Regulation for the double public holiday on May 9, 2024

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, two public holidays will fall on the same working day in Luxembourg – Ascension Day and Europe Day.

The law provides the following regulations for the double holiday (Labor Code in the version of February 8, 2024, Book II, Title III, Chapter II of the Labor Code):

1. The day is normally a working day. There is entitlement to:

• the wages for the hours normally worked on that day
• 1 free holiday
• 1 additional compensatory day for the second holiday
• (if ≤ 4 working hours, entitlement to ½ compensatory day)

2. Work is performed on that day. There is entitlement to:

• the wages for the hours normally worked on that day
• plus the wages for the actual hours worked at the normal hourly rate
• 100 % surcharge on the normal hourly rate for the hours actually worked on the public holiday
• 1 compensation day
  (if ≤ 4 hours worked, entitlement to ½ compensation day)

3. The employee would not have worked on that day anyway. There is an entitlement to:

• 1 compensation day for the first public holiday
• 1 compensation day for the second public holiday
  (with an average working time of ≤ 4 hours/day, there is an entitlement to ½ compensatory day each)

The compensatory days must be granted and taken within three months.

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