Participation in working life
Benefits to maintain, improve or establish the earning capacity of people with disabilities and to secure their participation in working life as permanently as possible, for example supported employment and job coaching.
- Also called
- benefits for participation in working life, vocational rehabilitation
For participation in working life, the necessary benefits are provided to maintain, improve, establish or restore the earning capacity of people with disabilities or at risk of disability in line with their capacity and to secure their participation in working life as permanently as possible. [1] These include, for example, help in obtaining a job, vocational training and further training, supported employment and job coaching. [1]
For severely disabled people there is also accompanying help in working life from the integration office (Integrationsamt). [2]
Sources and literature
- § 49 SGB IX – Leistungen zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__49.html
- § 185 SGB IX – Aufgaben des Integrationsamtes. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__185.html
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