The list will more than double.
Twenty-nine new departments will be affected in 2024 by the experimentation of the RSA reform - which conditions its obtaining on 15 hours of activity per week - increasing the total number to 47, the government confirmed this Friday.
“The Government wanted to develop these experiments in 2024 with a view to gradual generalization from next year (…) This deployment
(in 29 new departments)
will cover almost half of France,” he said. specified in a press release.
In detail, the 29 departments in addition to the 18 where the experiment has been in place for “nearly twelve months” are:
Haute-Savoie
,
Rhône
, Allier
,
Cantal
,
Territoire
de Belfort
,
Haute -Saône
,
Saône-et-Loire
,
Finistère
,
Loir-et-Cher
,
Cher
, Eure
-et-Loir
,
Meuse
,
European Community of Alsace (Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin )
,
Ardennes
,
Marne
,
Pas-de-Calais
, Oise
,
Essonne
,
Hauts-de-Seine
,
Val-de-Marne
,
Manche
,
Seine
-Maritime
,
Charente-Maritime
, Vienne
,
Alpes-
Maritimes
,
Vaucluse
,
Sarthe
and
Guadeloupe
.
The exact date of entry into force has not been specified, but the Minister of Labor Catherine Vautrin said at the beginning of February that she wanted to “go to 47 by the end of the month
(February)
”.
“A job seeker, what he is looking for is to return to employment, our objective is to support him towards employment, it is the best possible emancipation,” said the Minister of Work.
“First results”
According to the government, “first results can be observed in the departments
(already)
engaged
(in the experiment)”
.
“In terms of returning to employment: 40% of people supported found employment within 5 months of starting the course (49% for people oriented towards professional career paths), including 14% in long-term employment ( 18% for professional careers)”, details the executive which specifies that 21,300 people were concerned in these 18 departments.
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These 18 territories where the experiment was already in place are: Côte
-d'Or
, Yonne
,
Ille
-et-Vilaine
,
Loiret
,
Vosges
,
Aisne
,
Nord
,
Somme
,
Yvelines
,
Eure
,
Creuse
,
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
,
Aveyron
,
Bouches-du-Rhône
,
Loire-Atlantique
,
Mayenne, Réunion
as well as the
Métropole de Lyon.
The president of this metropolis Bruno Bernard, however, indicated on X (formerly Twitter) at the beginning of February that he would not apply the experiment.
“The Métropole de Lyon will continue throughout the year the implementation of the RSA with more resources for support, without blackmail in the allocation,” he wrote in particular.
The Lyon Metropolis will continue to implement the RSA throughout the year with more resources for support, without blackmailing the allocation.
❌
The State wanted to experiment with all avenues, drawing lessons from feedback from the field with pragmatism.
There is… https://t.co/yy6LDSLaPE
— Bruno Bernard (@brunobernard_fr) February 5, 2024
In his general policy speech at the end of January, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal confirmed that he wanted to generalize the RSA conditional on 15 hours of weekly activity “by January 1, 2025”.
“We have a strong conviction and consistency: we consider that retirement must be the fruit of work.
And therefore we will propose the switch to the solidarity allowance specific to the RSA and the elimination of this allowance,” he said.