Professional transition allowance

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Any person benefiting from the status of a person undergoing professional deployment who has reached the end of his or her unemployment benefit entitlement (including extension) and who can demonstrate :

-        at least 5 years' aptitude for the last job before redeployment

or

-        at least 5 years of service in the company which was the subject of the external professional redeployment.

may benefit form the professional transition allowance.

The periods of professional activity carried out under the status of a person undergoing professional redeployment  are taken into account for the calculation of aptitude.

The professional transition allowance is :

  • capped at 1.5 times the social minimum wage
  • subject to social security contributions and taxes
  • granted, withdrawn and paid by ADEM ;
  • half payable by the Employment Fund and half payable by the competent pension body.

It corresponds to 80% of the average monthly income subject to pension insurance contributions during the twelve calendar months preceding the decision to reclassify the person's job, or, where applicable, preceding the invalidity or award of a full pension.

 

Important!

  • The application for professional waiting allowance must be submitted within a 6-month period from the end of entitlement to unemployment benefits. Applications submitted after this deadline will be barred.

  • Recipients of professional waiting allowance who, without a valid reason, fail to attend appointments with the ADEM on the dates and at the times assigned to them will, by decision of the ADEM, lose their entitlement to professional waiting allowance for seven days or, in the event of a repeated offence, for thirty days. Failure to attend three consecutive appointments will result in the permanent withdrawal of the professional waiting allowance by the ADEM and the withdrawal of professional redeployment status by decision of the Joint Committee.

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