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Press review - January/February
We present to you the SENEF and Progisap Press Review. This monthly press review is a summary of all the news in the personal services sector.
Etudes Fédésap: Who are the entrepreneurs in the home sector?
Fédésap conducted a survey of home care leaders to better understand their concerns. The results of the survey tend to break down the clichés about this sector:
- The majority of managers are women (56%) and work more than 49 hours a week for a salary often less than 2,000 euros net per month.
- Their main motivation is to respond to a growing social utility and to create jobs that cannot be relocated.
- Companies in the sector are resilient and 80% of them survive after 5 years.
- They are located throughout the country, including in rural areas (72%).
- They are often human-sized structures, constantly growing, employing between 10 and 50 people and achieving a turnover of between €250,000 and €1 million.
Industry leaders face significant challenges:
- Supporting families in their work/life balance.
- Supporting an aging population.
- Strengthen support for people with disabilities.
The text emphasizes the importance of personal services for territorial networking and living well together.
"Building a society where everyone can age with dignity and as they see fit" Gabriel Attal
FESP Statement: Supporting our fellow citizens at all ages and at every stage of life is a major challenge, as the Prime Minister pointed out. This requires taking into account all the actors who work every day to make this a concrete reality. Personal services companies are at the centre of this approach by supporting the French, particularly the most vulnerable, throughout the country. They are ready to support the Government in taking up this challenge in a constructive way, because it is urgent.
1 January 2024: the ASPA (Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly) increased by 5.3%
Aspa, formerly the minimum old-age pension, is paid to pensioners with limited resources. This allowance has been increased by 5.3% on 1 January 2024. Service-Public.fr provides an update on the new ceilings in force and the conditions for obtaining this aid.
Autonomy services at home – Price change rate 2024
The inter-union association has advocated for an increase in the rates of Home Autonomy Services (SAD). Rising inflation and a crisis in the attractiveness of home care professions is justified by the absence of new measures in the PLFSS 2024 and by the record level of tensions in the sector, marked by an increase in the number of structures in difficulty.
In particular, the federations are asking for a price cap rate for 2024, the revision of tariffs during the year in the event of a higher-than-expected change in charges, as well as the taking into account of the costs related to the new regulatory obligations.
To counter the problems, they are therefore asking for a valuation for 2024 of 16.32%, which is essential to take into account the additional costs that have impacted services in 2023. This approach aims to safeguard the viability of services, support employees and stay the course towards a viable housing model.
Finally, structures will be able to increase the prices of current contracts by a maximum of 5.95%. Not enough for the sector.
After the years of crisis, SYNERPA takes stock of the reconstruction and transformation of old age
Finally, the private sector for the elderly is in difficulty:
- Inflation and funding : Operating costs are rising faster than public funding, which endangers the sustainability of structures.
- HR needs and attractiveness : The sector must recruit 450,000 people by 2030, but is facing a loss of attractiveness.
- Home and RSS : The reform of autonomous services is complex and the basic tariff for the home is insufficient.
- Senior service residences : They need better integration into the residential pathway.
Despite these difficulties, private nursing homes play an essential role
- Complementarity: They complement the public and non-profit sectors and contribute to the development of territories.
- Job creation: They created 118,000 local jobs in 2019.
- Innovation and investment: They finance a large part of the investments in the sector and develop new services.
SYNERPA calls for support from public authorities
- Financing: Reform the financing model for nursing homes to ensure their sustainability.
- Human Resources: Increase remuneration and therefore finance the implementation of Amendment 33.
- Administrative simplification: Reform the autonomy services to make them more applicable in the field.
- Visibility: Strengthen the visibility of senior service residences in the residential pathway.
SYNERPA wishes to put old age back at the heart of the public debate and thus co-construct "ageing well" with all stakeholders.
In 2024, the Autonomy branch will be consolidated to strengthen the quality of its service
The Autonomy branch is consolidating its network work to better inform, guide, accompany and support the prevention of loss of autonomy. Consolidated funding to better support elderly people or people living with disabilities in their daily lives and support their free choice.
Autonomy branch Kezako: The autonomy branch of Social Security, managed by the CNSA, relies on a network of partners throughout France. Its objective is to guarantee the same level of service to all its users: the elderly or people living with disabilities, as well as their caregivers, regardless of where they live.
Proxies Lose Historic Battle
Study of a decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Versailles dated December 15, 2023, which has significant repercussions for the representative structures.
This ruling stipulates that these structures cannot benefit from the reduced VAT rate granted to service providers, but must apply the standard rate of 20%. Frank Nataf, President of the Fédésap, explains the distinction between agent and service provider structures, highlighting the additional responsibilities assumed by the latter.
Note: The importance of court decisions in clarifying tax laws and setting legal precedents.
Reminder:
- Proxy mode is...
The agent activity is an HR, legal and administrative consulting service to the individual employer by mutual agreement. It is not a direct provision of services to the person but an activity aimed at supporting the proper management of an employee by a direct employer. It is for this reason that it is right that the VAT rate should be at 20% like all other indirect activities of SAP.
- The provider mode is... In a service provider, the operator employs an employee and meets all the obligations that go with it: remuneration for travel time, occupational medicine, contractual time (an employee with a full-time contract will be paid every month regardless of the time he or she is at home), legal liability in the event of industrial disputes.