Heavily weakened and crippled by the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has been in the news for its difficulties in containing the health crisis affecting the whole world. These obstacles are illustrated by the shortage of medicines in this Middle Eastern state. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international …
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Facial recognition: a flawless, risk-free tool in the fight against terrorism and its financing?
Do you remember that day on November 13, 2015? Everybody remembers it, nobody has forgotten it. France suffered one of the most appalling attacks in its history, with 130 dead on stage at the Bataclan and in the streets of our beautiful capital. On March 22, 2016, in Brussels, the sound of explosive charges echoed …
COVID-19 Partial Unemployment: Employer/Employee Q&A (Part 3)
What procedure and how long does it take? Since March 27, 2020, employers or their agents (such as lawyers or trustees) are obliged to submit the application via the internet using the form ad hoc available online via the Myguichet.lu website, using a Luxtrust product (Token, Smartcard or Signing stick) or an electronic identity card. …
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COVID-19 Partial Unemployment Assistance : Employees (Part 2)
Which employees? Employees who have signed a fixed-term or open-ended employment contract that comes into effect during the short-time working period are eligible for short-time working. Furthermore, even if the aforementioned employment contract is concluded and comes into force during the period in which short-time working is granted, the employee concerned will also be eligible …
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COVID-19 Le Chômage Partiel Aide : Employers (Part 1)
Considering the disastrous repercussions of the measures taken to combat COVID-19 for the economy in general and employment in particular, the government has specially adapted an existing financial support mechanism: short-time working. While recognizing that the occurrence of COVID-19 constitutes a case of force majeure, the government has instituted a system of “short-time working for …
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