Disability: adapted company work and adapted temporary work company

Verified 01 November 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

What is an adapted company (EA) or an adapted temporary worker company (TTW)? They are companies of the ordinary working environment which have the particular feature of employing a certain number of workers recognized as disabled by the CDAPH: titleContent to offer them working conditions adapted to their abilities. We present you with the information you need to know.

Warning  

The EA or the EATT are not medico-social structures unlike the establishments and support services through work (State).

The EA and the States employ persons who have obtained the recognition of the status of disabled worker (RQTH) by the CDAPH.

The nature of contracts differs depending on whether they are concluded by an appropriate company or an appropriate company of temporary work.

adapted company

EA concludes a fixed-term employment contract (fixed-term contract) with the disabled worker to facilitate his or her professional transition to other companies.

This contract has a total duration of up to 24 months (2 years) or up to 60 months (5 years) including renewal.

The weekly working time may be less than the minimum working time, where the situation of the disabled worker so warrants.

adapted temporary work company

The State shall conclude aassignment contract to facilitate access to sustainable employment for disabled workers.

This contract has a total duration of up to 24 months (2 years), including renewal.

The State may also conclude a temporary permanent contract of employment (CDI).

The weekly working time may be less than the minimum working time, where the situation of the disabled worker so warrants.

The EATT implements enhanced support for disabled workers in order to promote the realization of their professional project, the valorization of the skills acquired during their training and their professional transition to other companies.

FYI  

None waiting period is applicable between two contracts of assignment concluded by the same disabled worker during his accompanying journey. The same shall apply where the disabled worker is hired by the user company, at the end of his contract of employment, on a fixed-term contract of at least two months.

A disabled worker can apply directly to an EA or EATT near his home:

Directory of adapted companies (EA) and adapted companies of temporary work (EATT)

He can also be referred to one of these facilities by his employment advisor from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) or from a Cap emploi or a local mission.

Be it in EA or STATE, the disabled worker has the status of an employee. It is therefore subject to the same rules as other employees as regards the right to leave, sickness, maternity, unemployment benefit, cessation of work and retirement.

He shall receive a salary which takes account of his employment and qualification by reference to the legal provisions or contractual stipulations applicable in his branch of activity.

This salary must be at least equal to the net monthly minimum, i.e. €1,426.30.

As for other employees, it benefits from the measures related to profit-sharing, participation and wage savings.

FYI  

If he has resigned from the company in which he was hired to go to an ordinary company and he wishes to return to the appropriate company, he may benefit from a priority hiring.

Yes, the disabled worker employed in an adapted company may, with his agreement and with a view to possible recruitment, be made available to another employer (called user company), as part of asupply contract.

To facilitate his access to sustainable employment, the adapted company (called lending company) implement individualized support for the user company and professional support and training measures. The individualized support service shall be remunerated by the user company and shall be distinct from the provision.

The conditions for making the disabled worker available shall be laid down by written contracts the adapted company concludes, on the one hand, with the user employer and, on the other hand, with the disabled worker.

Supply contracts with the same employer shall be concluded for maximum duration of one year, renewable once. Exceptionally, this duration may be prolonged of one year with the agreement of the worker with a disability, where particularly serious difficulties linked to his disability have prevented the making available.

Contracts shall be forwarded for information to the labor inspection supervisor and shall be subject to consultation of the Social and Economic Committee, or of staff representatives, of the user company.

A supply agreement between the appropriate lending company and the user company shall specify, in particular:

  • Identity and qualification of the disabled worker
  • Duration, time and place of supply
  • Characteristics of the work to be carried out and working environment
  • Method of determining the salaries, social security charges and professional fees which will be charged to the user company by the appropriate lending company.

The disabled worker shall sign with the adapted company an amendment to the employment contract specifying in particular the following information:

  • Work assigned within the user company, hours and location of work, particular characteristics of the work station
  • Elements and methods of payment of remuneration
  • Conditions of a job offer within the user company.

A disabled worker who has resigned from a suitable company or to work in an ordinary company shall, within one year of the termination of his contract, be accorded priority for employment if he expresses the wish to return to the suitable company.

In this case, the appropriate company shall inform him of any available job suitable for his situation.

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