Subsection 2: Financial aid.

The State may grant financial assistance from the Fonds de Développement pour l’Insertion Professionnelle des Handicapés (Development Fund for the Professional Integration of the Disabled) to any employer subject to the obligation to employ disabled workers, in order to facilitate the placement or return to work of disabled people in an ordinary production environment. This aid may also be intended to compensate for additional supervision costs.

For the application of the provisions of article L. 5213-7 relating to the salary of a disabled worker, aid financed by the development fund for the professional integration of the disabled may be allocated by decision of the association mentioned in article L. 5214-1. This aid, requested by the employer, may be allocated according to the characteristics of the beneficiaries.

Disabled workers who choose to be self-employed may be eligible for assistance from the Fonds de Développement pour l’Insertion Professionnelle des Handicapés if their productivity is significantly reduced as a result of their disability.