Special protection against dismissal for severe disability
The employer needs the prior consent of the integration office to dismiss a severely disabled person.
- Also called
- protection against dismissal for severely disabled people, consent of the integration office
Dismissal of a severely disabled person’s employment relationship by the employer requires the prior consent of the integration office. [1] A person is regarded as severely disabled if they have a degree of disability of at least 50. [2] The law contains further rules and exceptions on this protection against dismissal which are not set out here. An overview of rights at work is in the article Severe disability at work.
Legal status: 08.10.2026. This is not legal advice; in an individual case, counselling services or specialist lawyers for social law can help.
Sources and literature
- § 168 SGB IX – Erfordernis der Zustimmung (Kündigung). https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__168.html.
- § 2 SGB IX – Begriffsbestimmungen (Abs. 1–3). Sozialgesetzbuch Neuntes Buch.
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