Regular leave

Beneficiary	Duration	Responsible for pay during leave
Annual leave with pay
All employees and apprentices	26 days	Employer
Additional annual leave with pay for workers with disabilities*
War & military invalids Work accidents; disabled workers	6 days	The State
Additional paid annual leave for the mining sector
Employees and apprentices in the mining industry	3 days	Employer
Additional annual leave with pay in case of shortened weekly rest period
Employees and apprentices who do not have an uninterrupted weekly rest period of 44 hours	Maximum of 6 days	Employer
Statutory holidays
All employees and apprentices	11 days	Employer
* People with a physical, mental, sensory, psychic and/or psychosocial disabilities

Extraordinary leave

Beneficiary	Duration	Responsible for pay during leave
Death of an employee’s blood relative, twice removed* or spouse/partner
Employees and apprentices	1 day	Employer
Marriage of a child
Employees and apprentices	1 day	Employer
Adoption of a child under the age of 16
Employees and apprentices who do not qualify for adoption leave	10 days, can be split into hours	Employer: 2 days State: 8 days
Birth of a child
Employees and apprentices	10 days, can be split into hours	Employer: 2 days State: 8 days
Moving house
Employees and apprentices	2 days over a 3-year reference period with the same employer, except if moving for professional reasons	Employer
Death of spouse/partner or first degree relative** of employee or spouse/partner
Employees and apprentices	3 days	Employer
Wedding
Employees and apprentices	3 days	Employer
Death of a minor child
Employees and apprentices	5 days	Employer
Registered civil union of an employee
Employees and apprentices	1 day	Employer
Leave for reasons of force majeure
Employees and apprentices	1 day over 12 months, can be split into hours	50% Employer 50% State
Caregiver leave for a family member or a person living on his or her household***
Employees and apprentices	5 days over 12 months, can be split into hours	50% Employer 50% State
* Grandmother, grandfather, granddaughter, grandson, sister, brother ** Mother, father, daughter, son *** Son, daughter, mother, father, spouse or partner

(last updated on 03.10.2024)

Special leave

 

Beneficiary	Duration	Responsible for pay during leave
Maternity leave
Employees and apprentices	Prenatal leave: 8 weeks Postnatal leave: 12 weeks	State
Adoption leave
Persons adopting one or more children under the age of 12	12 weeks	State
Parental leave
Parents of a child under 6 years of age / 12 years of age in case of adoption	Full-time leave: 4 or 6 months; Half-time leave: 8 or 12 months; Split parental leave: 4 months for up to 20 months or 1 day per week for up to maximum of 20 months	State
Family leave
Parents of a child under 18 years of age or of a child receiving the special disabled child allowance	12 days per child for the 0 to 4 age group. 18 days per child for the 4 to 13 age group. 5 days per child for the 13 to 18 age group if the child is hospitalized. Double if the child has special allowance for disabled children and without condition of hospitalization from 13 to 18 years old. Possible extension up to 78 weeks in case of very serious illness of the child.	State
End-of-life support leave
Parents, children; brother, sister; spouse, partner of a person at the end of life	5 days per case per year	State
Political leave
Persons holding office as mayor, alderman or municipal councillor; persons holding office as parliamentary representative	Between 3 and 40 hours per week; 20 hours maximum per week	State
Cultural leave
Persons working in the cultural sector	12 days per beneficiary per year	State
Administrative staff	Federations: 5 days if < 1 000 active affiliated members 10 days if ≥ 1 000 active affiliated members Associations: 2 days (< 50 active affiliated members) 3 days (50-200 active affiliated members) 4 days (> 200 active affiliated members) (per organisation per year)
Persons designated by federations, national networks or associations in the cultural sector.	Federations: 50 days Associations: 10 days (per organisation per year)
Youth leave
Persons bound by an employment contract to a company or association established in Luxembourg	60 days, with a maximum of 20 days in any 2-year period	State
Sports leave
Elite athletes; coaching staff; judges and referees	12 days per year (possible exemptions with ministerial authorization)	State
technical and administrative leaders	50 days per year per organisation to which managers are affiliated
Development Cooperation Leave
Experts and representatives of non-governmental organizations who are still working	6 days a year	State
Special leave for volunteer firefighters
Training courses	60 days, o/w 20 days per 2-year period	State
Training lecturers	60 jours, dont 20 jours par période de 2 ans
Representation/management duties	7 days a year
Humanitarian missions	No limit
Individual training leave
Employees with at least 6 months of seniority	80 days, of which 20 days per 2-year period	State
Language leave
Employees with at least 6 months of seniority	200 hours over the course of a professional career to be taken in 2 instalments of between 80 and 120 hours each	Status State
Leave without pay for training
Employees with at least2 years of seniority	2 years per employer with a minimum of 4 consecutive weeks and a maximum of 6 consecutive months	/
Leave for social terms
Member of a professional chamber or social security institution / assessor at the labour court or social security court	4 hours per meeting or hearing	Institution in which the employee exercises his/her term
Leave to seek new employment
Employees dismissed with Notice	6 days maximum	Employer
Training leave
Effective staff representative	Company with 15 to 49 employees:
	1 week during the term;	State
	Company of 50 to 150 workers:
	2 weeks during the term;	1 week by the State, 1 week by the employer;
	Company with more than 150 workers:
	1 week per year	Employer
Representative first term	supplément de 16 heures pendant 1er mandat	Employer
Aternate representative	droit à la moitié du congé formation des délégués effectifs	Employer
Equality Delegate	2 half-days per year	Company with < 150 employees: State
Safety and Health Representative	40 hours per term + 10 additional hours if 1st term	Company with < 150 employees: State
Parental Representation Leave
Parents of students who are members of the National School Board	2 half-days per month	State
Parent members in the national parent representation	8 days or 64 hours per year	State

(last updated on 26.09.2025)

Political leave

Weekly political leave for mayors and aldermen

Composition of the Municipal Council	Maximum leave for the mayor	Maximum leave for aldermen	Responsible for pay during leave
7 members	9 hours	5 hours	Municipality
9 members	13 hours	7 hours	Municipality
11 members	20 hours	10 hours	Municipality
13 members	28 hours	14 hours	Municipality
At least 15 members	40 hours	20 hours	Municipality

Weekly political leave for local councillors

Voting system	Duration	Responsible for pay during leave
Municipalities voting per the relative majority system	3 hours	Municipality
Communes votant suivant le système de la représentation proportionnelle	5 hours	Municipality

Congé sportif

Sportif(ve)		Nombre de jours
Sportif(ve)	Projet olympique/paralympique, de qualification olympique avec COSL ou LPC	90
Sportif(ve)	Projet perspective ou élite avec COSL ou LPC	60
Sportif(ve)	Cadre élite COSL ou LPC sans projet particulier	30
Sportif(ve)	Cadre promotion du COSL ou LPC et n’ayant pas de projet spécifique	20
Sportif(ve)	Sélection nationale individuelle ou d’équipes senior d’une fédération sportive agréée	25
Sportif(ve)	Licencié auprès d’un club affilié à une fédération participant à des compétitions internationales officielles	12
Sportif(ve)	Participant à une compétition internationale officielle et ayant accord conjoint ministre sports et COSL ou LPC	6
Encadrement technique	Projet olympique/paralympique, de qualification olympique avec COSL ou LPC	60
Encadrement technique	Projet perspective ou élite avec COSL ou LPC	40
Encadrement technique	Cadre élite COSL ou LPC sans projet particulier	20
Encadrement technique	Cadre promotion du COSL ou LPC et n’ayant pas de projet spécifique	12

 

Fédération, COSL ou LPC		Licences	Nombre de jours
Fédération, COSL ou LPC	Accompagnateur des sportifs(ves) aux compétitions internationales organisées par les fédérations internationales ou à des stages de préparation		12/pers.
Fédération, COSL ou LPC	Bénévole – Organisation de manifestations sportives internationales reconnues par les fédérations sportives internationales ayant lieu au Luxembourg		50/org.
Fédération, COSL ou LPC – Encadrement technique	Accompagnateur des sportifs(ves) aux compétitions internationales organisées par les fédérations internationales, à des stages de préparation ou formations internationales		25/pers.
Fédération, COSL ou LPC – Encadrement administratif	Gestion courante / réunions internationales / formation internationale	0 licences 1-1000 licences 1000-5000 licences > 5000 licences	2/féd. 5/féd. 10/féd. 15/féd.
COSL ou LPC – Encadrement administratif	Gestion courante / réunions internationales / formation internationale		5/org.

 

Club	Licences	Nombre de jours
Accompagnateur des sportifs(ves) aux compétitions internationales organisées par les fédérations internationales ou à des stages de préparation		6/pers.
Bénévole – Organisation de manifestations sportives internationales reconnues par les fédérations sportives internationales ayant lieu au Luxembourg		10/org.
Accompagnateur des sportifs(ves) aux compétitions internationales organisées par les fédérations internationales, à des stages de préparation ou formations internationales		10/pers.
Gestion courante / réunions internationales / formation internationale	0 licences 1-50 licences 50-200 licences > 200 licences	2/club 2/club 4/club 6/club

 

		Nombre de jours
Juge/Arbitre	Accompagnateur des sportifs(ves) aux compétitions internationales organisées par les fédérations internationales ou à des stages de préparation	25
Participant(e)	Bénévole – Organisation de manifestations sportives internationales reconnues par les fédérations sportives internationales ayant lieu au Luxembourg	5

(dernière mise à jour au 20.06.2024)