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Declaring a disability helps shatter stereotypes.
RQTH offers you rights and benefits
The Recognition of Disabled Worker Status (RDWS) helps break down stereotypes by addressing the topic differently with one’s professional circle. Declaring it is not mandatory, but this voluntary step can help secure your career path, thanks to support and adaptation measures (integration, career guidance, job retention).
RDWS assists individuals whose disability affects their employment or working conditions (fatigue, pain, distraction).
With RDWS, you can obtain accommodations, a listening ear, and legal support
Enhanced employee protection, assistance with job retention or reintegration
Workplace adaptations by an ergonomist, flexible schedules, etc.
Support from specialized organizations (AGEFIPH, FIPHFP, Cap Emploi, etc.)
Access to tailored information, age-unrestricted access to apprenticeships
Access to skill assessments and professional orientation support
Consideration possibility for the retirement benefit calculations
Medical confidentiality
Financial support according to the type of disability
Financial support for ergonomic equipment
Ergonomic workplace assessment
Request
your RQTH
for workplace accommodations
Obtain an application form from the DHDP
(Departmental House for Disabled Persons) in your area
- RQTH Form Cerfa No.1569201
Request your physician (at workplace or a personal one) - Medical Certificate Cerfa 1569501
Complete an application
Express your personal and professional needs. Attach your supporting documents and the completed, as well as the medical certificate signed by the requested physitian.
Submit your application to the DHDP in your area
The application will be reviewed by the CDAPH commission (assessment by DHDP medical specialists).
Response within 3 to 6 months
Decision on requested aid and RDWS notification (valid for 5 years in general), appealable if denied.
My contacts
Our contact persons can assist you !
Confidentiality: By applying for RDWS, you are not obligated to disclose personal details to your employer. This recognition of disability primarily serves to inform others about the effects of your health condition to make your daily life easier.
Internal Contacts
Disability Contact : M. Thomas Wolnowicz
External Contacts
Your occupational health physician – general practitioner and/or specialist
The social worker at the occupational health service
The DHDP (Departmental House for Disabled Persons)
