As of: February 21, 2024, 3:54 p.m
By: Teresa Toth
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Additional leave and other compensation for disadvantages can relieve the working lives of people with disabilities.
But who is entitled to it?
Munich – There are special support offers to relieve the burden on people with disabilities.
Those affected who are employed can particularly benefit from this.
In addition to an earlier pension, tax advantages and special protection against dismissal, this also includes additional vacation.
But not all people with a disability are entitled to this.
The additional vacation is intended to enable people with severe disabilities to have more time to recover.
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To qualify for additional leave, proof of a degree of disability over 50 must be provided
In order to apply for additional leave, you must have a severe disability.
The Federal Government Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities stipulates that a severe disability only exists if the disability level is 50 or more.
Chronic intestinal diseases such as ulcerative colitis, which are characterized by permanent symptoms, are classified with a degree of disability between 50 and 60, as is chronic hepatitis with high inflammatory activity.
It is then also possible to apply for a severely disabled person’s ID card.
These diseases are sometimes classified as severe disabilities:
Severe disability |
from a degree of 50 |
|---|---|
Sleep apnea syndrome |
50 |
Heart diseases |
50 - 100 |
Disease of the respiratory system (with long-term impairment of lung function) |
50 - 100 |
Bronchial asthma |
50 - 100 |
Loss of penis |
50 |
Massive facial disfigurement |
50 |
Severe migraines |
50 - 60 |
Tinnitus (with severe psychological disorders and social restrictions) |
50 |
HIV infection with greater impairment of performance |
50 - 80 |
According to Section 208 of the Social Security Code, people with a corresponding degree of disability have the right to apply for additional leave.
Up to five additional days per year are possible, as the federal government portal
simply-teilhaben.de
explains.
The calculation of additional vacation depends on the number of working days per week that employees perform.
For example, if you only work four days a week, the number of vacation days will be reduced.
The portal adds: “For part-time employees, the distribution of working hours across the weekdays is also crucial.”
The pension office must confirm severe disability so that additional leave can be applied for
It is necessary that the pension office confirms the severe disability in order to be able to claim additional leave.
In addition, a timely application to the employer is necessary - ideally in writing.
If employees do not request their additional vacation on time before the end of the vacation year, their entitlement expires.
Whether the additional days off can be carried over into the new calendar year depends on the provisions of the employment contract.
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If the severe disability is only determined retroactively, the corresponding paragraph in the Social Code provides the following: The employee is then entitled to one twelfth of the additional vacation for each full month in which the severe disability exists.
Even if the degree of disability of a severely disabled employee is reduced to below 50 and he thereby loses his status as a severely disabled person, he is still entitled to additional leave for at least three additional months.
According to simply-teilhaben.de,
this is
referred to as the so-called protection period.
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