Can you work and receive the Adult Disability Allowance (AAH)?
Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Yes, in some cases you can combine your professional income with the Disabled Adult Allowance (AAH). Rollup rules differ depending on whether you are active in ordinary medium or EWS: titleContent.
Ordinary
When start workingyour professional income is not taken into account for the first 6 months for the calculation of your HAA. During this period, therefore, you perceive your entire HAA.
After 6 monthsyour AAH is reduced (we're talking about a Differential AAH). To calculate your HAA, Caf: titleContent (or the MSA if you are part of the agricultural plan) takes into account your professional income from which it applies a abatement.
Monthly gross salary | Discount rate | Revenues taken into account for the calculation of your AAH |
|---|---|---|
Up to €512.79 | The reduction shall be 80% | The Caf shall take into account 20% of your monthly gross salary |
More than €512.79 | The reduction shall be 40% | The Caf shall take into account 60% of your monthly gross salary |
For detailed information on calculation methods, you should contact your Caf or MSA.
Please note
If you work simultaneously and part-time in the regular environment and in Esat, the pay in Esat and in the ordinary environment is taken into account for the calculation of the AAH. Resources are recognised at the quarter level. The applicable reductions on each of these salaries shall continue to be applied.
EWS
You receive a guaranteed remuneration (salary paid to Esat) varying between 55% and 110% of the hourly smic.
You can accumulate the guaranteed compensation and the HPA. However, this cumulation may not exceed:
- €1,709.28 if you live alone,
- €2,222.07 if you live as a couple,
- €2,478.46 if you are living in a couple and you have a child or ascending dependent.
Where the total of the guaranteed remuneration and the HPA exceeds, the AAH is reduced. To calculate your HAA, Caf: titleContent (or the MSA if you are part of the agricultural plan) takes into account your guaranteed remuneration from which it applies a abatement.
Guaranteed remuneration | Discount rate | Guaranteed remuneration taken into account for the calculation of your AAH |
|---|---|---|
Between €0.56 and €1.13 of the gross hourly smic | 3.5% | 96,5% |
From €1.13 less than €1.69 of the gross hourly smic | 4% | 96% |
From €1.69 less than €2.25 of the gross hourly smic | 4.5% | 95,5% |
From €2.25 less than €5.64 of the gross hourly smic | 5% | 95% |
For detailed information on calculation methods, you should contact your Caf (or MSA).
Please note
If you work simultaneously and part-time in the regular environment and in Esat, the pay in Esat and in the ordinary environment is taken into account for the calculation of the AAH. Resources are recognised at the quarter level. The applicable reductions on each of these salaries shall continue to be applied.
- Social Security Code: Article D821-9Slashing
- Social Security Code: Articles R821-1 to R821-9Accumulated Activity Income and HAA in Ordinary
- Social Security Code: Article D821-5Accumulated income from activities and HAA in Esat
- Labour Code: Article R5213-76Pay in Esat
- Code for Social Action and Families: Articles R243-5 to R243-10Pay in Esat
- Departmental Response of November 19, 2019, on Disability Adult Allowance (HAA) and Business Income
- Allowance for adults with disabilities (AAH)Service-Public.fr
- Website of the Secretary of State for Persons with DisabilitiesMinistry of Disability
