Apply to the employment agency for work aids for people with disabilities in training and employment

You can only apply for employment assistance for people with disabilities in training and employment in writing:

• Get in touch with your contact person at the Employer Service of the Employment Agency. If known, you can also get in touch with the responsible contact person for the person with disabilities concerned in the Vocational Rehabilitation and Participation team at the Employment Agency.
• Together you can discuss which work aids are possible.
• The application documents will either be sent to you by post or handed to you in person. If you have any questions when completing the applications, please get in touch with your contact person.
• Submit the documents with the required evidence to the Employment Agency.
• The employment agency will check whether the person with disabilities can become the owner of the job aid so that they can take the job aid with them to their next workplace/employer.
  • In this case, the work aid would be transferred to the person with disabilities and processed with them.
• The employment agency checks the necessary scope of the work aids. It will also check whether an inspection of the workplace is necessary.
• You will receive a provisional written decision as to whether the assistance you have applied for will be approved.
• If approval is granted, you purchase the work aids for your company and submit the invoice to the employment agency.
• Finally, you will receive a notice of approval for the specific benefit.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency responsible for you via the office finder.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency responsible for you via the office finder.

Under the following conditions, you as an employer can receive a subsidy from the Employment Agency for work aids in the company:

• The work aid is necessary for the permanent participation of the person with disabilities in working life.
• You do not have to bear the costs of the work aid yourself. As an employer, you are generally responsible for ensuring that the workplace is suitable for people with disabilities and people with equivalent disabilities.
• It would be unreasonable or disproportionately expensive for you to implement the work aid.
• The work aid is also required for a disabled-friendly workplace or training place.
• The person for whom the job aid is intended has a disability or is at risk of becoming disabled.
• The employment agency is the responsible rehabilitation provider for the person with a (potential) disability. This usually applies to people before initial vocational training and if no other rehabilitation provider (e.g. employers' liability insurance association or German pension insurance) is responsible.

• Application form
• Cost estimate
• Employment or training contract of the person with disabilities
• Invoice (to be submitted after the application has been submitted)

Please refer to the application form to find out which documents are required in your case.

None

Please note that you must submit the application before you buy the work aid, sign a purchase contract or start the extension or conversion work.

• § Section 16 (1) no. 2 of the Second Book of the German Social Code (SGB II)
• § Section 19 of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)
• § Section 46 (2) of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)
• § Section 164 (4) of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)

Appeal to the employment agency that issued the decision. Further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the respective decision.

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

01.11.2022