The agreement extending teleworking days from 29 to 34 per year initially only applied to private sector employees. However, the Independent Luxembourg Trade Union Confederation (OGBL) called it an “injustice” that state or municipal employees living in France would have to be taxed for working from home.
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Following consultations with both Luxembourg and French authorities, it has now been agreed that cross-border workers in the public sector will also be permitted to work from home 34 days a year.
The OGBL expressed their regret at the fact that this inequality still exists for cross-border workers living across the German border.
French cross-border employees to benefit from 34 home-office days
