Employer mobility plan (PDE)
Mandatory French plan (LOM law) for companies with 50+ employees, aiming to cut solo-car commuting in favor of carpooling, transit, cycling and walking.
Definition
The employer mobility plan (PDE) is a mandatory scheme introduced by France’s 2019 Mobility Orientation Law (LOM). Employers with at least 50 employees on a single site (or in a single urban area) must draft and update a plan to reduce the share of solo car commuting in home-to-work trips, in favor of carpooling, public transit, cycling and walking.
In detail
The PDE is codified in Article L1214-8 of the Transport Code and sits within each region’s overall mobility policy. The employer must:
- Run a diagnosis of employees’ home-to-work travel.
- Define concrete measures: carpooling, transit-pass coverage, bike parking, an electric fleet, the sustainable mobility package.
- Hold an annual negotiation with employee representatives on mobility conditions.
Penalties
Without a plan, the employer faces an administrative fine. Non-compliance can also be flagged during an ADEME or state inspection.
Link to the sustainable mobility package
The PDE is the framework that leads 50+ employee companies to roll out the sustainable mobility package (FMD), which then becomes the preferred exemption tool for funding employees’ clean travel.
Frequently asked questions
From how many employees is the PDE mandatory?
The employer mobility plan is mandatory as soon as a company has at least 50 employees on a single site or within the same urban area.
Is the PDE the same as the sustainable mobility package?
No. The PDE is a broad, mandatory action plan; the sustainable mobility package is a tax and social-charge exemption that the PDE uses as one of its funding levers.
Related terms
- Sustainable mobility package, the exemption at the heart of the PDE
- Mobility pass, mandatory transit-pass coverage
