Free digital rail tickets for jobseekers travelling to an interview
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- 24 Mar 2022
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Jobseekers that have applied for a new job will be able to obtain a free digital rail ticket to enable them to travel to their job interview. The announcement that in future jobseekers in Flanders that have been invited to a job interview will be offered free digital rail tickets was made by the Flemish Employment Minister Hilde Crevits (Christian democrat) on Sunday.
This means that jobseekers will no longer have to visit their local office of the Flemish Employment Agency VDAB or a railway station ticket office in person in order to obtain a free rail ticket. Ms Crevits says that this will make obtaining a ticket for travel to an interview more accessible to jobseekers.
Previously they had to go through a cumbersome administrative procedure in order to obtain a ticket that cost them 1 euro. During, 2021, 2,389 such “jobseeker tickets” were requested.
Speaking on Sunday Ms Crevits told journalists that "For many job seekers, transport remains an important obstacle to applying for a job and finding work. For example, we see that only 60% jobseekers indicate in their employment service profile that they have a driving license. In order to address issues on the labour market we want to remove as many obstacles as possible and to enable people to get back into work more easily”. Read More...
