Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection concedes It was gratifying that the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection agreed with the AOB’s arguments and informed that AOB that the “care agreement” that was objected to may no longer be used for health programmes governed by the Labour and Health Act. In future, the care agreement will be clearly separate from the consent declarations under data protection law. Furthermore, the parties involved will receive a written clarification of their rights. The Federal Ministry also ensured the AOB that unemployed persons who refuse to participate in programmes governed by the Labour and Health Act, for example “fit2work”, do not need to fear any sanctions, such as a time-limited cancellation of financial benefits. In any case, the principle of voluntary participation that is enshrined in the Labour and Health Act would contradict a cancellation of unemployment benefits or emergency financial aid. Individual case: VA-BD-SV/0808-A/1/2012 Finances Treatment of disabled employees in the Federal Ministry of Finance The first collective report about the implementation of the planned measures regarding integration of disabled employees was now made available. The section titled “Treatment of disabled employees in the Federal Ministry of Finance” in the Annual Report 2011 reported that the agreed evaluation reports about the integration of persons with disabilities in the Federal Ministry of Finance had not been prepared. A “collective report” had been promised by the Federal Ministry of Finance. Collective report now available This “collective report” was now provided. It presented the integration efforts that the Federal Ministry of Finance had hitherto undertaken (protection against discrimination, structural accessibility, education, employment, employability, awareness and information). This report had been decided upon by the department heads and the Central Committee. It was agreed to prepare another evaluation report in three years. Individual case: VA-BD-FI/0253-B/1/2010, BMF-410101/0087-I/4/2012 84