Economic dismissal of an employee: what is the temporary degressive allowance (ATD)?
Verified 29 May 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The temporary degressive allowance (TTA) is a financial aid paid to an employee dismissed for economic reasons. It may be paid to an employee who, as a result of his reclassification in a new job in a other company, undergoes a decrease in remuneration. What are the conditions for receiving this allowance and what is its amount? We're taking stock of the regulations.
An agreement must be signed between the government and the company to set up this financial aid.
Please note
Where the company is subject to the obligation to conclude a job protection plan (PES), the ATD Convention is part of this PES.
The employee must have been made redundant for economic reasons. There is no seniority requirement.
To benefit from the ATD, the employee must have resumed employment within a maximum period of 1 year from the date of notification of dismissal.
Accession to the agreement must take place within 3 months of the date of this reclassification.
The reclassification post must be in another company (not belonging to the same group), in DTA: titleContent, in FIXED-TERM: titleContent or temporary employment contract of at least 6 months.
As this allowance is used to compensate for a loss of income due to a reclassification, the new job must result in a loss of earnings.
The employee who wishes to benefit from the ATD must join it by filling out a membership form.
The bulletin is then sent by the employee to the departmental unit Dreets: titleContent.
The amount of the DTA is calculated on a flat-rate basis. Its amount is valued at time of hiring in the new job.
It takes into account the difference between the former average net salary received in the last 12 months and the net salary of the reclassification post in the new company.
Warning
Overtime and bonuses and allowances which are not supplementary pay are excluded.
The financing of the DTA is provided jointly by the company and the State (co-financed agreement) or possibly by the company alone.
In the case of a co-financed agreement, the State contribution may not exceed an amount of €200 per month and per beneficiary. However, if the company is unable to pay the DTA, the State alone shall pay the DTA. The amount of this participation may then be increased to €300.
The payment of the DTA, as well as the State's participation, is limited to 2 years. The agreement put in place may, however, provide for a shorter duration.
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