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La Suisse cherche un statut pour les chauffeurs d’Uber | switzerland | Le Temps (22.03.2018) La plateforme de transport se dit prête à améliorer la couverture sociale de ses utilisateurs-chauffeurs. Le SECO considère qu’ils sont des employés, alors que le Conseil fédéral envisage un statut hybride, entre salariés et indépendants |
Quel statut pour les chauffeurs d’Uber? Le Conseil fédéral envisage un statut hybride, entre salariés et indépendants, qui fournirait une couverture sociale minimale, tandis que le Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie les considère comme des employés. La plateforme de transports se dit prête à of |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/suisse-cherche-un-statut-chauffeurs-duber | fabbri | |||
Dans quels pays les femmes peuvent-elles prendre leur retraite avant les hommes ? | lemonde.fr ( 26.03.2018) Un Argentin est soupçonné d’avoir changé de sexe pour pouvoir cesser le travail plus tôt, car les femmes peuvent bénéficier de la retraite avant les hommes. L’âge de départ dépend du genre dans de nombreux pays. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2018/03/26/dans-quels-pays-les-femm… | massetti | |||||
Le Brexit pose déjà problème au système de santé britannique – | united kingdom | EURACTIV (16.03.2018) Allongement de l’attente, pénurie d’employés, retard dans l’approbation de nouveaux médicaments : le Brexit entraîne déjà une série de problèmes pour les soins des Britannique |
Allongement de l’attente, pénurie d’employés, retard dans l’approbation de nouveaux médicaments : le Brexit entraîne déjà une série de problèmes pour les soins des Britannique Allongement de l’attente, pénurie d’employés, retard dans l’approbation de nouveaux médicaments : le Br |
Health | economic crisis | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.fr/section/royaume-uni-en-europe/news/nhs-faces-serious-ch… | fabbri | ||
[Opinion] Why It’s So Hard to Reform Canadian Health Care | canada | The New York Times (24.03.2018) Too many Canadians and Americans are negatively fixated on each other’s health systems — and the distortions that accompany so many conversations about health reform make it harder to improve care on both sides of the border. |
Too many Canadians and Americans are negatively fixated on each other’s health systems — and the distortions that accompany so many conversations about health reform make it harder to improve care on both sides of the border. Canadians staunchly support our universal health care system, a |
Health, Health insurance | universal health care | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/canada-health-reform.html | fabbri | ||
Digital economy and automation to impact Malaysian labour market | malaysia | Digital News Asia (18.03.2018) Individuals at all levels will need to actively develop their skills and stay relevant. Many sectors being reshaped by technology, creating new roles and different demands
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Ambank Research believes that upward pressure on the labour market in Malaysia could be brought about by the growing digital economy, while automation could contribute to unemployment. In a recent economics report, the research house opined: “With the economy poised to grow at a 5.5% in 2 |
Employment | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/digital-economy-and-automation-… | fabbri | |||
Cambodia: New National Social Security Fund Rules Introduced | cambodia | Mondaq /22.03.2018) The requirement that all Cambodian employers register their enterprises and employees with the National Social Security Fund is one of a number of changes introduced in recent months as part of the implementation of the health care insurance scheme. |
The requirement that all Cambodian employers register their enterprises and employees with the National Social Security Fund is one of a number of changes introduced in recent months as part of the implementation of the health care insurance scheme. The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Tr |
Health, Extension of coverage, Difficult-to-cover groups | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.mondaq.com/x/685068/Employee+Benefits+Compensation/New+National+Soci… | fabbri | |||
Suisse: Ces chômeurs en fin de droits qui basculent dans l'aide sociale | switzerland | Le Temps (23.03.2018) Alors que l'économie se porte au mieux, le nombre de demandeurs d’emploi qui se retrouvent à l’aide sociale a doublé en une décennie. Leur sort cause une préoccupation croissante dans le cadre du débat sur la libre circulation |
Une Suisse florissante, des prévisions de croissance plus souriantes encore, une création d’emplois soutenue, le tout dans un contexte international solide. Les dernières prévisions de la Banque nationale suisse, il y a une semaine, confirment que tout va bien pour les Suisses sur le plan économi |
Unemployment, Social assistance | labour markets, megatrends | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/chomeurs-fin-droits-basculent-laide-sociale | fabbri | ||
Building Resilience and Protecting Vulnerable Yemenis Through Cash Transfers | yemen | Yemen ReliefWeb (21.03.2018) Life has dramatically changed in Yemen since the conflict started,” said Naji Saeed, a day laborer in the Taiz governorate. The construction work that was the source of Saeed’s livelihood has all but ended as a result of the conflict. “I lost my job like millions of… |
“Life has dramatically changed in Yemen since the conflict started,” said Naji Saeed, a day laborer in the Taiz governorate. The construction work that was the source of Saeed’s livelihood has all but ended as a result of the conflict. “I lost my job like millions of Yemenis and I don’t know what |
Social assistance, Conditional cash transfers | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/building-resilience-and-protecting-vulnerabl… | fabbri | ||
How migration data can deliver real-life benefits for migrants and governments | mckinsey.com (January 2018) As countries have joined together on a path toward increased cooperation and action on migration, investment in data will be crucial for its success. |
igration is a complex global challenge. An estimated 258 million people currently reside outside their country of birth—a number that has almost tripled in the past 50 years. This has policy implications across myriad dimensions, ranging from border management to |
Information and communication technology | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/how-migration-da… | massetti | ||||
AI and government | oecd-forum.org ( 14.03.2018) This piece attempts an overview of how AI will affect government, and what could go wrong |
Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.oecd-forum.org/channels/722-digitalisation/posts/31245-ai-and-gover… | massetti | ||||||
Botswana faces ticking time bomb over youth unemployment | botswana | Journal du Cameroun (13.03.2018) The United National Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on the Botswana government to prioritise economic reform and investment to urgently accelerate creation of jobs and improve livelihoods for the country’s youth, APA learnt here on Wednesday.In a report… |
The United National Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on the Botswana government to prioritise economic reform and investment to urgently accelerate creation of jobs and improve livelihoods for the country’s youth, APA learnt here on Wednesday.In a report that was launched by incoming Deputy Pre |
Unemployment | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/botswana-faces-ticking-time-bomb-over-yout… | fabbri | ||
ASEAN planning to draw up occupational health guidelines | Asia | xinhuanet (22.03.2018) ASEAN member countries are planning to create occupational health guidelines for industries by risk factor, to provide preventive measure recommendations for workers' health in Laos and the region, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Wednesday. Occupational health and… |
ASEAN member countries are planning to create occupational health guidelines for industries by risk factor, to provide preventive measure recommendations for workers' health in Laos and the region, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Wednesday. Occupational health and safety is one of |
Occupational accidents and diseases | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/21/c_137054480.htm | fabbri | ||
Irish social welfare benefits increase next week - over one Irish million people to get extra €5 a week in payments from next Monday | ireland | The Sun (22.03.2018) Pensioners, people with disabilities, carers, lone parents, widows, jobseekers, maternity and paternity benefit recipients will all see payments rise by €5 a week from Monday March 26 |
OVER one million Irish people will see an increase in their social welfare benefits from next week.Several weekly payments wil |
Social assistance, Conditional cash transfers | managing reforms | Proposition_SS_Monitor | https://www.thesun.ie/money/2328788/irish-social-welfare-benefits-increase-next… | fabbri | ||
Millions in China with bad 'social credit' barred from buying plane, train tickets | china | Channel NewsAsia (19.03.2018) More than nine million people in China have been barred from buying plane tickets and another three million from buying business-class train tickets because of their poor "social credit" ratings, according to deputy head of the National Development and Reform… |
More than nine million people in China have been barred from buying plane tickets and another three million from buying business-class train tickets because of their poor "social credit" ratings, according to deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission. Under China |
Governance and administration, Error, evasion and fraud | brics | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-bad-social-credit-barred… | fabbri | ||
Policy review to make life better for senior citizens | jamaica | jamaicaobserver.com (12.03.2018) The Government is pushing ahead with the promulgation of a revised national policy for Jamaica's senior citizens that was tabled in the House of Representatives as far back as 1997 by former Prime Minister Portia Simpson. |
In February last year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration had renewed interest in the policy and that it was being reviewed by his Cabinet.
Holness said then that the aim was “to build a society where older people cont |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/policy-review-to-make-life-better-for-senio… | massetti | |||
El cambio climático llevará a 17 millones de personas a la migración interna en América Latina hasta 2050 | latin america | El País (20.03.2018) Casi cuatro millones de mexicanos y centroamericanos se verían obligados a dejar sus hogares por la subida del nivel del mar y la menor producción agrícola, según el Banco Mundial |
El cambio climático, tantas veces relegado a un segundo plano en favor de debates de corto plazo y escaso recorrido, es el gran reto económico y social del siglo XXI. Es una amenaza existencial, como alerta la directora general del |
Migration | climate change, megatrends, migration | Published_SS_Monitor | https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/03/19/america/1521482051_011788.html | fabbri | ||
France: Assurance chômage - une nouvelle échelle de sanctions annoncée | france | Le Monde (20.03.2018) L’équipe de la ministre du travail a présenté aux syndicats les changements des procédures d’accompagnement des personnes sans emploi. Lors d’une réunion avec les huit organisations syndicales et patronales représentatives, le directeur de cabinet de la ministre du… |
Lors d’une réunion avec les huit organisations syndicales et patronales représentatives, le directeur de cabinet de la ministre du travail a présenté, lundi 19 mars, les principaux points de la réforme de l’assurance-chômage. Une nouvelle échelle de sanctions. Selon |
Unemployment, Error, evasion and fraud | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/03/19/assurance-chomage-une-nou… | fabbri | ||
[Analyse] Dans 20 ans, les robots feront le sale boulot | Le Temps (18.03.2018) Ces prochaines années, les robots vont prendre une place considérable dans un monde du travail bouleversé. «Le Temps» a sondé trois experts, qui imaginent chacun à leur façon un nouveau paradigme qui questionne notre relation à l’emploi |
Comment travaillera-t-on dans vingt ans? Ou plutôt, travaillera-t-on encore d’ici à deux décennies? Les robots se montrent toujours plus efficaces, accomplissent des tâches toujours plus compliquées et, de façon encore plus cruciale, deviennent capables d’apprendre et de développer leurs compéten |
labour markets | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/20-ans-robots-feront-sale-boulot | fabbri | ||||
ILO Decent Work Results 2016-2017: ILO launches new app to highlight its results | ILO (12.03.2018) The ILO has launched a new web application to highlight its achievements in promoting decent work in 2016-2017. The ILO has launched a new web application to… |
The ILO has launched a new web application to highlight its achievements in promoting decent work in 2016-2017. |
Employment | data analytics, digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_620592/lang--en/inde… | fabbri | |||
[Blog] Technology through the lens of occupational hazards and risks | ILO Blog (13.03.2018) The premise of occupational safety and health – my field of specialization — is that work should do no harm to health and in the best of worlds, should support it. But discerning whether technology and new forms of work are doing harm or doing good can often be tricky. |
The premise of occupational safety and health – my field of specialization — is that work should do no harm to health and in the best of worlds, should support it. But discerning whether technology and new forms of work are doing harm or doing good can often be tricky. Let me give a |
Occupational accidents and diseases | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://iloblog.org/2018/03/13/technology-through-the-lens-of-occupational-haza… | fabbri | |||
IoT (Internet of Things) : The Solution To Improved Government Social Protection | Part of the government’s role is to provide social protection for factors that make people vulnerable. For example, people face unemployment, health problems, and other factors that create physical, economic, and other problems in their lives. Government regulations work to reduce risks that… |
IoT’s potential for improving social protectionIoT technology can provide benefits for both government agencies and the people they serve. The public sector can use IoT to gather and process data with the goal of running its agencies better and improving services. IoT technology p |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.digitalistmag.com/iot/2018/02/09/iot-solution-to-improved-government… | massetti | |||||
Government of Canada Supports World Congress on Return to Work / Disability Management IFDM 2018 to be Held October 14-17, 2018 in Vancouver, BC, Canada | Business Wire (16.03.2018) The Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS) is pleased to announce that the 2018 International Forum on Disability Management (IFDM) conference will receive $75,000 through the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program-… |
Canada is at its best and all of society benefits when everyone is included,” said the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. “By bringing together academics, professionals and disability stakeholders from all over the world to share the |
Return to work | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180314005371/en/Government-Canada-Supp… | fabbri | |||
The limits of using 'Big Data' for development - an economist writes | Development Pathways (08.02.2018) Get your inner nerd out! The World Bank has launched a competition to help them better predict a households’ poverty status based on easy-to-collect information and machine learning algorithms. |
“Right now measuring poverty is hard, time consuming, and expensive,” the World Bank states. “By building better models, we can run surveys with fewer, more targeted questions that rapidly and chea |
Information and communication technology, Extension of coverage, Social assistance | big data | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/resources/the-limits-of-using-big-data-for… | massetti | |||
Expertos del gobierno chileno trabajan en una reforma al sistema de pensiones | chile | larepublica (15.03.2018) El eje central de la propuesta previsional de este gobierno es el aumento en cuatro puntos de la cotización con cargo al empleador. También se plantea abrir la competencia a las AFP, donde se está analizando la idea de que las cajas de compensación y las compañías de… |
Mónica Titze y Augusto Iglesias, parte de la campaña presidencial de Sebastián Piñera, están encargados de elaborar el documento. Diario Financiero A pesar de que no fue parte de uno de los cinco grandes acuerdos a los que convocó el presidente Sebastián Piñera en su discurso del |
Pensions, Financing | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.larepublica.co/globoeconomia/reforma-la-sistema-de-pensiones-chilen… | fabbri | ||
[Analysis] Long-term care: How Can Europe’s Social Services Solve A Growing Recruitment Crisis? | Europe | Social Europe (15.03.2018) Against a backdrop of ageing societies and the associated increase in long-term conditions such as dementia, long-term care is growing in importance in all European countries. Socio-demographic changes, including family formation patterns, the geographical… |
Against a backdrop of ageing societies and the associated increase in long-term conditions such as dementia, long-term care is growing in importance in all European countries. Socio-demographic changes, including family formation patterns, the geographical location of family members and changes i |
Demographic change, Long-term care | family_gender_society, megatrends | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.socialeurope.eu/how-can-europes-social-services-solve-a-growing-rec… | fabbri |