Evaluation of Luxembourg's COVID-19 Response
Learning from the Crisis to Increase Resilience
As countries seek to learn from the COVID-19 crisis and increase their resilience for the future, evaluations are important tools to understand what worked or not, why and for whom. This report is the first of its kind. It evaluates Luxembourg’s responses to the COVID-19 crisis in terms of risk preparedness, crisis management, as well as public health, education, economic and fiscal, and social and labour market policies. While Luxembourg’s response to the pandemic has been particularly agile, preserving the country’s resilience will require maintaining high levels of trust in government, reducing inequalities, and laying the foundations for inclusive growth. The findings and recommendations of this report will provide guidance to public authorities in these efforts.
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Luxembourg’s labour market and social policy response to the COVID‑19 crisis
Labour market and social policies in Luxembourg were relatively well prepared going into the COVID-19 pandemic. As employees fell ill, reduced their working hours or lost their earnings, paid sick-leave, family leave, job retention schemes and unemployment benefits kicked-in. Existing schemes were extended and reinforced, while new measures were adopted to respond to emergent needs. The tight labour market coming out of the crisis has aided a strong recovery, and many of those deeply affected have since recovered their livelihoods. Nevertheless, there remains scope for fine-tuning policies to ensure, if such a crisis happens again, support reaches everyone who needs it, and no one is left to fall through the cracks. This chapter examines the main labour market and social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Luxembourg, and presents a first review of the measures taken by Luxembourg authorities to support the jobs and livelihoods of those affected.
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