial industry, including Lloyds Banking Group and Brown Brothers Harriman, gaining
extensive experience in HR operations, HR IS, employee relations,
leadership and change management.
In her nearly 20 years’ experience she has had the opportunity to cover all aspects of Human Resources
services, including recruitment, learning and development, up to the support of major business
transformations.
Virginie holds a master degree in Human Resources. In 2015, Virginie joined VISTIM S.A. as Partner and
Executive Director, determined to impact the Luxembourg HR market with its unique service proposition.

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