Luxembourg
Your rights at work
Paid Holiday and Working Hours in Luxembourg: What the Law Guarantees
Every full-time employee in Luxembourg is entitled to at least 26 working days of paid annual leave a year, on top of 11 legal public holidays. Standard working time is 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week, with hard limits of 10 hours a day and 48 hours a week. Overtime is compensated with 1.5 hours of rest per hour worked, or paid at 140%. Here is how leave is earned, requested and carried over, and what the working-time rules mean in practice.