Factsheet for measure
FR-2020-11/1286
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Updated
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Exceptional aid to support the employment of a disabled person on an apprenticeship contract or a professionalisation contract
Aide exceptionnelle de soutien à l'emploi d'une personne handicapée en contrat d'apprentissage ou en contrat de professionnalisation
Background information
Agefiph provides an exceptional assistance to support the employment of a disabled person on an apprenticeship or work-study contract ('contrat en alternance' or 'de professionalisation'). The aid supports companies wishing to continue apprenticeship contracts or work-study contract for people with disabilities following the COVID-19 crisis.
The aid is open to any employer under private law with fewer than 250 employees who, no later than 10 May 2020, has hired a disabled person who is a beneficiary of the employment obligation under Article L5212-13 of the French Labour Code or who has filed a request for recognition of his or her disability, whose apprenticeship or work-study contract or professional training contract is in progress on the date the request is filed and continues beyond 31 August 2020.
Content of measure
Amount of aid
The flat-rate financial assistance is assessed according to the age of the apprentice:
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€1,500 for an apprentice aged under 18 and up to 21 years old;
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€2,000 for an apprentice over 21 and up to 35 years of age;
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€2,500 for an apprentice over 35 years of age.
The flat-rate financial assistance is assessed according to the age of the beneficiary of the work-study contract:
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€1,500 for a trainee under 40 years of age;
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€2,000 for a trainee apprentice over 40 and up to 50 years of age;
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€3,000 € for a trainee over 51 years of age.
Conditions
The work-study contract is ongoing at the time of application and continues beyond 31 August 2020. The aid can be combined with aid for an apprenticeship contract or a work-study contract.
The aid is temporary and non-renewable.
The employer has to:
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sign the Agefiph application form,
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sign the general conditions or send an e-mail stating that the contractor has read them and approves them unreservedly;
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provide a certificate of employment dated less than one month ago certifying that the employee is still present;
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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14 December 2021
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Agefiph and FIPHFP have decided to extend, once again, until 28 February 2022, their exceptional aid set up in the spring of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 crisis. These aids has been extended several times. But this time, Agefiph's board of directors explains that it has 'analysed and taken note of the lasting repercussions on work organisations of these two years of health crisis and has decided to integrate them into Agefiph's range of services and financial aid'. The aim is to help disabled people - employees or job seekers, companies and self-employed people with disabilities - to cover the costs associated with the adaptations required by disabled employees in the office or at home.
Thus, the additional cost of prophylactic equipment (inclusive masks, etc.), travel assistance for people exposed to a health risk by using public transport, the flexibility provided for job retention assistance (in particular the possibility of renewing financial assistance when additional time is needed to apply the solutions) and the increase in work-study assistance introduced in 2020 are integrated into Agefiph's current range of services and financial assistance.
In addition, the support for self-employed disabled workers has been re-evaluated from €5,000 to €6,000 in order to increase support for the creation or resumption of a business. The diagnosis of support for the exit from the crisis for entrepreneurs is also maintained pending a return to a calmer health situation.
Exceptional aid remains open until 1 March 2022, when Agefiph's new service and financial aid offer will be accessible.
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15 October 2020
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In the context of the health crisis, the Association for the Management of the Fund for the Integration of People with Disabilities (Agefiph) has set up exceptional aid to support the employment of people with disabilities, applicable since 13 March 2020. "In order to secure the resumption of activity, Agefiph's Board of Directors has decided to adapt, extend and extend the duration of its exceptional aid until 28 February 2021, according to a press release from the Association dated 15 October 2020.
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Use of measure
According to Agefiph, these aids have 'met with their public', with 19,000 beneficiaries at the end of 2020, including 1,014 for the aid for work-study students, 8,529 for the exceptional aid for training and 5,581 beneficiaries of the exceptional aid for setting up teleworking and financing specific prevention equipment.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Disabled workers
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Applies to all businesses
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Does not apply to citizens
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Consulted
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Consulted
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Form
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Consultation through tripartite or bipartite social dialogue bodies
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Consultation through tripartite or bipartite social dialogue bodies
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: Peak or cross-sectoral level
Involvement
Peak-level social partners organisation participate to the management of the Agefiph. Therefore they are consulted on such measure.
Views and reactions
Not available.
Sources
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07 August 2020: Aide exceptionnelle de soutien à l'emploi d'une personne handicapée en contrat d'apprentissage
(www.agefiph.fr)
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07 August 2020: Aide exceptionnelle de soutien à l'emploi d'une personne handicapée en contrat de professionnalisation
(www.agefiph.fr)
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14 December 2021: Le conseil d’administration de l’Agefiph adopte le 14 décembre un budget 2022 au service de l’amplification de ses actions et fait évoluer son offre de services et d’aides financières
(www.agefiph.fr)
