Request approval to count jobs with less than 18 hours per week toward a mandatory job requirement

If your company employs severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent disabilities who work less than 18 hours per week, you can count them towards a compulsory job under certain conditions.

As an employer with at least 20 workplaces, you must fill 5 percent of your workplaces with severely disabled or equivalent employees (mandatory workplaces).

Normally, a severely disabled person or equivalent disabled person must work part-time for you for at least 18 hours per week for the job to be counted as a compulsory job.

If a severely disabled or similarly disabled person works less than 18 hours a week, you must prove that this is necessary due to the nature or severity of the disability. Only then can this workplace exceptionally be counted as a compulsory workplace.

The responsible agency is the employment agency in whose district the registered office of your company is located.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency that is responsible for you using the office finder on the website of the Federal Employment Agency.

The responsible agency is the employment agency in whose district the registered office of your company is located.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency that is responsible for you using the office finder on the website of the Federal Employment Agency.

• Proof of status as a severely disabled person or equal status, e.g. by means of a copy of the severely disabled person's ID card.
• Proof of the necessity of part-time employment, for example by means of medical certificates

Forms available: Yes
Written form required : Yes
Informal application possible : Yes
Personal appearance required: No
Online services available: No

In order to count the employment as a compulsory job, you must meet the following requirements:

• Your company employs at least 20 employees.
• The person you want to count towards a mandatory job,
  • works less than 18 hours per week,
  • is severely disabled or equivalent to a severely disabled person, and
  • can only work part-time due to the nature or severity of the disability.

• For detailed information on how to file an appeal, please refer to the decision on your application.

You can submit an informal application for the credit.

• Please submit your application to the employment agency responsible for your area.
• In order to be able to check the eligibility requirements, you will receive a form after submitting your application, with which the necessary facts will be collected.
• The Employment Agency will review your application.
• You will receive a written decision as to whether your application has been approved or rejected.

There are no costs involved.: Fee free of charge