Applying for multiple credit for more than one mandatory job for the employment of severely disabled people

You can submit an informal application for multiple crediting.

• Please submit your application to your local employment agency.
• In order to check the eligibility requirements, you will receive a form after submitting your application, with which the necessary facts are recorded.
• The employment agency will check your application.
• You will receive a written decision as to whether your application has been approved or rejected.
• If you train a severely disabled or equivalent disabled person in your company, the mandatory workplace is automatically counted twice. You do not need to submit an application for this.

The Federal Employment Agency in whose district your company is based is responsible.

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

The Federal Employment Agency in whose district your company is based is responsible.

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

In order for a person to be counted as more than 1 compulsory workplace, you must meet the following requirements:

• Your company employs at least 20 employees.
• The person is
  • severely disabled or
  • equivalent to a severely disabled person.
• Multiple recognition is particularly relevant when employing people,
  • who require special assistance on a permanent basis in order to carry out the employment,
  • whose employment is not only temporarily associated with extraordinary expenses for your company,
  • who can only perform significantly reduced work on a permanent basis,
  • who have a degree of disability of at least 50 solely as a result of mental or psychological disability,
  • who have not completed vocational training within the meaning of the Vocational Training Act due to the nature or severity of the disability,
  • whose participation in working life is additionally impeded (e.g. due to lack of permanent residence, drug or criminal background).
• Employment can improve the possibility of participation in working life.
• You must specifically explain the particular difficulties that have arisen in relation to maintaining employment. Reasons may include
  • a significant reduction in performance due to the nature and severity of the disability in the workplace
  • Disability-related restrictions cannot be compensated for by the use of (technical) work aids
  • Significant restriction in the area of responsibility or field of application
  • Significantly higher supervision or support requirements
  • special personal difficulties, such as criminal record, addiction

• Proof of severely disabled status or equalization, for example by means of a copy of the severely disabled person's ID card
• Concrete justification from the employer as to what particular difficulties exist with regard to maintaining the job.

• § Section 159 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
• § Section 154 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)

• Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application.

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

31.08.2022