Section 1: Back-to-work bonus

To be entitled to the back-to-work bonus instituted by article L. 5133-1, the beneficiary of one of the allowances mentioned in the same article must have been working for at least four consecutive months. When this activity is salaried, the contractual duration resulting from the conclusion of one or more employment contracts is at least equal to seventy-eight hours per month.

The list of supporting documents required to establish entitlement to the premium and to prove that the person has effectively resumed work is set by order of the ministers responsible for social action and employment.

The amount of the back-to-work bonus is €1,000.

When the return to work results from the conclusion of one or more open-ended employment contracts or one or more fixed-term employment contracts of more than six months, the premium is, at the request of the person concerned, paid in advance from the end of the first month of employment. In other cases, the bonus is paid from the end of the fourth month of employment.

The back-to-work allowance may not be granted more than once within an eighteen-month period, starting from the first of the four months of activity mentioned in article R. 5133-1.

When a person simultaneously receives the specific solidarity allowance and the minimum integration income or the lone parent allowance, the premium is paid to them in their capacity as a beneficiary of the specific solidarity allowance. When a person simultaneously receives the minimum integration income and the lone parent allowance, the premium is paid to them in their capacity as a beneficiary of the lone parent allowance.

Any undue payment of the premium is recovered by repayment in one or more instalments. The debt may be reduced or waived if the debtor’s situation is precarious, except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation.

Recovery of the undue amount of the back-to-work bonus is made after the person concerned has been informed in writing of the source of the error and the time limit for appeal has expired.