Emergency Department Pulse Report | Â© 2010 by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. In 2009, patients spent an average of four hours and seven minutes in the ED, an increase of four minutes since. 2008. Although this is an increase, it must be considered in the context of economic challenges faced during the.
In Luxembourg, the 2.5 per cent âsolidarity surchargeâ levied on your net taxable income goes towards unemployment benefits, in addition to an overall social security contribution of around 31 per cent of the first â¬7,000 of an employeeâs gross income (11 per cent deducted from salary and the remainder contributed by the employer and the government).
Luxembourg takes great pride in its benefits systems and the quality of its social security services, although the high cost of providing those services and benefits (employer contributions of up to 40 per cent plus employee contributions of up to 20 per cent of gross pay) has recently prompted the government to consider changes to the social security system in an attempt to encourage individuals to assume greater responsibility for the costs of retirement, disability and even health care.