Question 14735 — people with disabilities

Summary

Mr. Sylvain Carrière draws the attention of the Minister of Labor and Solidarity to the situation of workers in work support establishments and services (ESAT), in particular with regard to the arduousness of the activities carried out, the rules for compensation for sick leave and the insufficiency of the medical and social resources dedicated to them. ESAT workers, recognized as having a disability, perform very mostly physically demanding activities. They take care of green spaces, cleaning, handling and always repetitive or restrictive work. These tasks are frequently entrusted to people with recognized chronic pathologies, sometimes aging and close to retirement age, for whom work-related physical wear and tear is proven. This arduousness results in sick leave recurring, often directly linked to health or working conditions. However, the application of the three-day waiting period by the Primary Health Insurance Fund has particularly serious consequences for ESAT workers, whose monthly remuneration is generally less than 1,000 euros. Each day not compensated thus aggravates already very precarious financial situations and weakens the continuity of professional and life paths. This non-compensation also increases the wear and tear on bodies and people when working with already fragile people. Furthermore, many ESATs do not have, even part-time, dedicated nursing staff, such as a nurse, nor a social worker specifically assigned to the establishment. In fact, social guidance, administrative support and sometimes even Health alerts are carried out by workshop monitors, in addition to their work supervision and disability support missions. This organization necessarily limits the quality of medico-social monitoring, which is nevertheless essential to securing the paths of these workers. These findings question the coherence between the stated objectives of inclusion and dignity through work, in the face of the real arduousness of the positions. employed and the low level of social protection guaranteed to disabled workers in ESAT. Thus, he asks him if he intends to initiate a global reflection on the improvement of the working conditions, health and social protection of workers in ESAT, in particular by eliminating the waiting periods for workers in ESAT and by ensuring a real presence of nursing and social staff.

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