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The Court has held that an interruption of an employment relationship of 3 days in the case of two successive contracts has no effect. In that case it was established that the second contract was merely a continuation of the...

The period of notice in the event of termination during the probationary period is calculated by reference to the duration of the probationary period provided for in the employment contract or by the applicable collective agreement. The periods of notice...

The employment contract may not be terminated during the period between delivery to the employer of the sickness certificate attesting to the pregnancy and the expiry of a period of 12 months after birth takes place, including during the probationary...

As soon as the employment contract is signed, there is a definitive concurrence of will concerning the employment contract intended to take effect on the date agreed between the parties. The employment contract having been formed, the parties are bound...

No. During the first two weeks of the probation, the employee may not resign, except where serious misconduct has been committed by the employer (for example theft, violence or physical threats). Beyond that period of two weeks, the employment contract...

The employment contract must be entered into no later than the time of the employee’s entry into service. In the event of conclusion of the employment contract after the entry into service of the employee, the employment contract can only...

The main obligation of the employee is to perform work and that of the employer is to pay their salary. Pursuant to Article 1315 of the Civil Code, it is therefore incumbent upon the employer who claims to be released...

In our view, an employee benefiting from a progressive return to work for therapeutic reasons is protected against dismissal in the same way as in the case of illness, since a progressive return to work for therapeutic reasons is considered...

The “student contract”: The employer may conclude a “student contract” with a pupil or student aged between 15 and 27 (up to their 27th birthday), during school holidays, in accordance with Articles L. 151-1 and following of the Labour code....

No. For an employee to be able to benefit from the SSM for skilled workers, he must have been recruited to perform work involving a professional qualification usually acquired through teaching or training evidenced by an official certificate, that is...

The employer is required to observe the scales of remuneration laid down in certain collective work agreements. A collective agreement is a contract relating to working relations and conditions. It facilitates the identification of a legal framework which is to...

Article 1376 of the Civil Code makes restitution compulsory by “a person who receives in error or knowingly something which is not due to him”. Proof that the conditions for bringing an action for recovery are fulfilled is the responsibility...

An action for the recovery of wages or payments incidental to wages that were unduly paid or made is covered by the specific rules for quasi-contracts and is not subject to the abridged limitation period of 3 years or of...

The value of benefits in kind may be freely determined by the employer and his employee in the employment contrat. Taxes With regard to taxes, the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 24 December 1997 amending the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 28 December 1990...

The Labour Code does not contain specific provisions concerning meal vouchers. The Court of Appeal ruled in 2015 that the purpose of a meal voucher is to enable an employee to eat a main meal during a day of work...