Young people who work will receive the premium of activity – Les Echos

+ PAPER – The prime minister on Tuesday detailed its fight against poverty. A million of assets of 18-25 could benefit from the premium business

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This is quite a facelift for the help the working poor device. During the presentation on Tuesday evening its new roadmap for the fight against poverty, Manuel Valls has lifted the veil on the future premium business, which in January 2016 will replace both the RSA and the premium for business employment. One of the great innovations of this device will be the inclusion of the active 18 to 25 years. “Between 4 and 5 million workers will be eligible for this new premium lines, including 700,000 to 1 million young , said the Prime Minister. As a reminder, only 8,600 young people today enjoy the RSA activity. “

These workers actually receive the same premium if they live with their parents, but only if their families have low incomes. “Some parameters will be finalized in the parliamentary debate” , said Manuel Valls. Will it include apprentices “which obviously are a big part of their time at work” , or the students? In addition, it will refine the scale of the premium for part-timers.

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– The premium of activity come into force 1 January 2016 in replacing the RSA activity and employment bonus (PPE).
– 4 to 5 million in assets will be eligible at a cost of 4 billion euros per year. Currently, 6 million people benefit from the EPP, the RSA activity, or both at once.
– active youth between 18 and 25 will be entitled either to 700,000 1 million people who were in fact excluded from the RSA activity.
– The premium will be paid by the family allowance every month. It will renew its income tax return each quarter. The rights will be frozen for three months.
– Before each statement, the deadline will be reminded by mail or SMS. Rights simulator will assess the amount due.
– It will be served from the first euro salary for employees and non-employees whether th ey work full or part time.
– The maximum income will be 1,400 euros per month for a single (1,2 SMIC). The ceiling is 2,200 euros for a single active childless couple or a single person with a child and 2,900 euros for a bi-active couple with two children .
– The provision is then calculated on the basis of individual income , but it will take into account household composition: the spouse’s income, number of dependent children, with an increase Parent isolated. Examples: a single parent full time at minimum wage with dependent children will receive 280 euros per month, against 130 euros for a single person earning the same amount
– The premium will be more advantageous that. the current system beyond 0.5 SMIC, and the effort will be a maximum of 80% of the SMIC and 1 SMIC.

This boost to young professionals aims to Stop the inexorable spread of poverty in families, especially single “A child five is faced with the precarious “, said Manuel Valls. “It was there behind the statistics are the working poor, that is to say, in the great majority of cases, the working poor, women raising their children alone” , he stressed, noting that a single mother of three earns less than 960 euros per month.

Moreover, Manuel Valls yesterday launched the construction of the fusion Basic RSA (formerly RMI) for the poor unemployed and specific solidarity allowance for the unemployed at the end of rights. County councils involved in the work, and all stakeholders, to present the outlines of a “simplified social minimum” by the summer.

49 other measures

The roadmap has 49 other measures (see document below), most of which were already known. This is first better support the poor and single parents, long-term unemployed and young people without jobs or training and then clarify aids and rights. Emphasis will be placed on access to basic needs, with the creation of a guarantee rents for precarious workers and students.

Payment local youth new premium segment is strongly criticized right. “On leaving the school system, the interest of the young is to be immediately in search of business and engaged with the world of work, and there set up this system may create more unemployment trap “, denounced Christian Jacob, the leader of the UMP. Valérie Pécresse, former Minister of Budget, “if you touch the RSA, we must give a certain number of hours to the community, and that’s a real point of return to employment. “

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