He added that the current economic growth levels should benefit everyone.

The risk of poverty has significantly increased, from 11% of the population in 2000 to 16% in 2017.

According to Paperjam, the employees’ chamber president joined the calls (by the trade union OGBL and employment minister Nicolas Schmit) to increase the minimum wage, to pin taxation to inflation, a flat tax for the middle class and appropriate taxation of stock option and capital gains.

The CSL will also publish soon a report on the social impact of digitisation, on the risks and challenges. The report is done in collaboration with the employment ministry and the chamber of commerce. Reding underlined that the process of digitisation must be in line with employment law and social rights.

Concerning the “social dialogue” (relations between employers and employees), the CSL put forward its project of continued training of staff representatives, which is implemented by the Ecole supérieure du Travail, and which will be fully functional by 2019.