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The vital difference between volunteer and unpaid work | Nadi Bellaoui

Authorities in the Haut-Rhin have voted to make benefit payments for the long-term unemployed conditional on seven hours of volunteer work a week. The RSA – paid to those with no other source of income – is €524 a month for a single person. Nadia Bellaoui is head of the Mouvement Associatif , which represents non-profit organisations across France. Here, she tells Connexion why she opposes the decision