Workers employed in agriculture and viticulture in Luxembourg are covered by a Grand-Ducal Regulation extending the country’s general paid annual leave framework to those sectors, according to Legit.ng. The reported provisions also place a specific limit on when employees can insist on taking leave.
The report says the regulation applies to people carrying out professional work in agriculture or viticulture under a service contract. Coverage includes workers whose activity does not result in affiliation to the agricultural health insurance scheme, making that affiliation unnecessary for entitlement under the provisions described.
The framework draws on the law of 22 April 1966 establishing uniform paid annual leave rules for private-sector employees, as amended by the law of 26 July 1975, according to the article.
For agricultural and vineyard workers, the regulation includes an exception concerning the sector’s main working season. Employees cannot demand that their annual leave fall between 1 June and 31 October each year. The reported wording concerns employees’ ability to insist on those dates; it does not establish a blanket prohibition on leave throughout that period.
Legit.ng reports that implementation responsibilities are assigned to the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Minister of Agriculture and Viticulture, and the Minister of Justice, within their respective areas of authority.
The article says the regulation was published in the Memorial, Luxembourg’s official gazette. However, the supplied report does not identify its adoption date or commencement date, leaving the timing of its legal effect unspecified.