Inclusion on the job market

The state disabled person's representative Simone Fischer visited the AFB Germany in Ettlingen. 45 percent of the approximately 600 AFB employees have a disability.

On August 17, 2022, the state disabled person attended Simone Fischer Together with Ulrike Werert, municipal commissioner of the city of Karlsruhe and Reimar Neumann, municipal representative of the district of Karlsruhe, the AFB Germany in Ettlingen.

The AFB gGmbH is the largest non-profit IT company in Europe and has your home and headquarters in Baden-Württemberg. With certified IT remarketing, AFB contributes to saving environmental resources. At 20 locations in Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and Slovakia, AFB employs around 600 employees, 45 percent of them with disabilities. AFB offers an exemplary employment on the general labor market. 

Inclusion on the job market

In a guided tour of the production, the state officer received a variety of insights and spoke to the employees about what the Inclusion at the labor market burns under the nails. For example, it is important to get a real chance of being able to achieve the job with local public transport, because many want to move environmentally consciously or have no driver's license. The employees reported of much too long processing times when applying for the severely disabled card plays.

AFB shows how to get specialists with disabilities. A well thought-out concept, the know-how about funding opportunities for the company and a person who takes care of the employees in the company and the concerns of the employees, are the A and O.

In conversation, it was also about the IT remarketing quota, the severely disabled rate of AFB, its role as a training company and the increased search for skilled workers. AFB is looking for new employees in several locations across Germany and says: The focus is on people with their skills and opportunities.

The commissioner of the state for the concerns of people with Disabilities

AFB gGmbH

The business model of the IT reform is based on long-term partnerships with more than 1,600 companies, banks, insurance and public institutions. AFB has been taking over its IT and mobile devices that are no longer required since 2004, irrevocably deletes the data it contains, upgrades the devices, installs new software and with at least 12 months of guarantee it mainly sells them to private individuals, non-profit organizations and schools.

For this Green-IT concept, AFB was, among other things, with the It Distri Award Refurbishing & Remarketing 2022 Rel = "Nofollow Noopener" Target = "_ Blank" htef = "https://www.nachdiakitreis.de/unternehecker/prestraeger-unter/2020/Afb-gunnuetzige-gmbh/" Class = "Link-External"> German Sustainability Prize 2021 and as Leading Employer 2022 awarded. AFB has been checked and certified by TÜV Süd (ISO 14001, ISO 27001), as a disposal company and as a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher.