Official numbers, not estimates.

Labour legislation

Three countries, official data — none highlighted over the others.

National minimum wage, gross per month, Eurostat source, in force on 1 July 2026.

Eurostat, minimum wages (earn_mw_cur) · values at 1 July 2026, updated 31 July 2026

Statutory public holidays (2026)

Code du travail (FR) art. L3133-1 · Royal Decree of 18 April 1974 (BE) · Code du travail (LU) art. L.232-2

Probation period and notice period

No single invented figure: where the law defers to the collective agreement or to seniority, we say so.

Country	Probation period	Notice (dismissal by the employer)
🇫🇷 France	2 to 4 months depending on category (permanent contract)	1 month from 6 months to 2 years of service, 2 months beyond — more if the collective agreement says so
🇧🇪 Belgium	No probation period; since 1 August 2026, 1 week of notice during the first 6 months	Statutory scale in weeks, increasing with seniority
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2 weeks to 6 months (up to 12 months above a salary threshold)	2 months (under 5 years of service), 4 months (5 to 10 years), 6 months (10 years or more)

Code du travail (FR) art. L1221-19 and L1234-1 · Law of 3 July 1978 (BE) art. 37/2, amended from 1 August 2026 · Code du travail (LU) art. L.121-5 and L.124-4

Real salary table

A real collective-agreement grid, not an invented example.

Hotels, cafés and restaurants (HCR), France — gross monthly minimums at 35 h (151.67 h). The lowest steps are below the SMIC: the SMIC then applies, and we show it.

Level	Category	Gross monthly minimum
V	Manager — step 3	4 265 €
V	Manager — step 1	2 795 €
IV	Supervisor — step 1	2 184 €
III	Skilled employee — step 1	2 020 €
II	Employee — step 2	1 903 €
I	Employee — step 1 (SMIC applies)	1 867,06 €

HCR collective agreement (IDCC 1979), amendment no. 33 of 19 June 2024, extended by order of 5 November 2024 · SMIC €12.31/h since 1 June 2026