Applying for job search leave
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An employee who is dismissed with notice may ask the employer for additional paid leave of a maximum of 6 business days during the notice period, fully paid and divisible, to enable the employee to search for new employment.
Who is concerned
Employees dismissed with notice by their employer and previously employed by a business that is legally established and active in Luxembourg are eligible for job search leave.
Employees who are dismissed for serious misconduct, who resign, or whose employment contract is terminated by mutual consent of the parties are not eligible for job search leave.
Prerequisites
To receive job search leave, dismissed employees resident in Luxembourg must:
- register as a job seeker with the National Employment Agency (Agence pour le développement de l'emploi – ADEM);
- provide their employer with proof that they are indeed expected at a job interview.
In the absence of an agreement between the employer and the employee, registration with the ADEM does not fall under the auspices of job search leave and must be done outside of normal working hours.
Cross-border employees working in Luxembourg and who have been dismissed with notice may not register as job seekers with the ADEM. They must register with the competent government bodies in their country of residence. In that case, they may legally use this leave.
How to proceed
Beneficiaries
Job search leave is granted only to employees who are dismissed with notice and work during the notice period.
On the other hand, an employee who is excused from work during the notice period is not eligible for this special leave. However, if the exemption from work does not cover the entire notice period, the employee may request all of the 6 days' leave to search for new employment.
Rules applicable to job search leave
Job search leave is limited to 6 business days over the duration of the notice period.
This special leave, which is paid by the employer:
- is valid only during the notice period, when the employee is still required to work. It cannot be taken at the end of the notice period in order to extend the duration of the notice period;
- must be divided based on the times at which the employee has arranged interviews. The employee may not take the leave all at once. The leave may be taken by the hour, half day or day.
Organisation of job search leave at the company
In order to avoid disrupting the operation of the business where they still work, employees must first request job search leave before they can arrange a job interview. Employers may, in principle, only turn down job search leave if urgent and pressing business matters require the employee's presence at work.
Employees must then prove to the employer that they have, in fact, attended a job interview, by completing the prefilled form provided on demand by the ADEM and countersigned by the recruiter at the end of the interview. Any other attestation delivered by the recruiter with whom the employee interviewed is valid.
This leave is valid both for employment offers put forward by the ADEM and for those unearthed through the employee's own initiative, provided the employee's absences are justified and proven to the employer through the ADEM form or another attestation from the recruiter.
Who to contact
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National Employment Agency (ADEM)13A, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 2208 L-1022 Luxembourg
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Career Guidance - Luxembourg City - Maison de l'orientation (Educational and Vocational Guidance Centre)29, rue Aldringen
L-1118 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. L-2926 Luxembourg
Phone : (+352) 247 - 85480Fax : (+ 352) 40 61 39Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 12.00 and from 13.00 to 17.00 -
Medical Commission19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
Luxembourg
Fax : (+352) 26 19 08 22 -
Joint Committee (Secretariat) – ADEM19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
Luxembourg
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888 -
Occupational Counselling and Redeployment Panel19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 2208, L-1022 Luxembourg
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888 -
Department for Workers with Reduced Working Capacity19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
Luxembourg
Fax : (+352) 247 - 85402 -
Disability and Redeployment Department19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 2208 L-1022 Luxembourg
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Diekirch Agency2, rue de Clairefontaine
L-9220 Diekirch
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 7 L-9201 Diekirch
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888Fax : (+352) 80 26 35 -
Career Guidance - Diekirch - Maison de l'orientation (Educational and Vocational Guidance Centre)7, avenue de la Gare
L-9233 Diekirch
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 7 L-9201 Diekirch
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Differdange Agency23, Grand-Rue
L-4575 Differdange
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 5 L-4501 Differdange
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888Fax : (+352) 247 - 75351Mon.-Fri. from 8.30 to 11.30 and from 14.00 to 17.00 -
Dudelange Agency56, rue du Parc
L-3542 Dudelange
Luxembourg
Phone : (+352) 247-88888Fax : (+352) 247-75 471from 8.30 to 11.30 and from 14.00 to 17.00 -
Esch-sur-Alzette Agency1, boulevard Porte de France
L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 289 L-4003 Esch-sur-Alzette
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888Fax : (+352) 54 10 58 -
Wasserbillig Agency44, esplanade de la Moselle
L-6637 Wasserbillig
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 38 L-6601 Wasserbillig
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888Fax : (+352) 247 - 753918.30 - 11.30 and 14.00 - 17.00 -
Wiltz Agency20, rue Winseler
L-9577 Wiltz
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 57 L-9501 Wiltz
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88888Fax : (+352) 95 86 11Mon.-Fri. 8.30 - 11.30 and 14.00 - 17.00 -
Financial management of support measures - young persons10, rue Bender
L-1229 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Postal address :
B.P. 2208 L-1022 Luxembourg
Phone : (+352) 247-88888Fax : (+ 352) 29 65 90Mon.-Fri. from 8.30 to 11.30 and from 14.00 to 17.00 -
Foreign Workforce Department19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
Luxembourg
Phone : (+352) 247 - 88000Fax : (+352) 247 - 90410 -
Job Protection Department (ADEM)1, boulevard Porte de France
L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
Fax : (+ 352) 40 59 88 -
Special Reassessment Committee for unemployment benefits (CSR)19, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273 Luxembourg-Hamm
Luxembourg