What is the ex officio availability for health reasons of the incumbent official?

Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you are a regular public servant, you may be automatically placed on standby for health reasons in certain circumstances. During your availability, you may receive, in some cases, a replacement income. We detail the rules applicable to the automatic availability for health reasons according to your public service of membership (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

EPF

If you are regular official, you may be automatically placed on standby for health reasons when you have exhausted your rights à sick leave or long-term sick leave (LWOP) or long-term leave (LTC).

You may be placed on standby for health reasons when you are in one of the following situations:

  • Your health condition does not allow you to return to work at the end of the last period of sick leave, long-term sick leave or long-term leave, but the medical board considers that your health condition will evolve favorably
  • Your sick leave entitlements have been exhausted and you are awaiting the opinion of the medical advice who should determine your situation (return to service, reclassification, lay-off, retirement)
  • You have been found unfit for the duties corresponding to your grade at the end of your sick leave and you are awaiting reclassification to a job compatible with your state of health.

Reminder

If you are a civil servant intern or contractor, you are placed in unpaid leave when you have exhausted your sick leave entitlements.

Ex officio availability for health reasons is granted or renewed in periods of 6 to 12 months up to a maximum of 6 consecutive years

However, if at the end of the 6e year of availability, you are unfit to return to service, but if it is the opinion of the medical board that you should normally be able to resume your duties before the end of a new year, your availability may be renewed one last time for a maximum of 12 months.

Automatic lay-off for health reasons and its renewal are pronounced by the administration after notice of the medical advice.

Automatic availability for health reasons is not remunerated but you can receive a replacement income variable depending on your situation.

Compensation equal to index salary

When you are temporarily automatically placed on standby pending the opinion of the medical council, you receive an allowance equal to the amount of index salary and, possibly, bonuses and allowances, which you receive at the end of your last period of sick leave.

You receive this allowance until the date of the decision to return to service, reclassification, lay-off or retirement.

Daily allowances

You can collect per diem (IJ) from your employer administration if your automatic availability occurs at the end of a sick leave of one year.

As a public servant on sick leave, you cannot be less well compensated by your employer's administration than you would be if you were compensated by Social Security. Under the general social security system, the duration of payment of daily allowances may be up to 3 years in the event oflong-term condition (ALD).

Your employer's administration therefore asks the Social Security medical officer whether he recognizes you as an ALD and whether you can benefit from daily allowances. His opinion is binding on your administration.

If you are entitled to it, the amount of your daily allowance (IJ) is calculated under the conditions laid down in the general social security scheme.

It is equal to half of your index treatment and your residence allowance, within the limit of €41.95, to which is added the Family Treatment Supplement (FTS) in full, if you are entitled to this top-up.

The New Index Subsidy (NBI) and the additional treatment is not taken into account to calculate the amount of your IJ.

Please note

The daily allowance shall be subject in full to the CSG: titleContent at the rate of 6.2% and to the CRDS: titleContent at the rate of 0.5%. It is taxable.

Temporary Invalidity Allowance (TIA)

If you are not entitled to the daily allowance and your temporary disability reduces your work capacity by at least 2/3, you can perceive theTemporary Invalidity Allowance (TIA).

Unemployment benefits

If you are not entitled to the daily allowance or the temporary invalidity allowance (TIA), you can receive unemployment benefits.

The standby period is not a period of actual service.

It shall not be taken into account for advancement to step and grade.

If you have received unemployment benefits, it may be taken into account, subject to conditions, by the Social Security Retirement Insurance.

At the end of the last standby period, your situation is subject to medical advice and depends on your physical fitness.

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

You are fit to resume your previous duties

You are reinstated to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your workstation may be adapted to your health condition, if necessary.

If you successively refuse 3 job offers, you can be dismissed after notice of the HEADING: titleContent.

You are unfit to resume your previous duties

You can benefit from a period of preparation for reclassification or be directly reclassified to a job compatible with your health.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you can be put to the disability pension regardless of your age and regardless of your number of quarters of pension insurance.

FPT

If you are regular official, you may be automatically placed on standby for health reasons when you have exhausted your rights à sick leave or long-term sick leave (LWOP) or long-term leave (LTC).

You may be placed on standby for health reasons when you are in one of the following situations:

  • Your health condition does not allow you to return to work at the end of the last period of sick leave, long-term sick leave or long-term leave, but the medical board considers that your health condition will evolve favorably
  • Your sick leave entitlements have been exhausted and you are awaiting the opinion of the medical advice who should determine your situation (return to service, reclassification, lay-off, retirement)
  • You have been found unfit for the duties corresponding to your grade at the end of your sick leave and you are awaiting reclassification to a job compatible with your state of health.

Reminder

If you are a civil servant intern or contractor, you are placed in unpaid leave when you have exhausted your sick leave entitlements.

The duration of automatic availability for health reasons is up to one year. It can be renewed twice for the same duration.

Yes, at the end of 3e  year of availability, you are unfit to return to duty, but if it is the opinion of the medical board that you should normally be able to resume your duties or be reclassified before the end of a new year, your availability may be renewed for a 3e times.

Automatic lay-off for health reasons and its renewal are pronounced by the administration after notice of the medical advice.

Automatic availability for health reasons is not remunerated but you can receive a variable replacement income depending on your situation.

Maintenance of half-treatment

If you are involuntarily placed on standby pending medical advice, you will continue to receive your half-pay until the date of the decision to return to service, reclassify, lay off or retire.

This maintenance of remuneration pending the opinion of the medical board does not apply to bonuses and allowances.

Daily allowances

You can collect per diem (IJ) from your employer administration if your automatic availability occurs at the end of a sick leave of one year.

As a public servant on sick leave, you cannot be less well compensated by your employer's administration than you would be if you were compensated by Social Security. Under the general social security system, the duration of payment of daily allowances may be up to 3 years in the event oflong-term condition (ALD).

Your employer's administration therefore asks the Social Security medical officer whether he recognizes you as an ALD and whether you can benefit from daily allowances. His opinion is binding on your administration.

If you are entitled to it, the amount of your daily allowance (IJ) is calculated under the conditions laid down in the general social security scheme.

It is equal to half of your index treatment and your residence allowance, within the limit of €41.95, to which is added the Family Treatment Supplement (FTS) in full, if you are entitled to this top-up.

The New Index Subsidy (NBI) and the additional treatment is not taken into account to calculate the amount of your IJ.

Please note

The daily allowance shall be subject in full to the CSG: titleContent at the rate of 6.2% and to the CRDS: titleContent at the rate of 0.5%. It is taxable.

Temporary Invalidity Allowance (TIA)

If you are not entitled to the daily allowance and your temporary disability reduces your work capacity by at least 2/3, you can perceive theTemporary Invalidity Allowance (TIA).

Unemployment benefits

If you are not entitled to the daily allowance or the temporary invalidity allowance (TIA), you can receive unemployment benefits.

The standby period is not a period of actual service.

It shall not be taken into account for advancement to step and grade.

If you have received unemployment benefits, it may be taken into account, subject to conditions, by the Social Security Retirement Insurance.

At the end of the last standby period, your situation is subject to medical advice and depends on your physical fitness.

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

You are fit to resume your previous duties

You are reinstated to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your workstation may be adapted to your health condition, if necessary.

If you successively refuse 3 job offers, you can be dismissed after notice of the HEADING: titleContent.

You are unfit to resume your previous duties

You can benefit from a period of preparation for reclassification or be directly reclassified to a job compatible with your health.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you can be put to the disability pension regardless of your age and regardless of your number of quarters of pension insurance.

FPH

If you are regular official, you may be automatically placed on standby for health reasons when you have exhausted your rights à sick leave or long-term sick leave (LWOP) or long-term leave (LTC).

You may be placed on standby for health reasons when you are in one of the following situations:

  • Your health condition does not allow you to return to work at the end of the last period of sick leave, long-term sick leave or long-term leave, but the medical board considers that your health condition will evolve favorably
  • Your sick leave entitlements have been exhausted and you are awaiting the opinion of the medical advice who should determine your situation (return to service, reclassification, lay-off, retirement)
  • You have been found unfit for the duties corresponding to your grade at the end of your sick leave and you are awaiting reclassification to a job compatible with your state of health.

Reminder

If you are a probationary or contract public servant, you are placed on unpaid leave when you have exhausted your sick leave entitlements.

Ex officio availability for health reasons is granted or renewed in periods of 6 to 12 months up to 3 consecutive years.

However, if at the end of the 3e year of availability, you are unfit to return to duty, but if it is the opinion of the medical board that you should normally be able to return to duty before the end of a new year, your availability may be renewed.

Automatic lay-off for health reasons and its renewal are pronounced by the administration after notice of the medical advice.

Automatic availability for health reasons is not remunerated but you can receive a variable replacement income depending on your situation.

Maintenance of half-treatment

If you are involuntarily placed on standby pending medical advice, you will continue to receive your half-pay until the date of the decision to return to service, reclassify, lay off or retire.

This maintenance of remuneration pending the opinion of the medical board does not apply to bonuses and allowances.

Daily allowances

You can collect per diem (IJ) from your employer administration if your automatic availability occurs at the end of a sick leave of one year.

As a public servant on sick leave, you cannot be less well compensated by your employer's administration than you would be if you were compensated by Social Security. Under the general social security system, the duration of payment of daily allowances may be up to 3 years in the event oflong-term condition (ALD).

Your employer's administration therefore asks the Social Security medical officer whether he recognizes you as an ALD and whether you can benefit from daily allowances. His opinion is binding on your administration.

If you are entitled to it, the amount of your daily allowance (IJ) is calculated under the conditions laid down in the general social security scheme.

It is equal to half of your index treatment and your residence allowance, within the limit of €41.95, to which is added the Family Treatment Supplement (FTS) in full, if you are entitled to this top-up.

The New Index Subsidy (NBI) and the additional treatment is not taken into account to calculate the amount of your IJ.

Please note

The daily allowance shall be subject in full to the CSG: titleContent at the rate of 6.2% and to the CRDS: titleContent at the rate of 0.5%. It is taxable.

Temporary Invalidity Allowance (TIA)

If you are not entitled to the daily allowance and your temporary disability reduces your work capacity by at least 2/3, you can perceive theTemporary Invalidity Allowance (TIA).

Unemployment benefits

If you are not entitled to the daily allowance or the temporary invalidity allowance (TIA), you can receive unemployment benefits.

The standby period is not a period of actual service.

It shall not be taken into account for advancement to step and grade.

If you have received unemployment benefits, it may be taken into account, subject to conditions, by the Social Security Retirement Insurance.

At the end of the last standby period, your situation is subject to medical advice and depends on your physical fitness.

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

You are fit to resume your previous duties

You are reinstated to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your workstation may be adapted to your health condition, if necessary.

If you successively refuse 3 job offers, you can be dismissed after notice of the HEADING: titleContent.

You are unfit to resume your previous duties

You can benefit from a period of preparation for reclassification or be directly reclassified to a job compatible with your health.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you can be put to the disability pension regardless of your age and regardless of your number of quarters of pension insurance.