RSA. The payment of the active solidarity income could be conditional on 20 hours of training on the part of the recipients. How it works ? When ? We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 28 juillet 2022 à 09h50] The payment of RSA under conditions could well land sooner than expected. One thing is certain, “the new terms will be put in place as soon as possible” indicated the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt. What put back on the table a highly flammable subject, widely decried by the various opposition groups, sometimes described as “volunteer”. As a reminder, the government wants to introduce a new system for the payment of the RSA. A beneficiary could be required to make a formation of 3 to 8 p.m., in return for the payment of the allowance. Without this training, the active solidarity income would no longer be distributed. The exact terms are not yet known, it could also be assistance with the creation of CVs, or missions and immersions in communities. The goal? Promoting integration on the job market. So when will this executive proposal take effect? No precise date has yet been communicated, an implementation before the end of the year cannot be ruled out.
Olivier Dussopt, Minister of Labor: “Today we have almost two million RSA recipients, that’s twice as many as ten years ago. The situation is not satisfactory” #EuropeMatin pic.twitter.com/Gn3wd36AQR
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Earlier in the week, after having voted to increase social benefits, and in particular the RSA (+4%), the National Assembly voted an amendment consisting of compensating the additional cost for the departments by paying them an allocation of 120 million euros ! Not at all in the plans of the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. As a reminder, the RSA is paid by the departments, which have requested compensation for this 4% increase. An additional expense that comes on top of the few 25 billion euros allocated to the purchasing power bill to fight galloping inflation (5.8% in June 2022 over twelve rolling months).
The amount of the RSA will therefore increase by 4% if the revaluation is validated by the Senate in the coming weeks. The increase will be retroactive to the July 1, 2022. With this revaluation, the amount of the RSA will reach 598,55 euros for a single person! A long-desired measure within the purchasing power bill package. The exact date of implementation is not known, it will occur when the text will be voted definitively. You may be wondering what this represents on your allowance paid each month? How much are you actually going to earn from this executive boost? Here are some quantified and concrete examples:
- Single person: +23 euros (from 575.52 to 598,55 euros)
- Single person with two dependent children: +40 euros (from 1,017.63 to 1 058,33 euros)
- Couple without dependent children: +34 euros (from 848.02 to 882 euros)
The active solidarity income (RSA) represents a minimum income for people who do not work. It is a social and professional support system to facilitate access to employment or consolidate certain professional capacities when one does not draw, or few resources from his activity. This RSA is based on a simple system of rights and duties. The right to a minimum income or to an income supplement first. Then, the duty to look for a job, or to self-undertake actions in favor of his reintegration. The RSA is open, under certain conditions, to people aged at least 25 and to young workers aged 18 to 24 if they are single parents or have a certain period of professional activity. You do not have to declare the active solidarity income, it is not taxable. Several associations have been calling for more advantageous conditions for several months now, especially for young workers. As an indication, the RSA can concern young workers – we then speak of young RSA for those under 25 -, but they must justify a certain period of professional activity, excluding internships. This is why so many young people find themselves de facto excluded. The government, for its part, preferred to review the universal young guarantee, baptizing it young contract of engagement.
In fact, the family allowance fund (CAF) takes into account the resources of your household as well as a lump sum which varies according to the composition of your household and the number of dependent children. You live alone ? In this case, the fixed amount of the RSA reached 575.52 euros at the start of the year and has been revalued following inflation with an amount of 598.55 since July 1, 2022. Are you currently in a couple or a single-parent family? Here are the fixed amounts of the RSA – the one that will therefore serve as the basis for calculating family allowances, it is not the final amount – since July 1:
RSA and single-parent family, the amounts
| Number of children/dependents | single person | single parent |
| pregnant woman isolated | 725,97 | |
| 1 | 848,02 | 967,96 |
| 2 | 1 017,63 € | 1 209,95 € |
| Per additional child or dependent | 226,13 | 241,99 |
RSA and torque, the amounts
| Number of children/dependents | Rising |
| 0 | 848,02 € |
| 1 | 1 017,63 € |
| 2 | 1 187,23 € |
| Per additional child or dependent | 226,13 € |
Regarding the income taken into account by the CAF, it studies the resources received in the last three months and then establish an average. What resources are taken into account? Bear in mind that unemployment benefits, social security daily allowances, housing allowances and family benefits are taken into account in particular. The family allowance fund has thus established a housing package according to the number of people in your household:
- If you are alone it reaches 67.84 €
- If you are two, it is €135.68
- From three people making up the household, it rises to €167.91.
Inevitably, this housing package reduces the amount of the social benefit.
To obtain these social benefits, you have three options: at your request by Internet on the CAF website, fill out a form with your family allowance fund or the CCAS for example, or send the form by post to your checkout. Cerfa form number 15481 is available here. Are you wondering about the documents to provide? Here is the list :
- A bank account number
- A declaration of pregnancy if you are expecting a child
- Photocopy of your identity card or passport as well as your residence permit if you are not of French nationality
Find all the documents to be provided on page seven of the Cerfa form.
The Family Allowance Fund has made a simulator available to users on its website, at the following address: http://www.caf.fr/allocataires/mes-services-en-ligne/faire-une-simulation. If you are already receiving a family allowance from the CAF, you are invited to connect to your personal space using your beneficiary number. If not, you have the option of using a simulator. Keep in mind that you will need to have several pieces of information beforehand (number of people in the household, resources for the last 3 months, etc.).
It’s necessary reside in France in a stable, effective manner and be old at least 25 years old. Pupils, students and unpaid trainees are not eligible for the RSA. Single parents are an exception. The RSA also cannot concern people on parental leave, unpaid leave or sabbatical leave. You are not of French nationality? In this case, you must meet a number of residence conditions.
If you are European, you must hold a right of residence in France and have been living for at least three months when you apply or have a declared job in France and be either unemployed, on sick leave, or in training professional. If you are not European, you must have a residence permit allowing you to work in France for at least five years, or hold a residence permit or have refugee status or be recognized as stateless.
Emmanuel Macron also wants the RSA to be conditional on a consideration. In this case, a minimum activity qualified as a “duty” by Olivier Dussopt, Minister in charge of Public Accounts. The goal? achieve full employment. A formula hammered out by the LREM camp, and in particular its president Christophe Castaner at the microphone of RMC on March 21: We must provide the means for emancipation. The idea is to revive integration to achieve full employment.” The RSA whose amount reaches 598,55 euros in France is based on a logic of “rights and duties” according to Gabriel Attal. An idea based on the system of the youth engagement contract which makes it possible to support young people far from employment with training, work-study programs and role-playing. A system subject to conditions of resources, attendance, and acceptance of job offers made. The Government also ensures that the situation of beneficiaries could be studied on a case-by-case basis. In other words, a single mother with three dependent children, for example, could benefit from different treatment than a young person looking for a job.
- Condition the RSA to a minimum of activity
- Impose 15 to 20 hours of training or work in return for the allowance
- Based on the youth engagement contract system
- Achieving full employment
Young people under the age of 25 cannot receive the active solidarity income. However, there is an RSA system reserved for young workers, the young RSA. A young person aged 18 to 25 who can prove a certain length of professional activity (salaried activity or not, hour of activity accomplished during a period of unemployment, activity accomplished within the framework of a voluntary contract in the army) can perceive it. As for the classic RSA, you must reside in France in a stable and effective way. Please note that periods of compensated unemployment and internships are not considered in the eyes of the CAF as periods of activity.
The calculation formula is identical to that of the so-called classic active solidarity income. The request for RSA young worker cannot be made online on the CAF website. You must do this either directly with your CAF on site, or by post. As a young worker, you must submit two forms: form n°15481 (or n°15482 if you are self-employed) and cerfa n°14130.