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How Mexico’s reformed pension system is improving workers’ retirement security mexico Benefits Canada.com (15.11.2024) Earlier this year, Mexico’s senate approved the creation of a new pension fund to help provide more retirement security for low-income citizens. “Congress approved this change to the pension system, which basically established a new welfare pension fund,” says Pedro… Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-mexicos-re… pmassetti
Why is care at the end of life not matching peoples preferences? OECD (13.11.2024) As populations age and chronic conditions rise, the demand for end-of-life care is becoming a critical issue across OECD countries. Although most people would prefer to die at home, the majority still die in hospitals, partly due to limited access to home-based services. This… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/why-is-care-at-the-end-of-life-not-matchin… pmassetti
Social protection and climate change financing: Synergies and challenges Global Social Policy (Nov 2024) The human cost of climate change is stark, with increased poverty and displacement and severe risks to health and livelihoods all predicted. Climate change reproduces existing inequalities, with vulnerability to its effects driven by poverty, inequality and social… Environment and climate change Published_SS_Monitor https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680181241290168 pmassetti
Taiwan to launch Long-term Care Plan 3.0 in 2025 Taiwan, China taiwannews (10.11.2024) As Taiwan soon becomes a “super-aged” society, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said the Long-term Care Plan 3.0 will be launched in 2025 to provide more assistance to elderly people and caregivers. Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5968523 pmassetti
Improving care economy is vital to growth and well-being World Economic Forum (15.10.2024) The care economy not only sustains human activity for current and future generations, but also safeguards the right to both care and receive care. Unpaid care work, if compensated, would represent 9% of global GDP, yet the social and economic value of the care… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/10/caring-care-economy-key-growth-and-well… pmassetti
How to leverage digital tools for social protection World Economic Forum(23.10.2024) While digital technologies aim to enhance the efficiency of social protection systems for marginalized groups, their implementation often leads to exclusions and a disconnect between citizens and local governance. To address challenges, especially given the need for… Digital inclusion Published_SS_Monitor https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/10/digital-tools-social-protection-foster-… pmassetti
Migrant workers in the care economy ilo.org (10.11.2024) Migrant workers – especially migrant women – form a critical component of care infrastructures and workforces around the world. However labour migration governance frameworks and protection regimes do not always effectively respond to labour market and employer needs, or… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/publications/migrant-workers-care-economy pmassetti
Publication: The Regulation of Platform-Based Work: Recent Regulatory Initiatives and Insights for Developing Countries worldbank.org (04.11.2024) The rapid expansion of the digital economy has transformed the labor market, particularly through the rise of platform-based work. Despite the opportunities it brought into the lives of many workers, the digital economy has presented many challenges to the working… Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/7c18b9d7-483d-432d-8d8… pmassetti
Report: Is Care Affordable for Older People? oecd (29.10.2024) With population ageing, the demand for helping older people with daily activities – so-called long-term care – is set to increase across OECD countries by more than one-third by 2050. Older people with long-term care needs are more likely to be women, 80-years-old and above, live… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/is-care-affordable… pmassetti
Mexico: Government begins work to promote initiative on app workers mexico AméricaEconomía (14.10.2024) The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, established in her 59th commitment to promote a reform to the Federal Labor Law (LFT) to provide social security to workers through a digital platform, so the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) began meetings with… Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.americaeconomia.com/en/node/289030 pmassetti
Health and Long-Term Care Needs in a Context of Rapid Population Aging worldbank.org (16.10.2024) This paper identifies key challenges in health care and long-term care as populations age and provides examples of how countries are responding to them. The paper focuses on developing countries that are aging fast, where anticipation and action are especially important.… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/619a5a05-bb40-4311-90b… pmassetti
Special Issue: Exploring unemployment insurance for the self-employed and platform workers - European Journal of Social Security Europe Special Issue: Exploring unemployment insurance for the self-employed and platform workers - European Journal of Social Security - Volume 26, Number 2, Jun 01, 2024 Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/EJS/current pmassetti
Platform workers: Council adopts new rules to improve their working conditions Europe consilium.europa.eu (14.10.2024) The Council has adopted new rules that aim to improve working conditions for the more than 28 million people working in digital labour platforms across the EU. The platform work directive will make the use of algorithms in human resources management more… Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/10/14/platform-wor… pmassetti
Malaysia expands social protection coverage to foreign workers malaysia ilo.org (02.10.2024) Invalidity and survivors’ benefits have recently been extended to migrant workers in Malaysia effective 1 July 2024. The ILO’s Simon Brimblecombe explains why this is an important step forward that will benefit workers, employers, and Malaysia alike. Migration Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/malaysia-expands-social-protection-coverage-f… pmassetti
US: Kamala Harris’s big policy proposal is care United States the.ink (10.10.2024) With a transformative announcement on paying for long-term care for older Americans, Harris aims to make the care economy a reality Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://the.ink/p/kamala-harriss-big-policy-proposal-medicare-long-term-care-ec… pmassetti
A home care benefit for Medicare United States brookings.edu (20.09.2024) Almost one in five Americans over age 65 are unable to manage basic activities of daily life—bathing, dressing, eating, toileting—without assistance. Among those over age 85, the proportion is closer to half. Friends and family members can and do help out, but even so,… Long-term care https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-home-care-benefit-for-medicare/ pmassetti
Integrating Internal Migrants in Social Protection Systems: Review on Good Practices to Inform Adaptive Social Protection Programs in the Sahel worldbank.org (07.10.2024) Internal migration. characterized by the movement of people within national borders, is a significant and growing phenomenon, with an estimated 763 million internal migrants globally as of 2013, and 71.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the end of 2022.… Migration Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/bfb91180-3eaa-4a68-9bd… pmassetti
Long-Term Care around the World nber-org (2023) The developed world is in the midst of an enormous demographic transition, with life expectancy increasing and fertility falling, leading to a rapid aging of the population. This trend has critical implications for long term care around the world. This paper serves as the… country case : Canada, etc … Long-term care https://www-nber-org.ilo.idm.oclc.org/books-and-chapters/long-term-care-around-… pmassetti
Singapore: Paid parental leave coming in 2025 singapore wtwco.com (30.08.2024) In an effort to address dramatically low birth rates, Singapore proposes new employer-paid leave to support working parents that would be rolled out in two phases starting in 2025. Parental leave Published_SS_Monitor https://www.wtwco.com/en-th/insights/2024/08/singapore-paid-parental-leave-comi… pmassetti
Investigating social protection amongst platform workers in Germany: forced individualisation, hybrid income generation and undesired regulation germany researchgate.net (September 2024) The social protection of platform workers is considered one of the most precarious features and political challenges of this new form of employment. Still, there have only been a few empirical investigations on this issue to date. This article presents an… Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384286518_Investigating_social_protect… pmassetti
Tunisia: Substantial increase to maternity leave tunisia wtwco.com (29.07.2024) Government-paid maternity leave in Tunisia triples, along with a boost to paternity leave, as a new family leave law takes effect to enhance leave entitlements for working parents. Parental leave https://www.wtwco.com/en-th/insights/2024/08/tunisia-substantial-increase-to-ma… pmassetti
South Korea: Improving family leave benefits to boost birth rates korea, Republic of wtwco.com (24.09.2024) With fertility rates among the lowest in the world, South Korea looks to jumpstart more births by boosting paid parental leave benefits and childcare entitlements. Parental leave Published_SS_Monitor https://www.wtwco.com/en-th/insights/2024/09/south-korea-improving-family-leave… pmassetti
China's retirement age reforms not enough to fix pension headache china reuters (24.09.2024) China's move to raise retirement ages is a starting point to plug gaping pension deficits and bolster a shrinking workforce but more pain lies ahead as the economy slows, making further reforms urgent, say economists and demographers. Aging populations are a global phenomenon,… Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-retirement-age-reforms-not-enough-fi… pmassetti
Dutch pension funds to report CO2 reduction progress netherlands ipe.com 817.09.2024) Pension funds should report annually about the progress they make in meeting their CO2 reduction targets. They must also provide more insight into their sustainable investments, Dutch pension regulator DNB announced on its website. Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ipe.com/news/dutch-pension-funds-to-report-co2-reduction-progress/1… pmassetti
India is formalising measures to protect the rights of gig and platform workers india ullekhnp.com (20.09.2024) The latest announcement from the Union labour ministry is that it has asked technology-based platforms and aggregators to get all gig workers engaged by them to register on the e-Shram portal, a centralised database of informal workers, where they can avail of health… Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://ullekhnp.com/2024/09/20/india-is-formalising-measures-to-protect-the-ri… pmassetti