Unemployment up in the first quarter, « strongly assigned » by the RSA reform – Liberation
THE unemployment rate Continues its increase in trompe-l’oeil in 2025. In the first quarter, the number of job seekers registered at France Work in category A increased by 8.7 %, to 3.4 million, according to data published by the Statistical Service of the Ministry of Labor (DARES) on Monday, April 28.
But as For the first months of 2025this figure is to be taken with tweezers since this increase results from the automatic registration of beneficiaries of Active solidarity income (RSA) and the evolution of the updating rules.
Since January, new registrants at France work remain in category A until signing their « Commitment contract », Which inflates the category. The new registrants can no longer activate, so there are also fewer outings for lack of updating. By cutting off these effects, the increase in category A would have been limited to 0.8 %.
By including reduced activity (categories B and C), the number of job seekers increased by 4.5 %, to 5.7 million in the first quarter compared to the previous quarter. Without taking into account rules, the increase would have been 1.3 %.
« Statistics on registered in France work have been strongly affected since January 1 by the implementation of the full employment law and in particular automatic registration on the lists of RSA beneficiaries » And young people, dares commented during a briefing to the press.
« For this reason, the number of registrants increases sharply, without this increase reflecting the conjuncture of the labor market »continued the organization, adding that these new audiences are « Subject to specific updating rules, which also affects statistics ».
