Some 4.26 million households benefited from the activity bonus at the end of 2019, aid for low-income workers whose access conditions were widened after the “yellow vests” crisis, an increase of 35% compared to December 2018, according to the Ministry of Solidarity and Health.
At the end of 2019, there were “1.48 million new households which did not receive the premium in December 2018, either because they were not yet entitled to it, or because they had not applied for it” , Minister Agnès Buzyn and Secretary of State Christelle Dubos said in a statement on Thursday. As part of the “economic and social emergency” measures voted at the end of 2018 to respond to the anger of the “yellow vests”, this allowance, which is aimed at public and private employees, the self-employed and farmers, has been upgraded of 90 euros (maximum) and its attribution conditions have been extended.
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The average amount of the activity bonus, which varies according to the resources and the composition of the household, amounted at the end of the year to 192 euros monthly, the statement said. For a single childless child at Smic, the activity premium was 241 euros per month. For a single parent at Smic with a child, it was 292 euros monthly, and for a couple with two children, both at Smic, 407 euros, is it detailed as an example.
