Geographic mobility support for unemployed and redeployed workers
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If job seekers live too far away from their future workplace, they can apply for geographic mobility support. This allowance covers travel expenses and may be granted under certain conditions to unemployed job seekers accepting a job which is more than 15 km away from their usual place of residence.
This geographic mobility support takes the form of a flat-rate monthly allowance for travel expenses.
Who is concerned
Prerequisites
The travel expenses allowance may be granted provided that the recipient:
- is a Luxembourg resident;
- is an unemployed job seeker registered with the National Employment Agency (Agence pour le développement de l'emploi - ADEM) for at least 3 months (whether or not the job seeker receives unemployment benefit does not affect entitlement to geographic mobility support. Job seekers only have to be registered with the ADEM to be eligible to receive it);
- is an employee who has been redeployed to a permanent job in Luxembourg listed with the ADEM—ADEM must be informed of the vacant position, and only the new job must be in Luxembourg. The place of work prior to unemployment does not affect entitlement to geographic mobility support);
- provided that the new job is more than 15 km away from the employee's place of residence;
- provided that the hourly wage is less than three times the hourly social minimum wage for an unskilled worker aged 18 or under with no dependants.
How to proceed
Applying for geographic mobility support
Job seekers wishing to apply for geographic mobility support must fill in the relevant form on the ADEM website.
An employment contract should be attached to the completed form, which should be returned to the ADEM.
The application must be submitted, on pain of ineligibility, within 4 months of the job offer being taken up.
Amount of geographic mobility support
The geographic mobility support amount increases in proportion to the distance between the employee's home and place of work.
Kilometres travelled |
Monthly allowance |
---|---|
between 16 and 20 km |
EUR 61.97 |
between 21 and 30 km |
EUR 74.37 |
between 31 and 40 km |
EUR 99.16 |
between 41 and 50 km |
EUR 123.95 |
over 50 km |
EUR 136.34 |
If the employee moves home during the period when they are in receipt of the allowance, and if they move closer than 16 km from their place of work, they lose their entitlement to geographic mobility support. If, on the other hand, their new address is so far away from their workplace that it falls within a higher compensation bracket, they will then be entitled to the corresponding increased allowance.
Means of payment
Entitlement to payment:
- of the first tranche of the allowance is acquired after the employee has been in the job for 4 months;
- of the second tranche of the allowance is acquired after the employee has been in the job for 8 months;
- of the third tranche of the allowance is acquired after the employee has been in the job for 12 months;
- of the fourth tranche of the allowance is acquired after the employee has been in the job for 15 months;
- of the fifth tranche of the allowance is acquired after the employee has been in the job for 18 months.
And so, for example, if the allowance is granted for a period of 18 months, the employee will be entitled to 18 times the monthly flat-rate allowance, payable in 5 instalments.
After being in the job for 4 months, an employee living 16 km away from their workplace will receive 4 X EUR 61.97, i.e. EUR 247.88. They will then receive this same amount 4 months later, 8 months later and 12 months later. Finally, the last payment will be for the last two of the 18 months.
Period of benefit entitlement
The travel expenses allowance is granted for a maximum of 18 months.
An employee who resigns without extraordinary, valid and compelling reasons within 12 months of being hired, must repay the allowance to the Employment fund (Fonds pour l'emploi).
Characteristics of new employment contracts giving rise to eligibility for geographic mobility support
The new employment contract must be one of the following:
- a full-time permanent employment contract;
- a part-time permanent employment contract for at least 16 hours of work per week for the same employer;
- a fixed-term employment contract for at least 18 months and for at least 16 hours of work per week for the same employer;
- replacement for parental leave.
Online services and forms
Who to contact
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National Employment Agency (ADEM)
- Address:
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13A, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
B.P. 2208, L-1022 Luxembourg
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 888
Contact Center - job seekers
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Career Guidance - Luxembourg City - Maison de l'orientation (Educational and Vocational Guidance Centre)
- Address:
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29, rue Aldringen
L-1118
Luxembourg
B.P. L-2926 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 85387
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 85480
- Fax:
- (+ 352) 40 61 39
- Email address:
- info@m-o.lu
Open Ferme à 17h00
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Luxembourg City Annex
- Address:
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12-14, avenue Émile Reuter
L-2420
Luxembourg
B.P. 19 L-2010 Luxembourg
- Fax:
- (+352) 40 61 39
- Email address:
- info@adem.public.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Employer Services
- Address:
- 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88000
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- http://www.adem.public.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Medical Commission
- Address:
- 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
- Fax:
- (+352) 26 19 08 22
- Email address:
- commissionmedicale@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- http://adem.public.lu/en/index.html
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Joint Committee (Secretariat) – ADEM
- Address:
- 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Website:
- https://adem.public.lu/en.html
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Occupational Counselling and Redeployment Panel
- Address:
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19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273
Luxembourg-Hamm
B.P. 2208 L-1022 Luxembourg
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 888
job seekers
- Email address:
- Info.cor@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- https://adem.public.lu/en.html
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Department for Workers with Reduced Working Capacity
- Address:
- 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 85402
- Email address:
- info.tcr@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- http://www.adem.public.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Disability and Redeployment Department
- Address:
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19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273
Luxembourg
B.P. 2208 L-1022 Luxembourg
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 888
job seekers
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 000
employers
- Email address:
- commissionmedicale@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- https://adem.public.lu/en.html
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Diekirch Agency
- Address:
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2, rue de Clairefontaine
L-9220
Diekirch
B.P. 7 L-9201 Diekirch
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+352) 80 26 35
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Career Guidance - Diekirch - Maison de l'orientation (Educational and Vocational Guidance Centre)
- Address:
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7, avenue de la Gare
L-9233
Diekirch
B.P. 7 L-9201 Diekirch
- Email address:
- info@m-o.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Differdange Agency
- Address:
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23, Grand-Rue
L-4575
Differdange
B.P. 5 L-4501 Differdange
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 75351
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Dudelange Agency
- Address:
- 56, rue du Parc L-3542 Dudelange
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 75 471
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Esch-sur-Alzette Agency
- Address:
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1, boulevard Porte de France
L-4360
Esch-sur-Alzette
B.P. 289 L-4003 Esch-sur-Alzette
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+352) 54 10 58
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Wasserbillig Agency
- Address:
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44, esplanade de la Moselle
L-6637
Wasserbillig
B.P. 38 L-6601 Wasserbillig
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 75391
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Wiltz Agency
- Address:
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20, rue Winseler
L-9577
Wiltz
B.P. 57 L-9501 Wiltz
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+352) 95 86 11
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Financial management of support measures - young persons
- Address:
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10, rue Bender
L-1229
Luxembourg
B.P. 2208 L-1022 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88888
- Fax:
- (+ 352) 29 65 90
- Email address:
- info.jeune@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- http://www.adem.public.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Foreign Workforce Department
- Address:
- 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 88000
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 90410
- Email address:
- info@adem.etat.lu
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Job Protection Department
- Address:
- 1, boulevard Porte de France L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 888
job seekers
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 000
employers
- Fax:
- (+ 352) 40 59 88
- Email address:
- info.mai@adem.etat.lu
- Website:
- https://adem.public.lu/en.html
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National Employment Agency (ADEM) Special Reassessment Committee for unemployment benefits (CSR)
- Address:
- 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
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Related procedures and links
Procedures
Links
Further information
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Geographic mobility support
on the Employment Portal (ADEM)
- Contacts & Collective agreements on Guichet.lu Business
Legal references
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Règlement grand-ducal modifié du 17 juin 1994
fixant les modalités et conditions d'attribution 1. des aides à la mobilité géographique ; 2. d'une aide au réemploi ; 3. d'une aide à la création d'entreprises ; 4. d'une aide à la création d'emplois d'utilité socio-économique
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Loi modifiée du 30 juin 1976
portant 1. création d'un fonds de chômage; 2. réglementation de l'octroi des indemnités de chômage complet
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Loi modifiée du 8 avril 1982
fixant des mesures spéciales en vue d'assurer le maintien de l'emploi et la compétitivité générale de l'économie