The government-mandated minimum wage in Luxembourg is fixed to correspond with the general price level & gets reviewed every two years. Following the latest review earlier this year, the Luxembourgish minimum wage has been increased by 2.8% and is currently set at:

• € 2,201.93 per month for non-graduate workers
• € 2,642.32 per month for graduate workers with appropriate certifications

For customers of Remote, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.

We can help you get a new employee started in Luxembourg fast. The minimum onboarding time we need is only 4 working days.

Our team ensures your employees are onboarded and paid as quickly as possible while keeping your business compliant with all local employment legislation. The minimum onboarding time begins after the employee submits all required information onto the Remote platform. The onboarding timeline is also dependent upon registration with local authorities.

For all non-nationals of the country of employment, the Right to Work assessment (if applicable) will add three extra days to the total time to onboard. There may be extra time required if we need to follow-up on the right to work assessment.

Please note, payroll cut-off dates can impact the actual first day of employment. Remote has a payroll cut-off date of the 10th of the month unless otherwise specified.

Employees are entitled to 2.167 days off for every month worked, amounting to a minimum of 26 days of paid leave annually.

Luxembourgish employees are entitled to take the 11 public holidays off work. If required to work on a public holiday, employees may be entitled to up to 300% of the normal wages with compensatory time off offered.

Sick employees are entitled to their full wages paid by the employer for the 77 days (or the end of the month after the 77th day of illness elapses) after which an employee will draw sickness benefits from the Caisse Nationale de Santé equivalent to 100% of the normal wages, without exceeding 500% of the minimum wage, i.e. roughly capped at ~€12,000 per month.

Female employees are entitled to 20 weeks of maternity leave, starting eight weeks before delivery and lasting until 12 weeks postpartum, and compensated at a rate equivalent to their normal wage, capped at five times the minimum wage, i.e. roughly ~€12,000 per month.

In addition to the statutory maternity benefits, pregnant and postpartum employees are entitled to enjoy exemption from hazardous work, dismissal following maternity, and any obligations to work overtime or night shifts.

Fathers are entitled to 10 days of paid paternity leave financed by the employer. Employees are entitled to parental leave ranging from four to six months following each new birth into their family, which can be exercised until their child turns six, or 12, if the latter is adopted.

This parental leave entitlement can be split into:

• eight to 12 months, during which the parents’ working hours are halved,
• 20 months, over which the employee’s working hours are reduced by 20%, or
• Four one-month periods split over the course of 20 months

Employees can take 80 days of career development leave over the course of their professional career, compensated at the full pay rate. This study leave entitlement can be split over the course of an employee’s tenure with an employer, but must be exercised as laid out below:

• 20 days maximum over the course of two years
• Minimum 1 day at a time

• Bereavement leave: employees are entitled to three days of paid leave for the death of any 1st degree relative, partner, or spouse, or five days in the event of a minor child’s death.
• Hospitalization leave: parents are entitled to time off work to care for their sick children, ranging from 12 days for children aged between 0 and four, 18 days for children between the ages of four and 13, and just five days off for young adult aged between 13 and 18.
• Adoption: adoptive parents of children under the age of 16 are entitled to leave equivalent that accorded to natural parents.
• Marriage: employees are entitled to take three days off to attend to their marriage rites (and one day in the instance of a civil partnership ceremony).