A re-evaluation by national statistics bureau Statec at the start of August showed that a third indexation would have been triggered ,which will determine the tone of tripartite talks in autumn  Archive photo: Matic Zorman

A re-evaluation by national statistics bureau Statec at the start of August showed that a third indexation would have been triggered ,which will determine the tone of tripartite talks in autumn  Archive photo: Matic Zorman

Prime minister Xavier Bettel will meet with representatives of the government, employers and employees during the week starting 22 August to discuss their views ahead of a tripartite meeting in autumn.

Following tripartite discussions in March, the government, trade unions (except the OGBL) and employers’ representatives signed a package of measures to help maintain purchasing power and assist businesses in the face of rising costs. A first indexation was triggered in April and another, which was supposed to be triggered in July 2022, was postponed to 1 April 2023 by the tripartite agreement. A re-evaluation by national statistics bureau Statec, at the start of August, showed that , which will determine the tone of tripartite talks in autumn 

“In the run-up to a possible tripartite meeting, I invite the social partners to bilateral consultation meetings next week, in order to find out their views on the current situation and to prepare for the social dialogue in the autumn,” announced Bettel in his tweet.


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For Jean-Paul Olinger, president of the Luxembourg companies union (UEL), the main question during these talks will revolve around the energy tax credit. , Chamber of Commerce director-general Carlo Thelen stated that indexation is not an ideal solution for the Chamber, and its general position is against automatic indexation. “In normal times we can accept a system when it [is triggered] every 18 or 24 months, but we criticise the system because it's not socially targeted.”

The Chamber of Trades, on the other hand, will “wait for the tripartite,” said its director general Tom Wirion.