Brussels, 20/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - Payment for maternity and paternity leave (parental leave) under Luxembourg's legal system are not remuneration, but rather “family benefit” under EU rules governing the payment of the cost of a family. Therefore they can be paid to people living in Switzerland and working in Luxembourg.
In a ruling in joined cases C-216/12 and C-217/12) issued on Thursday 19 September, the European Court of Justice was responding to a question raised by the...