Luxembourg: the Labour Secretary clarified the labour system for May 1, 2008

Answering to a parliamentary question, the Luxembourg Labour and Employment secretary, François Biltgen, specified how to deal with May 1, 2008. Indeed, next year, this holiday is the same day as another holiday: Ascension Thursday. The Secretary mentioned three possible scenarios for this situation which will only repeat itself in 2160. (Ref. 070842)
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Reminding that the Labour Code, facing this exceptional situation, does not bring any answer, the Secretary uses a process of analogy. A provision in the Labour Code plans that, even if a person does not work on a national holiday, they are nonetheless entitled to one compensatory day off (L. 232-6 (1) al. 2). Another article specifies the fate of a national holiday on a Sunday (L. 323-7 (3)). Out of these two provisions, the Secretary concluded that the “lawmaker wanted to make sure every empl

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