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Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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España: Enfermedades profesionales se dispararon | spain | Segundo Enfoque (22.08.2018) Las enfermedades profesionales se dispararon un 30% desde la reforma laboral del presidente Mariano Rajoy. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://segundoenfoque.com/enfermedades-profesionales-se-dispararon-en-espana-25… | monitor | ||||
Philippines’ New Approach Provides Quick Financing after Natural Disasters | philippines, the | worldbank.org (16.08.2017) Developing countries vulnerable to natural disasters are increasingly looking to build their resilience and find ways to mitigate the financial cost of disasters. |
published | http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/08/16/philippines-new-approach-pr… | monitor | |||||
Suisse: La prévoyance vieillesse 2020, une réforme qui se lit comme un polar | switzerland | Le Temps (23.08.2017) A Berne, la réforme de la prévoyance vieillesse a viré au polar et tenu le monde politique en haleine dans sa phase finale. Récit des moments forts alors que l’ultime obstacle se profile: la votation populaire du 24 septembre 2017 |
Pensions | managing reforms, published | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/08/23/prevoyance-vieillesse-2020-une-reforme… | monitor | ||||
The Livelihood Impacts of Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Beneficiary Perspectives from Six Countries | Africa | World Development (nov 2017) Cash transfers (CTs) are a social protection mechanism to reduce the poorest households’ vulnerability to shocks and build human capital by smoothing consumption and sustaining expenditure on education and social welfare. Our study examines whether and how CTs go… |
Extension of coverage, Conditional cash transfers | extending coverage, cct, published | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X17301821 | monitor | ||||
Suisse: Santé - Les primes maladies asphyxient le budget d'une famille sur deux | switzerland | 24heures (15.08.2017) Chaque assuré s'attend à payer 270 francs de plus par an en 2018, selon comparis.ch. |
Health, Financing | https://www.24heures.ch/savoirs/sante/primes-maladies-asphyxient-budget-famille… | monitor | |||||
Canada: CPP changes will disqualify 243,000 from Guaranteed Income Supplement: report | canada | The Globe and Mail (23.08.2017) The federal government’s plans to enhance the Canada Pension Plan will ultimately bump 243,000 low-income Canadians from qualifying for the Guaranteed Income Supplement, according to the latest report from Canada’s chief actuary. |
Pensions | managing reforms, published | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cpp-changes-will-disqualify-24300… | monitor | ||||
[Interview] Tackling youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Creating decent jobs for a rapidly expanding young African labour force | Africa | ILO (24.08.2017) Within the next 15 years, some 375 million young people will become of working age in Africa, equivalent to the current population of Canada and the United States combined. By 2050, nearly one in three young people will be living in sub-Saharan Africa, and most of them simply… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_570043/lang--en/… | monitor | ||||
Canada: Injury and wellness: what are employers spending on prevention? | canada | Plant (23.08.2017) The Institute for Work and Health is conducting a comprehensive study that aims to find benchmarks across sectors. What workplace injuries and illnesses cost in Ontario is evident, but what do Ontario employers spend on prevention? That’s a question the Institute for Work and… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.plant.ca/features/injury-wellness-spending-prevention | monitor | ||||
España: El sistema tiene un millón de cotizantes menos para pagar 1,2 millones de pensiones más | spain | El País (25.08.2017) El número de pensiones crece a un ritmo sostenido del 1,1% y el gasto, un 3% anual. La ratio entre cotizantes y pensionistas cae al mínimo de los últimos 18 años |
Pensions, Financing | published | https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2017/08/24/midinero/1503572426_850467.ht… | monitor | ||||
Que contient la directive européenne sur les travailleurs détachés? | european union | Le Monde (24.08.2017) En déplacement en Europe centrale, Emmanuel Macron a critiqué le mécanisme, accusé de favoriser le « dumping social . |
Migration | migration | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/08/23/que-contient-la-direc… | monitor | ||||
Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights | qatar | Human Rights Watch (24.08.2017) Qatar’s adoption of a new law on domestic workers provides labor rights for domestic workers for the first time, Human Rights Watch said today. Qatari authorities should enact strong enforcement policies and close loopholes that place domestic workers at risk of… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, migration, published | https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/08/24/qatar-new-law-gives-domestic-workers-labor-… | monitor | ||||
Estado del bienestar en el mundo | Informacion (27.08.2017) El propósito de la ONU es establecer un mínimo Estado del Bienestar y garantizar programas de protección social absolutamente necesarios para erradicar la pobreza y reducir la vulnerabilidad |
http://www.diarioinformacion.com/opinion/2017/08/26/bienestar-mundo/1929693.html | monitor | |||||||
Occupational safety, health are basic rights | straitstimes (27.08.2017) Hosted for the first time in South-east Asia, the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work looks at preventing occupational accidents, diseases |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/occupational-safety-health-are-b… | monitor | ||||||
Launch of the Global Commission on the Future of Work | ilo.org (21.08.2017) This event launched the Global Commission on the Future of Work, a body of 20 experts who will come together to tackle the fundamental question of how a rapidly transforming world of work should be organized so that it responds to the values of social justice. During the… |
Employment policies, Employment of young workers, Migration | labour markets | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/future-of-work/news/WCMS_570387/lang--en/index… | lasalle | ||||
Disrupting the trust business | economist.com (06.06.2017) The trust business is little noticed but huge. Startups deploying blockchain technology threaten to disrupt it, and much else besides |
Technological transition, Error, evasion and fraud | digital platforms | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://worldif.economist.com/article/13525/disrupting-trust-business | lasalle | ||||
For robots to work with people, they must understand people | economist.com (17.07.2017) Direct interaction between robots and humans at work is changing the face—or rather the arms—of manufacturing. Such interaction also means that roboticists need to design effective team mates as well as efficient workers. Cobots operate in a realm where human thoughts… |
Occupational accidents and diseases, Information and communication technology, Technological transition | robotization | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21726686-bots-factory-are… | lasalle | ||||
International Taxation in the Digital Economy: Challenge Accepted? | austaxpolicy.com (14.08.2017) The digitalization of the economy is considered as a key driver of innovation, economic growth, and societal change. At the same time, it poses a major challenge to the international tax system. |
Contribution collection and compliance, Financing | digital platforms | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.austaxpolicy.com/international-taxation-digital-economy-challenge-ac… | massetti | ||||
EEUU: La mayoría de los médicos apoya un seguro de salud universal | United States | El Tiempo Latino (19.08.2017) La atención médica con un pagador único sigue siendo una idea controversial en los Estados Unidos, pero la gran mayoría de los médicos está comenzando a apoyarla, según revela una nueva encuesta. |
Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://eltiempolatino.com/news/2017/aug/18/la-mayoria-de-los-medicos-apoya-un-s… | monitor | ||||
Côte d'Ivoire: Accidents de travail,voici les secteurs d’activités exposés | côte d'ivoire | Abidjan.net (19.08.2019) Professeur Yoboue Kouamé Yves, directeur de la prévention et de la promotion de la santé et sécurité au travail, interrogé au cours de la rencontre bilan de l’exercice 2016 de la Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS), lève un coin de voile sur les secteurs d’… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://news.abidjan.net/h/620834.html | monitor | |||||
Côte d'Ivoire: Sécurité sociale - La Cnps va bien, les pensions relevées | côte d'ivoire | fratmat (19.08.2017) « Quand on gère un bien public, on a obligation de rendre compte. » Charles Kouassi, directeur général de la Cnps, justifiait le 17 août 2017 la conférence de presse bilan tenue à l’hôtel Azalai. |
Pensions, Financing | https://www.fratmat.info/index.php/nos-unes/securite-sociale-la-cnps-va-bien-le… | monitor | |||||
Is Nigeria’s Social Protection on the cusp of transformation? | nigeria | developmentpathways.co.uk (17.08.2017) Will the design of a direct cash transfer in Nigeria ensure its ongoing popularity and sustainability? Guest blogger Gbenga Shadare considers the issues. |
Extension of coverage | cct, extending coverage, published | http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/resources/nigerias-social-protection-cusp-… | monitor | ||||
[Beitrag] Deutschland: Studie zu "mobiler Arbeit" | germany | Arbeitsschutz-Portal (19.08.2017) Mobiles Arbeiten ist zur regelrechten Glaubensfrage geworden. Die einen schwören auf die Arbeit von überall und genießen die Flexibilität und Freiheit – die anderen sehen genau darin das Problem: Fließen Privatleben und Arbeit nicht zu sehr zusammen, wenn sie… |
https://www.arbeitsschutz-portal.de/beitrag/asp_news/6107/studie-mobile-worker-… | monitor | ||||||
Strengthening Social Protection for Emergencies like Drought | Africa | worldbank.org (16.08.2017) The effects of the 2015 El-Nino induced drought lasted well into 2017, and affected a quarter of Lesotho’s population of 2.2 million. |
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/08/16/strengthening-social-protec… | monitor | ||||||
Achats en ligne: Ottawa et Québec invités à imposer une taxe | lapresse.ca (31.07.2017) La fiscaliste Marwah Rizqy incite Ottawa et Québec à emboîter le pas à plusieurs pays de l'OCDE pour récupérer les millions de dollars en taxes sur les achats de produits ou de services en ligne que les gouvernements perdent chaque année. |
Contribution collection and compliance, Financing | contribution collection, freelance, policy reponse | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/technologie/201707/31/01-5120728-achats-en… | lasalle | ||||
What new business models are made possible by digitization? | mit.edu - What new business models are made possible by digitization? How can entrepreneurs more quickly implement these models in ways that create widespread benefits for all? The IDE works to define the basic principles and systems to help companies design successful platform strategies… |
Technological transition | digital platforms | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://ide.mit.edu/research-pillars/new-digital-business-models | lasalle |