Cross-border workers from Belgium will be permitted to work from home 34 days a year as part of a new agreement confirmed on Tuesday.

MPs in the Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of law 7965 on Tuesday afternoon, granting an additional ten days to employees in Belgium.

French cross-border workers may spend 29 days a year working from home, while their German counterparts are limited to 19 in accordance with the current tax agreements.

A number of MPs, including the CSV's Laurent Mosar and Dan Kersch from the LSAP, told the Chamber that the Grand Duchy should seek to harmonise its tax agreements with all three neighbouring countries. The ADR's Roy Reding and Pirate Party leader Sven Clement criticised the new agreement, saying it was a mere drop in the ocean despite the increase, as it does not even permit one day a week working from home. They urged the Chamber to tackle the issue more generally in future.

Some 50,000 Belgians work in Luxembourg at present. The majority of those who will benefit from the new measures are employees with university degrees.

The tax accord with France will last until 30 July 2022, but finance minister Yuriko Backes confirmed that discussions were ongoing to increase the number of teleworking days from 29 to 34. Backes added she had plans to renegotiate the agreement with Germany as well, to bring them up to standards with Luxembourg's other border nations.