Financial aid for hiring a disabled worker
Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Labour
Revaluation of company aid by the Agency
Published on 13 September 2022
The Agefiph revalues 5% from 1to September 2022 the 2 aid for companies: support for job retention and support for reception, integration and development. They now each amount to €2,100 and €3,150.
Note that other aid such as assistance for the adaptation of working situations (AST) automatically by tracking inflation. You can view Agefiph press release issued on August 29, 2022.
Any employer may benefit from financial assistance in the case of the hiring of a disabled employee. Aids are not automatic. The employer must apply to theAgefiph. The application must prove the importance of the additional costs (recognition of the burden of disability).
Objective
This aid is intended to compensate for the significant additional costs associated with the adjustment of a job for a disabled employee.
It can be perceived only after the optimal layout of the workstation.
Who can benefit?
This assistance may be granted to any employer who hires a disabled employee and to any self-employed disabled worker.
How to benefit?
The employer must prove the significant amount of the additional costs. The expenses must be related to the adjustment of the workstation. The employer must detail the nature and amount of the expenses.
How do I apply?
You can make the request online or mail the folder toAgefiph: titleContent in your area.
Application for the recognition of disability heaviness (RLH)
How much?
The amount is an annual package that amounts to:
- 6,198.50 (low range)
- or 12,340.65 (high fork).
Payment
The aid is paid quarterly. The employer must provide evidence of the hours actually worked during the quarter.
It shall be granted for a period of 3 years, renewable.
The aid cannot be combined with other aid paid by the State to companies with disabilities.
The Agefiph provides online guide which details all aspects of this aid.
FYI
You can view detailed guide of all the aids of the Agefiph.
Objective
The purpose of the aid is to facilitate the employment of a disabled worker or his professional development.
It finances part of the related expenses
- the reception and integration of the newly recruited disabled person, or
- or to accompany you on a new job. This is a development or a mobility of the disabled employee.
Example :
The expenditure may be linked to disability awareness training for company employees, or to the establishment of a personalised framework for the disabled worker.
Who can benefit?
Any employer of a person with a permanent or permanent disability of 6 months minimum.
The aid shall be granted if the employer proves the expenditure related to the measures actually implemented.
How much is it?
Its maximum amount is €3,150.
How to benefit?
The form must be sent to Agefiph: titleContent, signed and completed.
The application is made either to Pôle emploi, or to an advisor of Cap Emploi, or to theAgefiph: titleContent.
The aid may be cumulated with other aid from theAgefiph: titleContent and with aid for employment and integration into the labour market granted by the State or by the regions.
It may be renewed for the same employee in the same company in the context of professional development or mobility.
FYI
You can view detailed guide of all the aids of the Agefiph.
Objective
This aid is granted to finance the technical, human or organisational means to adapt a post to a disability.
Example :
Design, specific software, tutoring, interpreting or transcription in Braille
Who can benefit?
Any employer of a disabled employee for whom occupational medicine attests to the worsening of the disability or a change in the working environment. These changes lead to specific measures to adapt.
Example :
use of inclusive masks during a pandemic.
How much is it?
The amount of aid is assessed according to each situation. It only compensates for disability. Expenses related to investments not related to disability compensation are excluded.
How to benefit?
The application must contain the medical opinion recognising the worsening of the disability.
The employer must complete a completed and signed form to send to the Agency.
Request for intervention by the Agefiph
Help is on time. For it to be sustainable, the company must carry out an approach to the recognition of the heaviness of disability (RLH).
Application for the recognition of disability heaviness (RLH)
The aid may be renewed in the following cases:
- Aggravation of disability
- Evolution of the working situation
- Obsolescence due to technological change
- Wear of equipment that results in additional cost to the employer
The aid may be cumulated with other aid.
The employer must address the application to theAgefiph: titleContent.
FYI
You can view detailed guide of all the aids of the Agefiph.
Objective
This aid covers the cost of studying solutions to keep a disabled worker in employment.
It allows for additional time for employers to find a solution to maintain a worker's job.
Examples: meetings, consultation time.
Who can benefit?
Any employer of a disabled employee provided that the occupational medicine attests to the worsening of the disability or the development of the working environment.
The aim of this aid is to compensate for the additional time required and to take account of temporary financial difficulties.
Example :
Delivery time of compensation equipment, difficult recovery, one-time loss of productivity.
How much is it?
The aid is €2,100.
How to benefit?
The request for assistance is only made to a counsellor at Cap Emploi. It tells the contractor what to do.
The aid is cumulative. It is not renewable.
FYI
You can view detailed guide of all the aids of the Agefiph.
An employer who wishes to recruit a disabled person on a learning or professional contract may be assisted if the contract is for a minimum of 6 months and 24 hours per week.
An exception may be granted on contracts with a minimum duration of 16 hours per week.
The request for assistance is made by completing a request for assistance to be sent to theAgefiph: titleContent ::
Request for intervention by the Agefiph
Its maximum amount is €3,000 for an apprenticeship and €4,000 for a professionalisation contract.
The aid shall be proportional to the duration of the employment contract, but shall start from the 6e month worked.
This aid may be cumulated with other aid.
It is renewable if you continue your studies at a higher level.
It can be extended in case of a repetition of class.
FYI
You can view detailed guide of all the aids of the Agefiph.
Objective
This assistance funds the cost of any type of training that allows a person to remain in his or her position. His job must be threatened because the work situation is no longer adapted to the disability.
This threat may be caused by a change in the work environment or by a worsening of the disability.
Who can benefit?
Any employer of a disabled person or any self-employed person with a disability may benefit from this assistance.
Under what conditions?
It is necessary to provide evidence from occupational medicine that the working environment is no longer adapted to disability, or that a worsening of disability makes it difficult to remain in employment.
How much is it?
Its amount depends on the co-financing provided from the other financiers (Opco: titleContent, regional interbranch joint commissions, etc.) and after case-by-case analysis.
It shall be renewable and cumulable with other aid.
How to benefit?
The employer must complete the completed and signed application form and send it to theAgefiph: titleContent .
Request for intervention by the Agefiph
The application for assistance is made to a counsellor Cap Emploi or to the association Comète (association for the professional integration of hospitalised patients).
FYI
You can view detailed guide of all the aids of the Agefiph.
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Speak with an advisor on Place des Entreprises- Decree No. 2020-1223 of 6 October 2020 establishing an aid for the employment of disabled workers
- Labour Code: Articles L5213-6 to L5213-9Rights and guarantees of disabled workers
- Labour Code: Articles R5213-39 to R5213-51Compensation for the burden of disability
- Act No. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 on equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of persons with disabilitiesArticles 96-II, 96-III and 101
- Decision of 9 September 2019 on the models of forms, method of calculation and annual amount of aid for the burden of disability
- Request for intervention by the Agefiph
Form
- Application for the recognition of disability heaviness (RLH)
Online service
- Application for intervention for the hiring of a disabled employee
Form
- Request Employer Mobilisation Assistance for the Hiring of Disabled Workers (AMEETH) with a SYLAé account
Online service
- Seek help in mobilising employers to hire workers with disabilities (AMEETH)
Online service
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