Working in Luxembourg
Your contract, your salary, your rights when you start, when you leave or when things go wrong. Pick your situation, we'll take you to the right page.
If you work in the private sector in Luxembourg, your contract is in principle governed by the Luxembourg Labour Code, whether you live here or commute across the border. Before you sign, employment law tells you what is normal: contract length, probation period, leave, working hours. Then, every month, your payslip shows how gross becomes net, and indexation explains why your gross salary sometimes goes up without you asking. When you want to leave, resigning comes with a notice period set by law; if your employer ends the contract, dismissal follows other rules, and, if you live in Luxembourg, registering with ADEM is the first step to receive unemployment benefit (cross-border worker: your country of residence pays it).
Rules in force in 2026, checked against official sources.
Key figures to remember
- €2,771.33
- gross per month: the unskilled social minimum wage, since 1 June 202640 hours a week
- 26 days
- of paid leave a year at least (working days), plus 11 public holidaysLabour Code
- 12.95%
- of your gross salary at most goes on social contributions (pension 8.50%, health 3.05%, long-term care 1.40%)a little less in practice: long-term care applies after an allowance
- 1 to 3 months
- of notice when you resign, depending on your length of serviceunder 5 years, 5 to 10 years, 10 years or more (permanent contract, after probation)
Which situation sounds most like yours?
You're starting your first job
The paperwork, your tax card, what you'll take home.
Start right
You want to understand your pay
Contributions, tax withheld, indexation: line by line.
Read my payslip
You want to change jobs
Resignation, notice, untaken leave.
Leave by the rules
Your employer ends the contract
Notice, severance pay, deadlines to challenge it.
Know my rights
You've lost your job
You live in Luxembourg: ADEM registration and unemployment benefit.
Register with ADEMAll our pages, by need
8 in-depth guides and 3 practical guides, every rule checked against official sources.
Your contract and your rights
What the law sets, and what your employer cannot change.
Your salary
From gross to net, and why your salary changes.
Getting started or bouncing back
First job, end of studies, foreign diploma, looking for work.
How we inform you, and our limits
Every rule and every amount on these pages is checked against official Luxembourg sources: Guichet.lu (ouvre dans un nouvel onglet), the Labour and Mines Inspectorate (ouvre dans un nouvel onglet), ADEM (ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) and the Labour Code on Legilux (ouvre dans un nouvel onglet). When a rule depends on the year, we tell you which one.
An honest limit: what we give you here are pointers, not personalised legal advice. In a dispute with your employer, the ITM can tell you your rights, and a trade union or an employment lawyer can support you.
