After a slow start, the Solidarity labor income (RSA) is it taking off for good? Quasi steady in March (+0.1%), the number of beneficiaries has increased again in April to 1.777 million homes recipients, an increase of 1.06% over the month. Now, 1,149,000 households enjoy the "RSA base" (0.5%), the equivalent of ex-RMI and single parent allowance (IPY). And above all, 627,271 receive the "RSA activity" in addition to their earnings. Either a "strong increase" to the "RSA activity" (+2.7% in April, 14,270 additional beneficiaries), which currently affects over 1.3 million people in total.

In March, the caseload had dropped by 12,000, a first since its inception in June 2009.In eleven months, the number of beneficiaries of the "RSA activity" has increased by 51.5% although it remains far from the goal originally posted by Martin Hirsch third of the "target population" in benefits really now, against 90% target by the "father" of RSA.

Same trend in May

Question cost, RSA will cost 649millions euros in April to the community (543millions for "RSA base" and 106millions for "RSA activity") and more than 6.62 billion since its inception, including 15% for "RSA activity, funded by a 1.1% tax on capital income.

The rise of "RSA activity" is "a sign of an upturn in activity or the beginning of the crisis, hopefully it to the government. People are starting to take odd jobs: the very low-paid full-time or part-time.This trend would be "confirmed or accentuated a bit" according préchiffres May.

For the current Minister for Active Solidarity – which has never believed in original intent of scalability of the "RSA activity" – there are two other explanations. "Many people have been slow to apply for RSA business because they did not know they were entitled, because they would not feel stigmatized because it was complicated," says Marc-Philippe Daubresse that present in early July a plan to simplify the RSA. The departments have also been slow to organize the information flow and are currently optimizing their practices. "

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