Luxembourg Public Holidays 2027: All 11 Dates and Workers' Rights

Luxembourg has 11 statutory public holidays in 2027, but only six land on weekdays. Labour Day and Christmas fall on Saturdays, while Europe Day, Assumption and Saint Stephen's Day fall on Sundays. For many Monday-to-Friday employees, those weekend dates do not disappear: the law provides compensatory leave when a holiday falls on a day normally not worked.

The dates below come from the official ITM multi-year calendar, updated in May 2026. They are national statutory holidays, not school holidays, company closures or public holidays in Belgium, France or Germany.

All Luxembourg public holidays in 2027

• Friday 1 January: New Year's Day.
• Monday 29 March: Easter Monday.
• Saturday 1 May: Labour Day.
• Thursday 6 May: Ascension Day.
• Sunday 9 May: Europe Day.
• Monday 17 May: Whit Monday.
• Wednesday 23 June: National Day, the public celebration of the Grand Duke's birthday.
• Sunday 15 August: Assumption Day.
• Monday 1 November: All Saints' Day.
• Saturday 25 December: Christmas Day.
• Sunday 26 December: Saint Stephen's Day, also called Boxing Day.

“In Luxembourg, salaried workers are entitled to 11 public holidays per annum.” — Guichet.lu

Good Friday is not one of the 11 general statutory holidays. Collective agreements can create more favourable arrangements: Guichet cites Good Friday and Christmas Eve afternoon as bank-sector holidays. A sector or employer closure should therefore not be presented as a national entitlement for every worker.

What happens to the five weekend holidays

If a statutory holiday falls on a day when an employee does not normally work, the employer grants one compensatory day of leave. A public holiday falling on Sunday also generates a compensatory day when it is not worked. The rule follows the individual's normal schedule, so a Saturday is not automatically a non-working day for every employee.

Compensatory leave must normally be granted within three months from the day after the holiday. If operations do not allow that, Guichet permits it before year-end; for November and December holidays, the extended deadline can run to March of the following year. The employer may consult staff representatives and set a common date. Employees should record the five 2027 weekend holidays but confirm scheduling rather than selecting replacement dates unilaterally.

For a standard Monday-to-Friday schedule, Labour Day, Europe Day, Assumption, Christmas Day and Saint Stephen's Day each fall on a day normally off. That can mean five compensatory days. Shift workers and part-time employees apply the same principle to their actual normal work pattern.

A public holiday during sick or maternity leave follows the same distinction: a normally worked day is financially covered through the relevant benefit, while a normally non-worked day creates compensatory leave to be taken within three months. Full-time parental leave is different because the employment contract is suspended; public holidays during that period do not generate compensation.

Pay when an employee works on a holiday

When a holiday is a normally worked day and the employee works it, Guichet describes total remuneration as 300%: ordinary pay for the hours that would normally have been worked, pay for the hours actually worked and a 100% premium for each hour worked. This formulation avoids the common mistake of calling the premium alone “double pay” without considering the ordinary holiday entitlement.

Rules stack differently when the holiday is also Sunday. An employee who works a Sunday public holiday is entitled to pay for hours worked, the 100% public-holiday premium, a 70% Sunday premium and a compensatory day. Overtime can add its own premium or time-off rule. Seasonal businesses and adolescent workers have specific regimes, so payroll should check the full Guichet calculation guidance.

Leave-planning opportunities in 2027

Bridge days are annual-leave suggestions, not extra statutory holidays. The clearest opportunity is Ascension on Thursday 6 May: taking Friday 7 May creates four consecutive days away using one leave day. National Day falls on Wednesday 23 June; taking Thursday and Friday produces a five-day break with two leave days.

All Saints' Day falls on Monday 1 November. Taking Tuesday 2 through Friday 5 November creates nine consecutive days away, counting both weekends, for four annual-leave days. New Year's Day on Friday gives a three-day weekend without annual leave.

Weekend compensation may improve those plans, but only after the employer schedules or approves the days. School calendars, collective closures and neighbouring-country holidays are separate. Cross-border families should check each calendar before booking travel, particularly where childcare and workplaces operate in different countries.

• Add all 11 statutory dates to the work calendar.
• Flag the five weekend holidays for compensatory leave.
• Confirm replacement dates with the employer.
• Keep bridge-day leave requests separate from statutory entitlement.
• Check collective agreements for additional sector holidays.