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AAA

Association d’Assurance contre les Accidents

COUNTRY

LUXEMBOURG
Type of fund
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

ADDRESS

125, route d’Esch, LU - 2976 Luxembourg

WEBSITE

CONTACT

Claude.seywert@secu.lu
Tel : +352 261915-1 - Claude.seywert@secu.lu

General Information Employee Group Covered Eligibility Benefits Employee contributions Employer contributions Information to Employees  

General information

Presentation

The Association for Insurance against Accidents (AAA) is a public institution responsible for the prevention and compensation of occupational accidents and occupational diseases.

 

Board composition

It is placed under the guardianship of the Minister of Social Security and includes an industrial section and an agricultural section. Two bodies, chaired by an official appointed by the Government and further comprising delegates of employees and employers, manage each section. The industry section is composed of 6 delegates of employers and 2+1 delegates of employees.

 

Industry section

General assembly

18 Employers delegates
Direction Committee

6 Employers delegates

2 Employees delegates

1 public employee delegate

Employee Group Covered

All employees of the building industry

Eligibility

Compulsory coverage with immediate eligibility with no waiting period.

Benefits

  • Occupational incapacity and invalidity compensation
  • Workplace injuries prevention

 Preventive actions against occupational injuries in order to improve health and safety at work.

Employee contributions

No employee contributions

Employer contributions

4,27% gross salary (2010 social security rate).

 

The accident insurance premiums are fully paid by the employer and are perceived by the Joint Center of Social Security together with the contributions to health insurance and pension insurance with the application of a maximum pensionable salary up to five times social minimum.

Information to employees

Websites, brochures and through social partners.

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