The Luxembourg Association of Banking and Insurance Employees, better known as ALEBA, took a position on Thursday on the implementation of the ‘3G’ regime at the workplace.
In a statement sent to the press, the association said that implementing this system in companies “is becoming unavoidable”. However, it stresses that the process must be done “without neglecting the interests of all employees”.
Luxembourg’s government plans to impose the 3G regime at work, meaning that employees will have to prove that they are either vaccinated, recovered, or tested negative.
In this context, ALEBA stresses the need to “find an alternative work solution” for employees who cannot provide a valid CovidCheck. “No one should be discriminated against or stigmatised […] and they should not be dismissed under any circumstances”, the trade union said on Thursday.
In practice, the employees concerned will have to “have free access to their workplace” and be able to be tested “free of charge” in the company. ALEBA also insists on the “efficiency and flexibility of telework” and pleads for “two days of telework for all”.
In addition, the union hopes that the governments of Luxembourg and neighbouring countries will be able to “change the laws as soon as possible” to allow non-residents to take advantage of these two days “without tax or social constraints”.
The association underlines the usefulness of telework in terms of “employee well-being”, “carbon footprint” and adaptation “to new digital uses”. Many employees have been teleworking for almost two years, contributing to keeping the economy afloat, ALEBA points out. The efficiency and flexibility of telework “is no longer in question”, the trade union writes.
ALEBA took the opportunity to ask for a meeting with the government “in order to establish viable practices for the time after the health crisis”.
