Can a contractor benefit from therapeutic part-time work?

Verified 05 December 2025 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

YesHowever, if your state of health warrants it, you may be allowed to work part-time for therapeutic reasons when this allows you to remain or return to work. The rules vary according to your public service (state - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH). Here is the information you need to know.

EPF

You may be allowed to work part-time for therapeutic reasons if you are in one the following situations:

  • Part-time work allows your holding or your back to work and is recognized as may help improve your health
  • Part-time work allows you to benefit from a rehabilitation or a vocational rehabilitation to find a job compatible with your health.

Part-time work for therapeutic reasons cannot not be less than half-time.

You can apply to work part-time at 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% full-time.

Authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons shall be granted and renewed, by period from 1 to 3 months in the one-year limit.

You must send your administration an employer application for authorization part-time work for therapeutic reasons.

Your application must be accompanied by a medical certificate with the following information:

  • Desired part-time amount (50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90%)
  • Desired duration of part-time (1 to 3 months)
  • Conditions for part-time work (continuous or discontinuous, in days or half-days not worked or in the form of a daily reduction in working hours).

If your duties involve responsibilities that cannot be shared between several agents, part-time for therapeutic reasons is granted to you if service requirements allow it.

If service requirements do not permit, you may be temporarily assigned to other functions that correspond to your body and allow you to work part-time.

Your authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons is subject to the agreement of your CPAM: titleContent who pays you daily allowances during your part-time work period for therapeutic reasons.

Your administration will take the necessary steps to obtain this agreement.

You can request to change your work rate before the scheduled end date of your current therapeutic part-time period.

You can also request to end your therapeutic part-time before the scheduled date.

In these 2 cases, you must attach a medical certificate to your application.

Your administration may also, at your request, terminate your therapeutic part-time before the scheduled date if you have been placed on leave for health reasons or on leave for a professional illness or for more than 30 consecutive days.

FYI  

The occupational physician shall be informed of requests for part-time work for therapeutic reasons and of the authorizations granted.

You perceive a fraction of your index treatment, your premiums and allowances,Residence allowance and the Family Treatment Supplement (FTS).

This fraction varies according to your part-time work ratio:

Tableau - Fraction of therapeutic part-time pay by work-share

Amount of part-time work

Fraction of remuneration

50%

50%

60%

60%

70%

70%

80%

6/7e

90%

32/35e

If you only have one child, your SFT remains the same.

If you have multiple children, your part-time SFT cannot be less than the minimum amount of the SFT paid to an agent with the same number of children and working full-time either:

  • €77.71 for 2 children
  • €194.03 for 3 children
  • €138.66 per additional child.

Your reduced remuneration is supplemented by Social Security daily allowances.

The partial reimbursement of the public transit ticket that you use to perform your commuting rest identical.

Your annual leave and RTT entitlements are identical to those of any part-time staff member.

Your part-time period for therapeutic reasons is interrupted in the event of maternity or adoption leave or in case of paternity and childcare leave.

If you were already part-time for another reason before obtaining authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons, your previous part-time is terminated.

You cannot do not work overtime during your part-time period for therapeutic reasons.

During your part-time period for therapeutic reasons, you can request permission to take a course that is incompatible with part-time.

You must, in this case, justify by a medical certificate that this training is compatible with your state of health.

During the training, your authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons is suspended and you are restored to the rights of full-time staff (in particular with regard to remuneration).

FPT

You may be allowed to work part-time for therapeutic reasons if you are in one the following situations:

  • Part-time work allows your holding or your back to work and is recognized as may help improve your health
  • Part-time work allows you to benefit from a rehabilitation or a vocational rehabilitation to find a job compatible with your health.

Part-time work for therapeutic reasons cannot not be less than half-time.

You can apply to work part-time at 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% full-time.

If you have 1 or more non-full-time jobs, your therapeutic part-time work rate is based on your weekly work rate in the job or jobs you hold.

If you work in these jobs in several communities, the therapeutic part-time work share is distributed among these jobs by the territorial authorities.

In the event of disagreement on this distribution, the proportion of part-time work shall be distributed in proportion to the working time of each job occupied.

Authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons shall be granted and renewed by period from 1 to 3 months in the one-year limit.

You must send your administration a application for authorization part-time work for therapeutic reasons.

Your application must be accompanied by a medical certificate with the following information:

  • Desired part-time amount (50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90%)
  • Desired duration of part-time (1 to 3 months)
  • Conditions for part-time work (continuous or discontinuous, in days or half-days not worked or in the form of a daily reduction in working hours).

Your authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons is subject to the agreement of your CPAM: titleContent who pays you daily allowances during your part-time work period for therapeutic reasons.

Your administration will take the necessary steps to obtain this agreement.

Your administration may, at your request, change your work rate before the scheduled end date of your therapeutic part-time period.

You can also request to end your therapeutic part-time before the scheduled date.

In these 2 cases, you must attach a medical certificate to your application.

Your administration may also, at your request, terminate your part-time work before the scheduled date if you have been placed on leave for health reasons or on leave for a professional illness for more than 30 consecutive days.

FYI  

The occupational physician shall be informed of requests for part-time work for therapeutic reasons and of the authorizations granted.

You perceive a fraction of your index treatment, your premiums and allowances,Residence allowance and the Family Treatment Supplement (FTS).

This fraction varies according to your part-time work ratio:

Tableau - Fraction of therapeutic part-time pay by work-share

Amount of part-time work

Fraction of remuneration

50%

50%

60%

60%

70%

70%

80%

6/7e

90%

32/35e

If you only have one child, your SFT remains the same.

If you have multiple children, your part-time SFT cannot be less than the minimum amount of the SFT paid to an agent with the same number of children and working full-time either:

  • €77.71 for 2 children
  • €194.03 for 3 children
  • €138.66 per additional child.

Your reduced remuneration is supplemented by Social Security daily allowances.

The partial reimbursement of the public transit ticket that you use to perform your commuting - work rest identical.

Your annual leave and RTT entitlements are identical to those of any part-time staff member.

If you have 1 or more non-full-time jobs, your annual leave entitlement is calculated in proportion to the length of time you work in each job.

Your part-time period for therapeutic reasons is interrupted in the event of maternity or adoption leave or in case of paternity and childcare leave.

If you were already part-time for another reason before obtaining authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons, your previous part-time is terminated.

You cannot do not work overtime during your part-time period for therapeutic reasons.

During your part-time period for therapeutic reasons, you can request permission to take a course that is incompatible with part-time work.

You must, in this case, justify by a medical certificate that this training is compatible with your state of health.

During the training, your authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons is suspended and you are restored to the rights of full-time civil servants (in particular with regard to annual leave).

FPH

You may be allowed to work part-time for therapeutic reasons if you are in one the following situations:

  • Part-time work allows your holding or your back to work and is recognized as may help improve your health
  • Part-time work allows you to benefit from a rehabilitation or a vocational rehabilitation to find a job compatible with your health.

Part-time work for therapeutic reasons cannot not be less than half-time.

You can apply to work part-time at 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% full-time.

Authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons shall be granted and renewed, by period from 1 to 3 months in the one-year limit.

You must send your administration a application for authorization part-time work for therapeutic reasons.

Your application must be accompanied by a medical certificate with the following information:

  • Desired part-time amount (50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90%)
  • Desired duration of part-time (1 to 3 months)
  • Conditions for part-time work (continuous or discontinuous, in days or half-days not worked or in the form of a daily reduction in working hours).

Your authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons is subject to the agreement of your CPAM: titleContent who pays you daily allowances during your part-time work period for therapeutic reasons.

Your administration will take the necessary steps to obtain this agreement.

Your administration may, at your request, change your work rate before the scheduled end date of your therapeutic part-time period.

You can also request to end your therapeutic part-time before the scheduled date.

In these 2 cases, you must attach a medical certificate to your application.

Your administration may also, at your request, terminate your part-time work before the scheduled date if you have been placed on leave for health reasons or on leave for a professional illness for more than 30 consecutive days.

FYI  

The occupational physician shall be informed of requests for part-time work for therapeutic reasons and of the authorizations granted.

You perceive a fraction of your index treatment, your premiums and allowances,Residence allowance and the Family Treatment Supplement (FTS).

This fraction varies according to your part-time work ratio:

Tableau - Fraction of therapeutic part-time pay by work-share

Amount of part-time work

Fraction of remuneration

50%

50%

60%

60%

70%

70%

80%

6/7e

90%

32/35e

If you only have one child, your SFT remains the same.

If you have multiple children, your part-time SFT cannot be less than the minimum amount of the SFT paid to an agent with the same number of children and working full-time either:

  • €77.71 for 2 children
  • €194.03 for 3 children
  • €138.66 per additional child.

Your reduced remuneration is supplemented by Social Security daily allowances.

The partial reimbursement of the public transit ticket that you use to perform your commuting rest identical.

Your annual leave and RTT entitlements are identical to those of any part-time staff member.

Your part-time period for therapeutic reasons is interrupted in the event of maternity or adoption leave or in case of paternity and childcare leave.

If you were already part-time for another reason before obtaining authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons, your previous part-time is terminated.

You cannot do not work overtime during your part-time period for therapeutic reasons.

During your part-time period for therapeutic reasons, you can request permission to take a course that is incompatible with part-time.

You must, in this case, justify by a medical certificate that this training is compatible with your state of health.

During the training, your authorization to work part-time for therapeutic reasons is suspended and you are restored to the rights of full-time staff (including remuneration).