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The beneficiary of a CIE who wishes to terminate his contract must: give notice of the termination of the CIE to his employer by registered letter; observe an 8-day notice period; and have valid and convincing grounds for doing so.

The choice of applicable law may be expressly mentioned in the contract, but it may also be a tacit reference, provided that it clearly emerges from the provisions of the contract or from the circumstances of the case. This will...

Yes. No legal provision prevents a person from holding a corporate post and an employment contract at the same time.

This question concerns in particular the case of termination of an employment contract before the inception of implementation. Termination of a duly established employment contract, even before the inception of implementation, may give rise to the right to notice and...

Definitions An employment contract is an agreement by which a person (the employee) undertakes to make his activities available to another person (the employer), with whom he enters into a subordinate relationship, in return for remuneration. The 3 component parts...

Temporary work is based on a triangular relationship, which involves: the temporary work agency operator, who is the employer; the temporary worker on assignment; and the user company. This triangular relationship involves the conclusion of two concomitant contracts, namely a...

Definitions An assignment contract is a contract concluded between a temporary work agency operator and the temporary worker whereby the latter gives a commitment to the temporary work agency operator, in return for remuneration, to carry out in the...

An assignment contract may include a probationary period (for example, to enable the user company to evaluate the professional skills of the temporary worker for the task entrusted to him). The probationary clause cannot be renewed within one and the...

Yes. The user company may recruit the temporary worker on completion of the assignment. Furthermore, the assignment contract must expressly stipulate that the recruitment of the worker by the user company on completion of the assignment is not prohibited. Nota...

Entitlement to annual leave A temporary worker may claim the right to recreational annual leave for each assignment, regardless of the length of the assignment. He may ask to be granted leave in kind from the user company pro rata...

Termination of the employment contract before the commencement of professional activity is not regulated in the Labour Code. However, as soon as the employment contract is signed, there is a definitive concurrence of will concerning an employment contract intended to...

Yes. Every internship provided for in the context of Luxembourg or foreign education must be the subject of an internship agreement signed by the intern, his legal representative if he is a minor, by the internship supervisor and, where appropriate,...

Yes. The pupil or student must be registered with a Luxembourg or foreign educational institution and regularly follow a teaching course in order to be able to undertake an internship with a view to acquiring vocational experience. Any person who...

A hiring-out contract must be concluded between the temporary work agency operator and the user: in writing; for each employee individually; and at the latest within 3 working days after the temporary worker is made available.

An internship agreement must without fail indicate: the activities entrusted to the intern; the start and end dates of the internship and the maximum weekly attendance of the intern; the arrangements for authorisation for absence, in particular to go see...