Is a volunteer entitled to the RSA and the activity bonus?
Verified 21 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you volunteer, you can take advantage of the RSA: titleContent or the activity premium. The conditions for awarding the SSA or activity bonus vary according to the type of volunteering carried out.
Warning
To benefit from the RSA and the activity bonus, you must be resident in France in a stable and effective manner.
You may be entitled to the RSA and the activity bonus.
FYI
if you are already a beneficiary of the RSA, the conclusion of a voluntary contract by a member of your hearth has no impact on your rights.
Calculation of resources
Volunteering in the military is considered a employment contract.
Your remuneration is therefore taken into account in the calculation of your rights.
If you are accommodated for free as part of your volunteer service, a housing assistance (LPA) may be paid to you, subject to conditions.
If you receive a cash payment, you must report it quarterly as other resources on your statement.
This payment is taken into account in the calculation of your fees.
If you have a advantage in kind, you have to report this to the paying agencies (Caf: titleContent or MSA: titleContent).
This benefit is taken into account in the calculation of your rights.
Taking into account the hours of activity
Volunteering in the armed forces is considered a professional activity.
Volunteer hours completed shall be taken into account for the study of the right to RSA Young Active.
Warning
training hours are not taken into account.
You may be entitled to the RSA and the activity bonus.
FYI
if you are already a beneficiary of the RSA, the conclusion of a voluntary contract by a member of your hearth has no impact on your rights.
Calculation of resources
Your compensation for volunteer fireman shall not be taken into account for the calculation of duties.
If you are accommodated for free as part of your volunteer service, a housing assistance (LPA) may be paid to you, subject to conditions.
If you receive a cash payment, you must report it quarterly as other resources on your statement.
This payment is taken into account in the calculation of your fees.
If you have a advantage in kind, you have to report this to the paying agencies (Caf: titleContent or MSA: titleContent).
This benefit is taken into account in the calculation of your rights.
Taking into account the hours of activity
Voluntary hours completed shall not be taken into account for the purposes of entitlement to RSA Young Active.
You cannot benefit the RSA, or the activity bonus.
If you are benefiting from these features prior to your engagement in the voluntary association, you no longer receive them during the term of the contract.
Payments shall resume at the end of voluntary associations.
You cannot benefit the RSA, or the activity bonus.
If you are benefiting from these features prior to your engagement in the civic service volunteering, you no longer receive them during the term of the contract.
Payments shall resume at the end of civic service volunteering.
You cannot benefit the RSA, or the activity bonus.
If you benefit from these arrangements before signing your civic service engagement, you will no longer receive them during the term of the contract.
Payments resume at the end of civic service.
Suspension of the payment of the RSA and the activity premium
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