Reimbursement of social assistance will remain compulsory in the canton of Fribourg. The Grand Council completed its review of the law on social assistance on Wednesday and in this revision, the principle of reimbursement remains, under certain conditions.
It took three sessions of the Friborg Parliament in June, September and October to review the law on social assistance. The bourgeois camp finally obtained repayment of this aid, but under certain conditions.
Before, when you found work, the canton required reimbursement of the social assistance received. In the future, only people with a taxable income above 57,000 francs per year will have to repay the social assistance received. A way to save the lowest incomes.
Virtuous effects, according to Philippe Demierre
Friborg therefore remains – with Bern and Valais – one of the last French-speaking cantons to request, under certain conditions, reimbursement of social assistance.
For the State Councilor in charge of social affairs Philippe Demierre (FR/UDC), repaying social assistance has a virtuous effect. “The person who needs social assistance and who returns to better fortune will be happy to repay this aid,” he said on Wednesday in the 12:45 p.m.
This new Friborg law on social assistance will come into force in 2025.
Maurice Doucas/hkr
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