2023-09-29 18:01:49
Published on September 29, 2023 at 6:01 p.m.
The National Assembly validated this Friday a new principle of suspension of RSA rights in the event of a breach, the beneficiary being able to then recover at least part of the lost sum, a more gradual sanction affirms the executive, a “shame” denounces left.
During the examination of the “full employment” bill, the deputies adopted an article establishing this “suspension-remobilization”, as the presidential camp calls it. If a beneficiary does not draw up a “reciprocal engagement contract” or does not respect part of his obligations, the departmental council (or France Travail if the department delegates this authority to it) may decide to suspend the payment of his RSA.
Maximum three months
If the beneficiary complies with his obligations, he could however retroactively recover the lost sums. But he could only recover a maximum of three months of RSA payment, a ceiling added against the advice of the government during the examination of the bill in the Senate, but which it finally accepted.
There already exists a sanction today “which consists of amputating the RSA of a household”, but in practice “this part is never returned”, affirmed the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, defending the new system as a more gradual sanction than suspension without retroactive payment or pure and simple removal.
Far from being convinced, the left has long castigated an article of “shame”, with sanctions whose number risks skyrocketing, while article 2 of the bill creates an activity obligation of 15 hours weekly, with exceptions. “Everything shows that the sanction leads to the street and the exit from the system, it is factual,” insisted the socialist deputy Arthur Delaporte.
For the president of the LFI group, Mathilde Panot, the measure goes against the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides that signatory states must protect the child “against all forms of discrimination or sanctions motivated by legal situation (or) activities […] of his parents “.
The article was adopted by 38 votes to 30 with the support of the majority and the LRs. The left and the Liot group voted against. The RN abstained.
Creation of “France Travail”
In the middle of the afternoon, the deputies also adopted the following article, which creates a “network of integration and employment actors”, with the aim of improving support for job seekers. It will bring together the State, local authorities, Pôle emploi which will take the name “France Travail”, but also local missions, business representatives, certain integration establishments, etc.
A national committee, chaired by the minister, would be responsible for coordinating its action and defining the “strategic orientations”. But the left sees in it “a placing under supervision” of the State, according to Arthur Delaporte, and “a gas factory”, according to LFI deputy Hadrien Clouet. “You are going to make all the professionals who will work in these settings unsafe,” he criticized.
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