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Active solidarity income / RSA
Definition
The active solidarity income (RSA) came into force on June 1st 2009 in metropolitan France, it replaces the minimum integration income (RMI created in 1988) and the single parent allowance (API).
The active solidarity income is an allocation which completes the initial household resources to reach the level of a guaranteed income.
The guaranteed income is calculated as the sum:
- Of a lump sum, the amount of which varies according to the household composition and the number of childs,
- Of a fraction of the professional income of household members fixed by decree to 62 %.
If the initial resources of the hosehold are lower than the lump sum, the difference is called the RSA base. The possible supplement income of activity, equal to 62 % of the income of activity, is called the RSA activity. According to the level of household resources with regard to the lump sum and the presence or not of activity income, a household can perceive a single constituent of the RSA or both.
Its purpose is to “guarantee its recipients sufficient means for living, in order to combat poverty, encourage the exercise of or return to professional activity and assist in the social integration of recipients” (Law n°2008-1249 of December 1st 2008).
The RSA replaces the minimum integration income (RMI), the single parent allowance (API) and the incentive schemes linked to recommencement of employment.
For those without work, the value of the RSA will be equivalent to the current value of the RMI or API. For those in work:
- during the first three months of employment, the beneficiary receives his or her salary in full along with the RSA allowance (if previously without work and in receipt of the RSA);
- for the following months, with no time limit, the beneficiary receives 62% of his or her salary along with the RSA allowance.
