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Minimum wage to rise by €170 from 1 January 2027

An index tranche of 2.5% will take place before the summer, the two ministers confirmed, while the minimum wage will be increased by 3.8%. This is the government’s reaction to price hikes, particularly in the energy sector.

This wage adjustment means that minimum wage will go up by 170 euros on 1 January 2027. To ease the burden on businesses, the state will compensate 1.3% of the announced 3.8% adjustment. The exact nature of this compensation will be discussed with employer representatives.

The ministers announced the news in a spontaneous press briefing on Friday afternoon. They were unable to provide exact figures for the cost of these changes, but estimated the state will be looking at 30 to 50 million euros a year.

Also today

• The European Commission has approved a €500 million Luxembourgish scheme to support investments in clean technology under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework
• ADEM has published a list of 20 professions urgently requiring candidates in Luxembourg, as employers struggle to fill roles
• The public prosecutor’s office has released new details following the death of a 71-year-old man during a prison transfer to Uerschterhaff penitentiary on Sunday.
• G7 foreign ministers have urged a stop to attacks against civilians in the Middle East war and urged Iran to immediately restore freedom of navigation in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
• The UK government on Friday published its first national guidance on screen time for children, advising parents to allow no more than an hour a day for under-fives.
• Iran’s foreign minister has branded the deadly strike on an Iranian school on the first day of the Middle East war as a “calculated” US assault.
• A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba has appealed the decision, his lawmaker announced today.

On air

Lots of chat about Easter today and Luxembourg traditions. Make way to the shops to pick up your Péckvillchen!!! Also, a heads up to the schedule change for the Easter break!

Figure of the day

20 lorry drivers fined in police check on A6 motorway

• No fewer than 20 fines were issued from 11am to 3pm on Thursday, as police stopped lorries travelling towards Belgium on the A6 motorway.
• Four drivers were stopped for violating the ban on overtaking, while three were caught speeding and two failed to respect the safe distance rule.

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