The purpose of the ‘mutualité’ is to protect employers against the financial risk of the continuation of the payment of wages to workers (Lohnfortzahlung) who are incapacitated for work, an employer-related obligation enjoyed by all employees in accordance with the law of 13 May 2008.
Self-employed persons and agricultural workers may join the Mutualité voluntarily and pay contributions on an optional basis to cover the same risk for themselves.
The mutuality is managed by a board of directors, chaired by the secretary general of UEL and composed of representatives of the employers’ organisations gathered within UEL as well as the president of the Centre commun de la sécurité sociale and the CNS and a representative of the Luxembourg Federation of Independent Professional Workers and of the Chamber of Agriculture.