The announcement appeared on Wednesday: the increase in the salaries of home helpers in the non-profit association sector is confirmed by the publication of the decree in the Official Journal.
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As of October 1, the 209,000 employees in the home support assistance sector (SAAD) and home nursing services (SSIAD) will see their salaries increase by an average of 15%.
Only negotiated for employees in the non-profit sector, the salary increase, which can reach up to 300 euros gross per month, does not apply to home helpers employed in the private commercial sector.
This historic revaluation could be a game-changer for the personal assistance sector, which is already experiencing recruitment difficulties.
An unprecedented increase in wages
"
The health crisis has highlighted the difficulties of the home help sector
," said the press release from the Ministry of Autonomy published last April. There is change: From October 1, state aid materializes "
an unprecedented increase in wages, at an average level of 13% to 15%, for the 209,000 staff of the assistance and support services. home (SAAD) and home nursing care services (SSIAD), applicable from October 1, 2021
”, reports the decree.
After approving rider 43 to the collective agreement for the home help branch last April, the Ministry in charge of Autonomy specifies by decree the terms of payment of the CNSA (National Solidarity Fund) for autonomy) to the funding departments. Funded by the state and voluntary departments, the CNSA will cover the salary increase up to 70% in 2021, then 50% from 2022.
Published Wednesday in the Official Journal, the decree confirms the amendment made by Brigitte Bourguignon within the framework of the Social Security finance law for 2021. The Minister pleaded in the fall of 2020 for the State's commitment to the contribution salary increases in the sector while "
only 43% of home helpers have access to conventional remuneration higher than the minimum wage after 17 years of seniority
", according to the Ministry.
A sector that struggles to recruit
Negotiated by the social partners of the non-profit sector, the salary increase will not benefit home helpers in the private commercial sector.
Does the pay gap of up to 300 euros per month not risk upsetting the balance of recruitment in the sector?
"
Today, we are wondering,
" says the director of a private home help service agency in Paris.
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The home help sector is already experiencing recruitment difficulties. To remedy the lack of personnel, the government launched a national campaign on Monday to promote the professions of old age. Nurses, social workers or caregivers, the Ministry of Solidarity and Health estimates the number of positions to be filled in the sector at nearly 350,000 by 2025.
