Question 42706 — people with disabilities

Summary

Mr. Victor Habert-Dassault draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, responsible for disabled people, to the need to guarantee the promotion of disabled liberal lawyers. Today, a collaborating lawyer, salaried or self-employed, can benefit the firm that employs them from their status as a disabled independent worker (TIH). This firm may take into account an amount equal to 30% of the labor cost in the calculation of its obligation to employ disabled workers and in its contribution due to the Association for the management of the fund for the professional integration of disabled people (AGEFIPH). This deduction therefore benefits, first of all, the litigant in that it makes it possible to adopt a reduction in fees and to guarantee the professional practice of disabled lawyers. However, this deduction does not apply when the liberal lawyer becomes a partner within the firm; where applicable, it is the structure itself which invoices for the services. The deduction remains possible only if the associated lawyer is employed. If the firm does not have an employee, which is the vast majority of cases, the AGEFIPH contribution is zero and the client cannot benefit from the advantage linked to the status of disabled worker. For information purposes, the number of salaried lawyers within the bar of Paris represented 4% in 2019. This situation is therefore an obstacle to the promotion of disabled lawyers as partners. The firm and its clientele will have a greater interest in keeping these lawyers out of partner status. Therefore, he therefore asks him to kindly inform him on the measures that the Government intends to take to protect associated liberal lawyers from this breach of equality and, therefore, guarantee inclusion and representation of lawyers with disabilities in law firms.

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