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Luxembourg’s vibrant economy is a magnet for about 200,000 cross-border workers from Belgium, France and Germany. This makes up nearly half of the country’s workforce, but also puts the squeeze on roads and public transport.

Remote work might seem like the perfect fix for traffic jams, but cross-border tax and social security hurdles make it tricky. Cross-border workers often face worse financial conditions if they work from home beyond a certain number of days, creating inequalities between residents and cross-border workers.

Enter the clever solution: satellite offices! Many forward-thinking Luxembourg companies are setting up workspaces near the borders, cutting down on commute times and keeping everyone happy. WinWin4WorkLife explores how satellite offices but also other remote work arrangements including work-from-home are transforming mobility and land-use patterns in Luxembourg.

What:

Beyond the unique cross-border dynamics and satellite offices, the Luxembourg study also dives into the broader economic, social and spatial impacts of remote work, just like in the other case studies.

  • Economic impacts on productivity and mental well-being
  • Social impacts on quality of time and quality of life
  • Spatial impacts on daily mobility, land-use, air pollution and noise
  • Case-study specific impacts in terms of inequalities between residents and cross-border workers

Where:

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the areas in Belgium, Germany and France that lie in-between the crossroads of the rivers Rhine, Saar, Meuse and Moselle. In other words: the Greater Region of Luxembourg.

Who:

  • Are you a company located in Luxembourg, employing at least 5 employees? Then participate in our employer survey. In case you have received an invitation from us, click ‘log in’ at the top of this page. If not and you want to participate, then click ‘I want to participate’ in the box below.
  • Are you an employed resident of Luxembourg, or are you a cross-border worker living in the Greater Region and working in Luxembourg? Then participate in our employee study.
  • Are you a stakeholder (expert, policy-maker, practitioner, …) interested in the future of remote work in the Greater Region of Luxembourg? Then sign up for our Stakeholder Panel.

Course of the study

  • Step 1: 250 companies will kick things off with an employer survey about their remote work policies, workforce productivity and mental health concerns.
  • Step 2: Next up, 1000 employees will share their remote work experience in an employee survey. We’ll dive into its impact on work-life balance, productivity and mental health, and see if it might inspire employees to move residences or change jobs.
  • Step 3: The excitement continues as 400 employees will use the mobile-friendly MOTUS app to complete a time use diary. Make it to this stage, and you might win an exciting prize!
  • Step 4: Then, we will invite 30 employees for an in-depth interview to explore how remote work impacts household arrangements.
  • Step 5: Finally, insights from these employer and employee studies will fuel a series of local co-creation workshops. Here, stakeholders will discuss the future of remote work in Luxembourg.

Interested to participate?

Click on ‘I want to participate’ to find out if you are eligible for the study. If you are already a participant, you can proceed to ‘log in’ at the top of this screen.

Regional contact for this study

Dr. Veronique Van Acker (LISER)