In order to be able to dismiss severely disabled persons or equivalent disabled persons, you must submit an application for a declaration of admissibility to the competent authority before the actual dismissal.

The application for approval to dismiss a severely disabled person can be submitted online or in writing.

If applying online:

• You call up the online service:
• You log in via the Business service account (after registration if necessary)
• Your company data is automatically transferred from the service account to the online application
• You enter all the necessary termination data
• All necessary documents must be submitted for fast processing by the authorities (relevant evidence can be uploaded),
• Your application will be checked by the responsible authority
• The integration office will send you the approval or decision by post
• In principle, the person can only be effectively dismissed once the employer has received the authority's written notice of approval

Approval for the dismissal of a severely disabled person can be applied for in writing as follows

• Contact the Inclusion Office to obtain the application form for consent to dismissal. Fill it out completely and send it to the Inclusion Office with the required documents.
• After receiving the application for consent to dismissal, the Integration Office will examine the facts of the case. To do this, it will hear the severely disabled person and obtain the opinion of the works or staff council and the representative body for severely disabled employees.
  • Tip: You can obtain the opinion of the works or staff council and the representative body for severely disabled employees yourself in advance and add it to your application.
• If necessary, the Inclusion Office will also involve specialists (e.g. the specialist integration service or the technical advisory service) and obtain further opinions and expert reports. It may also interview witnesses to clarify the facts of the case.
• The Integration Office is obliged to work towards an amicable agreement at every stage of the proceedings. This can be done particularly well in an oral hearing with all parties involved.
• As part of an amicable settlement, the Integration Office can also offer services of accompanying assistance in working life from funds from the equalization levy, for example for disability-friendly workplace design or to compensate for extraordinary burdens that may be associated with the employment of the severely disabled person.
• If an amicable agreement cannot be reached, the Integration Office will make a decision on the application at its own discretion and after weighing up the mutual interests of both parties. Special regulations apply to dismissals in connection with the discontinuation of operations, significant operational restrictions and insolvencies.

• The Inclusion Office issues a notice of dismissal addressed to you as the applicant and at the same time to the employee as a party to the proceedings. In addition to the decision, the notice contains detailed reasons and a legal remedy.