Apply to the Jobcenter for reimbursement of costs for a trial employment of severely disabled persons and persons with equal status

If your company wishes to hire severely disabled people and those status-equals for a fixed term as part of trial employment, you can have your personnel costs reimbursed for a maximum of three months under certain conditions.

Severely disabled people and those with equal status should be given the opportunity to prove their strengths and abilities on the labor market. With trial employment, you as a company can facilitate entry or re-entry into working life. During this time, all parties involved can try out working together in a fixed-term employment relationship for a duration of up to three months.

The costs you incur as part of this trial employment can be reimbursed by the Jobcenter. These typically include

• wage and salary costs, including employer social security contributions and
• other benefits based on statutory or collective bargaining agreements
• Levies as well as contributions to the professional association

The competent authority is the Jobcenter in whose district the person you wish to employ on a trial basis has their primary residence or habitual abode at the start of the trial employment relationship. The Jobcenter is also responsible in the case of already existing employment relationships if the person you wish to employ on a trial basis receives supplementary benefits under the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II).

Note: The Jobcenter is only responsible if it concerns severely disabled people or persons equated with them.

In the case of people with disabilities, the application must be submitted to the competent employment agency, provided no other rehabilitation provider is responsible.

You can submit the application in person, by phone, in writing, or online (before starting temporary trial employment).

For the online application:

• Access the „eServices“ portal on the Federal Employment Agency website.
• Log in with your user ID and open the application.
• Complete the application, upload the required documents, and submit the application.
• Your Jobcenter is reviewing your application and your documents. You will receive a notice regarding the decision on your application.

In the event of another application:

• Contact your contact person at the job center.
• The competent job center will review your application and, if necessary, send you further documents.
• You will receive a notification regarding whether your application has been approved, as well as documents for the final settlement.

There is no deadline. Make sure you submit the application before the trial employment begins.

There are no costs.

• File an appeal with the job center that issued the notice. Further information on how to file an appeal can be found in the respective notice.