Apply for permission to count jobs with less than 18 hours per week towards a compulsory job

You can submit an informal application for 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.

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 the employment to be counted as a compulsory workplace, you must meet the following requirements:

• Your company employs at least 20 employees.
• The person you wish to count as a compulsory workplace,
  • 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.

• Proof of severely disabled status or equalization, for example 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 a medical certificate

• § Section 158 (2) sentence 3 of the German Social Code Ninth Book (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: Yes
Informal application possible : Yes
Personal appearance required: No
Online services available: No

31.08.2022