Social Europe (15.01.2019) Official EU statistics mask the alarming extent of poverty and inequality in Europe. Despite slight recent easing, its dangerous scale threatens Europe’s social and political cohesion.

ejinsight (10.01.2019) Much has been written about the “future of work,” and much of it makes for gloomy reading. Study after study predicts that automation will upend entire industries and leave millions unemployed. A 2013 paper by two Oxford professors even suggested that machines could…

lesnumeriques.com (11.01.2019) Dans un arrêt rendu le 10 janvier 2019, la cour d'appel de Paris a estimé que le contrat qui liait un ancien chauffeur Uber à la célèbre plateforme de VTC était bien un "contrat de travail". Le lien de subordination entre le chauffeur et la plateforme a pu…

OECD (2018) The positive impacts of social protection on reducing poverty and inequality and contributing to development are well evidenced. Establishing an integrated system facilitates the provision of a social protection floor, whereby individuals are appropriately protected…

 The Atlantic (11.01.2019) Workers may not be replaced by robots anytime soon, but they’ll likely face shorter hours, lower pay, and stolen time.

healthcare-informatics.com (07.11.2018) What if helpful community services could be e-prescribed from the EHR in much the same way that an antibiotic or statin is today? That is the vision of Stacy Lindau, M.D., a professor of obstetrics/gynecology and geriatrics at the University of Chicago who…

El País (14.01.2019) Los Presupuestos de 2019 vuelven a incluir un préstamo de Hacienda a la Seguridad Social para pagar las pensiones. Ascenderá a unos 15.000 millones, el equivalente al 1,2% del PIB, apuntan fuentes de Trabajo. Es una cantidad parecida a la de 2018 y supera los 10.000 millones…

London Evening Standard (10.01.2019)  A new year means a new start as millions of us make resolutions for the coming 12 months - putting self care at the top of our agenda. And with the workplace being where we spend most of our time, it is perhaps important to consider how we are looking…

Social Europe  (14.01.2019) In Ireland the absence of universal health- and childcare makes the insecurity of precarious work even greater.

ReliefWeb (31.12.2018) Despite significant progress in the reduction of extreme poverty in recent years, millions of children are still poor or vulnerable to poverty. There is growing consensus that poverty comprises more dimensions than just monetary. Social protection policies can help address…

yabiladi (11.01.2019) Le Conseil de gouvernement a adopté, jeudi, le projet de loi n° 2.18.686 fixant les conditions d'application du régime de sécurité sociale aux travailleurs et travailleuses domestiques, avec la création d'une commission chargée de l'examen des observations soulevées lors du…

irishtimes.com (10.01.2019) Other 'megatrends' will be as influential

Rurope1 (11.01.2019) Pour lutter contre les violences des élèves, un rapport propose la suspension des allocations des parents. Une mesure déjà appliquée par le passé dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’absentéisme, avec un succès mitigé.

ReliefWeb (09.01.2019) On official request, WFP assisted the Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to improve the country's social protection framework to better cater to the needs of its most vulnerable citizens following a disaster. Nineteen governmental and non-governmental officials…

Le Temps (10.01.2019) Les secteurs bancaire et pharmaceutique apparaissent en pleine restructuration alors que la pression a diminué sur l’industrie, selon une étude. Les seniors mettent jusqu’à deux fois plus de temps pour retrouver un emploi

Le Monde (09.01.2019) Burn-out, état de stress post-traumatique... 10 000 troubles psychosociaux, et sans doute autant de non déclarés comme tels, ont été reconnus comme accidents du travail en 2016, selon l’Assurance-maladie.

démonstration de l'inefficacité de la privatisation de la protection sociale : l'exemple des Etats Unis

Chinadaily.com (08.01.2019) The global population is becoming older due mainly to fewer children being born, reinforced by people living much longer. China is now home to the largest number of elderly people and their size is increasing faster than in most other aging countries, with the fastest…

Prensa (20.12.2018) El más reciente informe laboral de la Contraloría General de la República (agosto 2018) indica que 43.6% de los trabajadores panameños tienen empleos informales, casi siete puntos por encima de su nivel histórico más bajo, alcanzado en 2011 (36.9%).

EurActiv (21.12.2018) The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to pay attention to the consequences of their policies and compensate vulnerable groups that could be hit by new taxes.

Development Pathways (26.11.2018) A recommendation that Indonesia moves from a social protection system that only targets the poorest to one that is inclusive of all citizens is included in a new Government-commissioned report.

Le Temps (08.01.2019) Applications et autres appareils électroniques mettent le système de santé traditionnel au défi, explique Nicolas Bourdillon, chercheur à l’Unil et responsable recherche et développement de la start-up Becare SA. Il sera du 8 au 11 janvier au CES Las Vegas, une convention…

franceinter (07.01.2019) L'assurance-chômage est accessible à de nouveaux ayants-droits depuis le 1er janvier. En contrepartie, les sanctions contre les inscrits à pôle-emploi, qui ne respectent pas leurs devoirs, sont plus sévères. Le renforcement des sanctions est-il la solution ?

baltictimes (03.01.2019) The Occupational Health and Safety Act has been amended as of January 1 and several new regulations have entered into force in Estonia as a result, including an updated procedure for submitting an occupational accident report as well as the content thereof.

adb.org (21.08.2018) Extending social protection to all jobs will facilitate labor market mobility.