The School is actively engaged in a policy of recruitment, welcoming and giving support to people with disabilities, through its second multi-annual Disability Scheme.
This policy should help increase the employment rate of the beneficiaries of the employment obligation but even more to keep people with disabilities in employment.
ENS de Lyon also actively supports students with disabilities: they can request a support program for students with disabilities (PAEH), with a view to adapting their study and examination conditions.
The disability assignment organizes awareness campaigns and training, in which all students, faculty members and administrative and technical staff are invited to participate.
Support for staff and students with disabilities
RQTH – Recognition of disabled worker status
The RQTH (Reconnaissance de la qualité de travailleur handicapé) is a support program that can help any worker with a health issue that has repercussions on their work (motor, auditory, visual, psychic or intellectual difficulties, allergies, cardio-vascular or other disabling illnesses, etc.).
Art.L.5213-1 of the Labor Code: A disabled worker is any person whose chances of obtaining or maintaining a job are effectively reduced due to an impairment of one or more physical, sensory, mental or psychological functions.
It’s important to note that the RQTH does not intervene on the disabilities themselves, but it takes actions on the working environment for disabled persons.
The RQTH is an administrative designation. It is initiated voluntarily and individually. It remains confidential. It is not definitive, as the employee's health and work environment may change over the course of his or her career.
Applying for RQTH allows you to:
- improve your working conditions,
- progress in one's profession under the best possible conditions,
- access to recruitment without a competitive examination,
- benefit from special arrangements for competitive examinations (computers, adapted subjects, lamps, LSF interpreter, extra time, etc.).
In order to carry out the procedures with the help of the Disability Advisor, authorizations for absences without deductions, approved by the department manager, will be granted. A single form must be completed. It must be accompanied by a medical certificate less than 3 months old, signed by the referring doctor, and a certificate from the occupational health physician.
Benefits of this recognition
Being recognized as a disabled worker enables you to benefit from personalized support and special rights:
- Adaptation of your workstation with the appropriate equipment and technical solutions financed by the School (office chairs, tables, ergonomic mouse and mouse pads, layout of premises related to the workstation, etc.)
- Access to Part-time employment
- Financing of useful equipment for personal and personal use (e.g., hearing aids, wheelchairs, etc.)
- 30% extra for the subsidy paid by the State for holiday vouchers
- And many other support services which can be found in the FIPHFP (Fonds pour l’insertion des personnes handicapées dans la Fonction publique) online catalog (in French)
- Listening, advice, assistance in analyzing your needs in a professional context
- Assistance in preparing the RQTH application
- Assistance in communicating with line managers and/or colleagues for accommodation needs
- Request for assistance from the SAMETH – Assistance for Maintaining Disabled Workers in Employment
Staff training
To give you a better idea, here are some examples of training that the ENS de Lyon has provided in the past. Feel free to contact the Disability Advisor to set up similar training courses or for any specific requests you may have.
- Disability training for staff in contact with the public
- Managing a person recognized as a "disabled worker"
- Talking about Disability at Work