Luxembourg Employer Remote work in practice

In the first half of 2025, nearly one in two Luxembourg companies (47%) offered remote working to their employees. By contrast, 25% of companies reported that remote work was not feasible due to the nature of the tasks performed, while 28% chose not to offer it despite having the possibility to do so.

The prevalence of remote working varies considerably across sectors. In the Manufacturing sector, companies are proportionally more likely not to offer remote working, either because their activities are not compatible with it (28%) or as a matter of organisational choice (37%). By contrast, remote working is widely adopted in the Information and communication, Financial and insurance activities, and Professional, scientific and technical activities sectors, where it is offered by 89%, 84% and 76% of businesses, respectively.

Larger companies are more likely to offer remote working than smaller ones. Among companies with at least 250 employees, 72% offer remote working, compared with 57% of businesses employing 50 to 249 people and 45% of those employing 5 to 49 people. Conversely, smaller companies are proportionally more likely to be unable to implement remote working, with 27% reporting that it is not feasible, compared with 11% of medium-sized companies and 3% of large companies.

The share of companies offering remote work arrangements is highest in urban locations (60%). companies in rural areas (41%) and suburban areas (40%) are less likely to offer such arrangements.

35% of Luxembourgish companies report that at least some of their employees typically work remotely one to two days per week. By contrast, only a small share of companies report that at least some of their employees work remotely three to four days per week or on a full-time basis (7% and 3%, respectively).

Among companies offering remote work, 74% report that at least some of their employees typically work remotely one to two days per week. More intensive remote working arrangements are much less common: 15% of companies report that at least some of their employees typically work remotely three to four days per week, while 7% report that some employees work remotely on a full-time basis.

Employers do not indicate significant differences in the use of remote work with respect to the gender of their employees. Among all companies, a share of 11% report that more than two thirds of their female employees work remotely at least one day per week. In addition, 8% report that between one third and two thirds of their female employees work remotely. For the male employees, these shares amount to 11% and 8%.

Among companies that offer remote work, 35% indicate that none of their female employees work remotely at least one day per week. For male employees, this share is only a little smaller (32%). At the same time, nearly one quarter of companies offering remote work report that more than 66% of their female or male employees work remotely at least one day per week. Roughly 17% of companies indicate that between one third and two thirds of their male of female employees works remotely.