Amendments to the law on social assistance – Commission majority opposed to the project popular

MIL OSI Translation. Region: France and French Territories –

Source: Switzerland – Canton Government of Bern in French

Headline: Amendments to the law on social assistance – Commission majority opposed to the project popular

The majority of the Board of health and social affairs recommends to the General Council to invite the electorate to reject the draft popular on the law on social assistance. It supports the proposal for the revision of the Board-executive, including the planned reduction of the flat rate fee for maintenance. A minority of the commission proposes to recommend the acceptance of the project popular so that social assistance be consistent with the standards of the swiss Conference of social action institutions, and that unemployed over 55 years of age enjoy allowances according to the plan of additional services AVS/AI, and not according to the scale of the social assistance.

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