Luxair was to declare its willingness to implement CovidCheck at work. Its CEO, Gilles Feith, was envisioning an obligation in meetings and training sessions as a first step, before a generalisation in all buildings on 1 December.

But Luxair did not take into account the need for companies with more than 150 employees to take the decision in agreement with their staff delegation. And the latter has just issued a negative assessment of the request for CovidCheck's introduction. The management wanted to apply it from 15th November onwards in all meetings of the board of directors, the executive committee, between management and employee representatives, and all others with more than ten people, during training courses and to all employees and visitors in the administration building in Munsbach. In a letter sent to the employees, to which Delano's sister publication Paperjam had access, the staff delegation explains that it does not see the "need to introduce such a regime within Luxair".

It highlights the health risk created by the abandonment of barrier gestures and a weakening of social cohesion between the vaccinated and the non-vaccinated. At the end of their letter, the staff representatives indicate that they could validate a partial introduction of the CovidCheck only if the costs of the tests were covered by the employer, if the time needed to carry them out was counted as working time and if this did not lead to any processing of personal data, nor to any sanction for an employee refusing it.

No new negotiations in sight

"The delegation sent its opinion, and it is up to management to come back to us or not," summarises Paul de Araujo, who is in charge of the file at the LCGB trade union. But, as it stands, "the implementation of CovidCheck will not happen".

When asked about the possibility of new negotiations, Gilles Feith confirmed that CovidCheck would not be implemented at Luxair. "The proposed measures made a lot of sense. It is sad to see that our delegation did not understand. I hope that their position will change, as our passengers are subject to CovidCheck measures." At the same time, he recalls Luxair's willingness to make available the vaccination against covid in companies .

However, CovidCheck remains applicable in the company canteen, as required by law.

This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.