PREMIUM INFLATION. The payment of the inflation bonus for job seekers is scheduled for this week. What are the conditions ? Linternaute.com answers all your questions.
[Mis à jour le 24 janvier 2022 à 07h49] This tuesday january 25, the jobseekers should receive the inflation bonus in their bank account. To hope to benefit from it, it is necessary to be registered with Employment center to October 31 and not to have exercised a professional activity in October 2021. In addition, you must be in one of the following scenarios: be in job search, in training paid for by Pôle Emploi, be in sick leave or in maternity leave. Finally, as a jobseeker, your compensation must not exceed €2,000 net per month, as for all beneficiaries of the inflation bonus.
Set up by Emmanuel Macron in an attempt to come to the aid of the poorest households in the face of galloping inflation, the inflation bonus should benefit 38 million French people. Its payment will be spread out until the end of February 2022. What about retirees? A little patience, the distribution of the bonus of 100 euros is scheduled for February for them. To benefit from all the details concerning the payment schedule, consult our dedicated article below.
Job seekers compensated by employment center benefit from the bonus of 100 euros. This applies to recipients who meet the following conditions:
- You must be registered on October 31, 2021 and not have carried out any professional activity during the month of October.
- You must be in one of the following situations: be actively seeking employment; be in training and paid by Pôle emploi; be on sick leave or maternity leave.
- You must receive unemployment benefit of less than 2,000 euros net
“If you meet all these conditions, the compensation will be paid by Pôle emploi automatically, from the January 25, 2022. You don’t have to take any steps,” it says on the dedicated page of employment center. Note: if you carried out a professional activity in October 2021, the bonus of 100 euros will be paid by the employer.
I am a job seeker but I worked in October 2021, am I eligible?
If you carried out a professional activity during the month of October 2021, even while being registered as Jobseeker near Employment center, the inflation bonus will be paid to you. Find out by whom the payment of this bonus of 100 euros will be made according to your status:
- Private sector employees or military public officials : payment by your employer
- Childminders or employees of a private employer : payment by Urssaf service “Cesu” or PAJEMPLOI
- Self-employed : payment by Urssaf
Finally, if you were training in October 2021, the inflation bonus will be paid to you by the organization that paid you during the training, here is a non-exhaustive list:
- Employment center
- The Regional Council
- The Services and Payment Agency
Announced by the government in the fall, it is aimed at the middle classes, regardless of their status:
- Private sector employees
- Officials
- Scholarship students and students receiving PLA.
- Retirees and seniors receiving the ASPA
- Freelancers and self-employed
- job seekers
- Beneficiaries of social minima (RSA, AAH…)
The bonus of 100 euros is granted on an individual basis. In other words, the composition of the household is not taken into account to determine eligibility for inflation compensation. Thus, a couple can receive up to 200 euros, ie 100 euros each or only 100 euros if only one of the spouses meets the income conditions (see below). In total, 38 million French people will benefit from the 100 euro inflation check.
But who is affected? To determine eligibility for the inflation allowance, the government has determined a ceiling: are therefore concerned French people who earn less than 2,000 euros net per month – before application of the withholding tax -, regardless of their status and profession. To determine the reference salary, the executive has chosen the month of October 2021. Would you like to know more about the 100 euro bonus? Linternaute.com answers all your questions. Consult our dedicated file now:
The Family Allowance Fund will be responsible for paying the premium of 100 euros in several cases. Linternaute.com summarizes them for you:
- Students who receive the APL
- The beneficiaries of the AAH
- RSA recipients
- Employees on full-time parental leave
- Beneficiaries of the shared child education benefit (PreParE)
As a reminder, there is no procedure to take if you are concerned with your family allowance fund, since the payment will be made automatically from 20 January.
The inflation bonus is paid between December 2021 and February 2022. Payment must be made through several channels, depending on the beneficiary’s situation. Here is the payment schedule envisaged by the government:
- End of December 2021: this is the date on which employees received their inflation compensation, directly on their payslip. The employer is responsible for the payment, before being compensated by the State in a second step. The self-employed are also affected by this deadline (the Urssaf then take care of the payment), as are scholarship students (compensated by the Crous).
- End of January 2022 : the State proceeds to the payment of the inflation allowance for civil servants, jobseekers (via Pôle emploi), invalids, students receiving APL and recipients of social minima (via the Family Allowance Fund).
- February 2022 : it is at this deadline that retirees must receive the inflation allowance, via their retirement.
The objective of the bonus of 100 euros is to respond to the distress of the most modest households, whose finances are being undermined by galloping inflation. Foodstuffs, energy prices… Many goods and services have increased in recent months due to the strong economic recovery following the coronavirus health crisis. Initially, the executive had worked on the establishment of a fuel check, intended for households that own a vehicle, and who have seen the fuel bill explode with the rise in oil prices. However, this system has proven to be very difficult to implement, so much so that the government preferred to abandon it, opting for a broader solution, and allowing households to pay for expenses other than the fuel.
To be eligible, you must win less than 2,000 euros net per month, i.e. 2,600 euros gross for the month from October 2021, whether you are a civil servant, employee, self-employed or retired. Note: this ceiling of 2,000 euros net corresponds to your remuneration before deduction at source. On the payslip, it will therefore simply be necessary to check the line “net payable before income tax“, above “net payable”.
Please note: if you are on a short contract (excluding temporary work), the payment of the 100 euro bonus is not automatic “if the cumulative working time with the same employer is less than 20 hours”, warns the government in its file of hurry. “It will assume that the beneficiary expressly reports to one of his employers, preferably the one with whom the employment relationship is still ongoing, or failing that the one for which they worked the most hours during the month of October. “. What about other situations? Linternaute.com summarizes them for you:
- For retirees : you receive the minimum old age (ASPA) or the total amount of your pensions (general scheme, supplementary, survivor’s pension, etc.) is less than 2,000 euros net in October 2021. “The assessment of resources will be made on the basis of the amount of the retirement pensions of basic and supplementary (ex. AGIRC-ARRCO), including survivors’ pensions [du mois d’octobre 2021]“, it says.
- For independents: you must have been active in October 2021 and have declared to the Urssaf or the MSA an activity income of less than 2,000 euros net per month “for the year 2020”, it is indicated. “The net income retained is that calculated during the annual declaration of income”, it is recalled. “If the activity is created over the period January-October 2021, this condition will be considered satisfied”.
- For the self-employed : your turnover must be at least equal to 900 euros between January 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021. “This amount must also correspond to an average income of 2,000 euros net per month over the period, which corresponds , taking into account the application of tax deductions according to the nature of their activity, to an average monthly turnover of: €4,000 for craftsmen; €6,897 for traders; €3,030 for the liberal professions”, we complete in the press kit.
- For job seekers : you must not be working and your allowance must be less than 2,000 euros net.