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The notice period in the event of termination during the probationary period is calculated by reference to the length of the probationary period stipulated in the contract. The period of notice may not be less than: as many days as...

If the employment contract cannot be established immediately, the employer can formalise his will to hire the person concerned by drawing up: either an offer of recruitment by which he unilaterally manifests his will to recruit the candidate. The offer...

An employment contract, whether of indeterminate duration (CDI), or for a fixed term (CDD), must be recorded in writing for each employee individually no later than upon the employee’s entry into service. The contract must be signed by the employer...

Yes. It is possible to combine several activities as an employee (provided that this is not prohibited by a clause of the employment contract), on condition that the limit of 40 hours worked per week is not exceeded. If, as...

Recourse to fixed-term employment contracts (contrat de travail à durée déterminée - CDD) is strictly limited by law and they can therefore be concluded only in certain circumstances. CDDs may not in any circumstances be concluded to fill on an...

Definitions A hiring-out contract is a contract concluded between a temporary work agency operator and a user company. By such a contract, the temporary work agency operator makes available to the user company a temporary worker, so that the latter...

Principle When it is concluded, the assignment contract must include a precise contractual period. Exceptions An assignment contract may not include a precise contractual period when it is concluded in the following circumstances: to replace an absent employee or one...

During the period of assignment of temporary workers, responsibilities are shared. The user (user company) is alone responsible for compliance with the health and safety conditions at work; and the application to those temporary workers of the provisions of laws,...

The provisions concerning temporary work are applicable to the conclusion and performance by a temporary work agency operator established outside Luxembourg territory, of hiring-out contracts and assignment contracts whose purpose is to arrange for a temporary worker to be employed...

Given that the law allows pupils and students to enter into a CDD, the weekly duration of which may not exceed an average of 15 hours, over a period of one month or 4 weeks, the latter, as employees working...

For internships organised either by a Luxembourg or foreign educational institution, the internship agreement must without fail mention: the activities entrusted to the intern; the start and end dates of the internship and the maximum weekly attendance of the intern;...

Yes. The number of practical internships with a view to acquiring vocational experience taking place in a single undertaking may not exceed 10% of the workforce. In undertakings employing fewer than 10 employees, the maximum is set at one internship....

No provision of the Labour Code lays down an age limit for a pupil or student employed for the purpose of an internship. Thus, it is possible to conclude internship agreements provided for by a Luxembourg or foreign educational institution...

Practical training in a professional environment and any traineeship in a professional environment must without fail be recorded either in an apprenticeship contract or in a traineeship agreement.

The beneficiary of a CIE is entitled at least to an allowance calculated by reference to the level of his qualifications. For young people under 18, the allowance is equal to 80% of the social minimum wage for unskilled workers....