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Social protectionKey features of the national system include (including adapted items from the MISSOC database December 2008): Disability benefits Contributions are financed by personal insurance, employers' contributions and taxes (MISSOC, 2008) Benefits from the 1998 ‘Assurance Dependence' law include the allocation of a certain number of hours of professional support or a cash payment to assistants for disabled people assessed as eligible If considered disabled by the Commission Médicale, a worker is paid 100% of minimum salary (the proportion paid by the employment administration may vary). The ‘Commission d'orientation et de reclassement professionnel' decides on the allocation to the open or sheltered labour market. Compensation revenue for those disabled persons not able to work under the provisions of the Law of 12th September 2003. Some benefits are available through service provision if people are living in community settings Rehabilitation and re-training I will refer you to more details provided in request on employment and mainly all the different facilities proposed by the national employment agency - most of these measures are not specific to disabled persons (mainstreaming) The report from the Ministry of Family And Integration (2008, from p112) identifies a number of measures applied to disabled workers, including: vocational training and professional rehabilitation measures; wage subsidies; professional re-integration; state-funded jobs reserved for disabled people. Preferential employment and quotas There following quotas apply for the employment of disabled workers: Private Employer with at least 25 salaries, 1 disabled worker Private Employer with at least 50 salaries, 2% Private Employer with at least 300 salaries, 4% Long-term support and care Care and support is available from non-residential services and in residential settings (structures d'accueil) which are run by private service providers and financially supported by government contributions. These include residential and housing facilities, as well as day care and rehabilitation centres, and so on. Normally these service provisions are offered by non-governmental associations in respect to disability types: learning disability, physical disabilities, autism, etc. Recent statistics are available in the 2007 activity report of the Ministry of Family |
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