Disability in Luxembourg

People with disability in Luxembourg have some legal protections from discrimination and their needs can be provided through various government policies.

[5] Starting in 1989, the government decided to centralize agencies and policies for people with disabilities and put it together in the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and for the Greater Region.

[6] Luxembourg's 2012 national plan contained measures to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

[5] Luxembourg's Employment Code specifies that businesses with more than 25 employees must hire a certain percentage of people with disabilities.

[8] The allowance for children, Allocation supplémentaire pour enfant handicapé, is provided when a child's mental or physical capacity is reduced by 50 percent.

[10] Under European Union directives, the country is prevented from firing a worker based on their disability status.

[15] Large companies have been found to not keep up with the Employment Code which specifies that any business with more than 25 employees must hire a certain number of people with disabilities.

2016 Paralympics Parade of Nations, Luxembourg.
Seen in front of a house in Walferdange at a parking space for a disabled person (third plate from top): Si vous prenez ma place prenez aussi mon handicap : "When you take my parking spot, also take my disability."