Second reading of bill 8456 amending article L. 231-4 of the Code du travail, which lets shops make staff work eight hours on a Sunday instead of four without a collective agreement in firms with fewer than 30 employees; déi gréng tabled amendment 1 to lower that threshold to 15 employees, the Chamber rejected it by 34 votes to 20 with 5 abstentions, and then adopted the bill by 34 votes to 16 with 9 abstentions.
Debate on bill 8472 replacing the 1995 law on shop closing hours in the commerce and craft sectors, which follows the 2017 Constitutional Court judgment, sets a general opening window and ties longer, night and Sunday opening to collective agreements, and exempts petrol stations on motorways and on E-roads; the Chamber adopted the bill by 34 votes to 20 with 5 abstentions and rejected motion 1 by Marc Baum, which asked for an evaluation of the effects on employees.
Debate on bill 8479, which introduces the online application for full unemployment benefit at the ADEM; after objections from the Council of State the committee added a paper application, free equipment and personal help on site, and the Chamber adopted the bill by 54 votes to 5, with the LuxTrust outage of that week raised in the debate.
Debate on bill 8463, which introduces a prefinancing procedure for solar photovoltaic installations, makes stand-alone batteries eligible and replaces the percentage aid by a fixed amount per kilowatt-peak; every group announced support, and speakers asked the minister about payment delays, a later evaluation and the effect on households that own no roof.