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Irish take big step towards divestment ireland

Corporate Knights (21.03.2017) A bill requiring Ireland’s €8 billion sovereign wealth fund to divest itself of all coal, oil and gas holdings moved one step closer to ratification after passing a second stage reading in the Irish lower house of parliament in January.

Investment, Financing http://www.corporateknights.com/channels/responsible-investing/irish-take-big-s… monitor
Etats-Unis: Trumpcare : "14 millions d'Américains perdraient leur couverture santé d'ici un an" United States

EuroNews (24.03.2017) Les dépenses de santé aux Etats-Unis sont estimées à 20 % du PIB pour 2017, un record mondial qui se chiffre à 3,5 trillions de dollars. Moins de la moitié de ces dépenses sont financées par le gouvernement américain. (A titre de comparaison, selon l’OCDE, au sein de l’…

Health, Health insurance, Inequalities managing reforms http://fr.euronews.com/2017/03/24/trumpcare-14-millions-d-americains-perdraient… monitor
El gasto de España en protección social se reduce tres décimas y amplía su brecha con la UE spain

20minutos (06.03.2017) El gasto español con relación al PIB es inferior (43,8%) a la media de la UE (47,2%) y de países como Finlandia, Francia (57% ambos) o Dinamarca (54,8%). El porcentaje del gasto dedicado a políticas sociales (ayudas a mayores, parados o dependientes) es del 39,1%, 1,5…

Financing http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2977165/0/gasto-publico-union-europea-eurostat-… monitor
Suisse: L'idée d'augmenter l'âge de la retraite au-delà de 65 ans n'est pas enterrée switzerland

Le Temps (19.03.2017) Hausse de l’âge de la retraite des femmes à 65 ans, bonus AVS de 70 francs pour les nouveaux retraités, baisse du taux de conversion LPP, augmentation de la TVA: les éléments fondateurs de la réforme des retraites mise sous toit par le Parlement vendredi dernier ont…

https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/03/19/lidee-daugmenter-lage-retraite-audela-… monitor
[Opinion] India: Free internet access: the welfare state of 2020 india

YourStory.com (03.04.1017) Over the past year or so, we have seen the announcement of multiple initiatives to provide free internet access to the Indian public. While some of these measures met with justified resistance, it is essential that we do not overlook the great potential that lies in a …

Information and communication technology, Service quality digital economy, services quality https://yourstory.com/2017/04/free-internet-access monitor
France: Pays surréglementé, la France est tombée amoureuse d’Uber france

tdg.ch (10.04.2017) Fruit de la révolution numérique, Uber fait un carton dans les banlieues. De manière générale, la France se veut le pays de la nouvelle économie. Les politiques sont à la traîne.

Employment, Employment of young workers, Information and communication technology digital economy http://www.tdg.ch/monde/pays-surreglemente-france-tombee-amoureuse-uber/story/1… monitor
Ghana: Women on social protection undergo skills training ghana

Business Ghana News (29.03.2017) More than 3,000 women on social protection intervention programmes are receiving skills training as part of efforts to wean them off the programmes.

Employment https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/143749/Women-on-social-protecti… monitor
[Analyse] France: Protection sociale - concilier solidarité et liberté dans un monde en plein bouleversement france

Les Echos (05.03.2017) Prévalence de nouvelles formes de contrat de travail, explosion du chômage, accroissement du nombre de retraités, avènement des nouvelles technologies… Tous ces changements sont autant de défis pour le monde de la protection sociale. Comment faire évoluer les modes de…

Social policies & programmes, Inequalities digital economy https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-168441-protection-sociale-co… monitor
UK: Healthcare urged to look at co-operative model united kingdom

BBC News (05.04.2017) More worker-owned businesses could help deal with the budget shortfall for health and social care, according to the Wales Co-operative Centre.

Health http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39352600 monitor
Here's what the U.S. could learn from Singapore's plan for aging workers

usatoday.com (05.04.2017) At Chatters, a small café in the lobby of a hospital, the staff frothing cappuccinos and managing the register  aren't your typical young baristas.  That's because every employee must be at least 55.

Employment https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/05/singapore-population-aging… monitor
[Publication] Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia Asia

Asian Development Bank (dec 2016) Asia’s growing labor force needs innovative solutions to reduce risks and ensure social protection of workers in vulnerable employment with informal arrangements.

Employment, Extension of coverage, Inequalities extending coverage, poverty https://www.adb.org/publications/social-protection-informal-workers-asia monitor
Europe: Workplace cancer prevention must be extended to reprotoxic substances european union

EurActiv (30.03. 2017) Putting more than 10 years of paralysis behind it, the European Commission finally launched a revision of the directive on the prevention of occupational cancers in May 2016. Lawmakers can now address reprotoxic substances in the workplace, writes Laurent Vogel.

Occupational accidents and diseases http://www.euractiv.com/section/diabetes-cancer-hepatitis/opinion/workplace-can… monitor
SSA's Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL) - CarePlus New Jersey Mental Health Care, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy Americas

Social Security Administration is committed to providing benefits quickly to claimants whose medical conditions are so serious that they clearly meet our disability standards.  Our two fast-track processes, Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL), use…

Disability, Pensions http://www.careplusnj.org/mental-health/ssas-quick-disability-determination-qdd… ruggia
Quick Disability Determination (QDD) - Part 1 of Fast-Track Disability Process - Disability Help Group Americas

Country: USA. Institution: SSA. DocType: Regulation/Business Process.

In an effort to improve the speed and quality of their disability claims process, Social Security developed the “fast-track” program, a two-part initiative that uses computer technology to identify cases where…

Disability, Information and communication technology, Pensions https://www.disabilityhelpgroup.com/quick-disability-determination-qdd-social-s… ruggia
New Forms of Work in the Digital Economy - OECD iLibrary

This paper provides new evidence on the development of online platforms and explores the emergence of new forms of work in the digital economy. Following the rise of platforms that match demand and supply of goods (e-commerce) and information (search, social networks), platform markets for…

Employment digital economy, labour markets http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/fr/science-and-technology/new-forms-of-work-in-the… massetti
[Opinion[ Contre le chômage, inciter les Etats à augmenter leurs prestations sociales,

Les Echos (27.07.2016) Par peur du chômage, la France a longtemps augmenté ses allocations chômage, favorisant le refus de l'emploi. Dans le même temps, la concurrence internationale pousse au dumping social et fiscal entre les Etats. Et si la France faisait pression sur ses voisins pour qu…

http://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-159177-en-france-le-chomage-e… monitor
New Zealand: New ministry dedicated to care and protection

beehive.govt.nz (18.08.20116) Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says that a new child-centred, stand-alone ministry with a new Chief Executive is to be established to focus on the care and protection of vulnerable children and young people.

Family benefits https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-ministry-dedicated-care-and-protection monitor
Bahamas: Universal Health Coverage - Full Range of Benefits/Potential Lowering of Private Health Insurance Costs

The Bahamas Weekly (13.08.2016) Eligible citizens and legal residents of The Bahamas will have access to a full range of benefits needed to restore and maintain optimum health under the proposed National Health Insurance Plan.

Extension of coverage extending coverage http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Universal_Health_Cover… monitor
El envejecimiento de los trabajadores amenaza la productividad de la zona euro european union

El País (19.08.2016) Un informe de expertos del FMI sitúa a los países del sur de Europa como los más expuestos al aumento de la edad de la fuerza laboral

Old-age pensions, Population ageing megatrends http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/08/18/actualidad/1471517123_001849.html monitor
Belgique: Les congés parentaux sont en pleine explosion chez nous: "C’est évidemment toujours un problème dans l’entreprise belgium

RTL Info (16.08.2016) Le congé parental a de plus en plus de succès. Les employés qui choisissent de lâcher du lest pour s'occuper de leur enfant sont chaque année plus nombreux. Les allocations octroyées pour congé parental ont augmenté de 74% en 10 ans.

Family benefits http://www.rtl.be/info/belgique/societe/les-conges-parentaux-sont-en-pleine-exp… monitor
Facing the social protection challenges of climate change

Asian Development Blog (25.08.2016) Natural disasters bringing previously unimaginable chaos, heartbreak, and economic and social casualties are likely to increase in number and intensity in the coming years due to climate change.

Shocks & extreme events, Natural disasters climate change http://blogs.adb.org/blog/facing-social-protection-challenges-climate-change monitor
Brazil’s Fiscal Plan Could Falter Without Pension Reform brazil

Bloomberg (16.08.2016) Acting President Michel Temer’s prized fiscal austerity proposal to cap public spending will only succeed if he can convince Brazil’s Congress to pass a controversial pension reform as well, according to a leading member of his economic team.

Social policies & programmes managing reforms http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-15/temer-s-star-fiscal-plan-only… monitor
France: Pire que l’absentéisme au travail, le surprésentéisme? france

bfmtv (08.08.2016) Travailler à tout prix, même quand on est malade, n’est pas la solution. Cela ne fait que retarder et aggraver l’état de santé.

Occupational accidents and diseases http://www.bfmtv.com/sante/pire-que-l-absenteisme-au-travail-le-surpresenteisme… monitor
Pourquoi l’homéopathie est couverte par l'assurance maladie suisse switzerland

swissinfo.ch (24.08.2016) La Suisse nage à contre-courant avec sa décision d'accorder aux thérapies complémentaires le même statut que la médecine conventionnelle. La volonté des citoyens prime dans ce cas sur la science.

Health http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/th%C3%A9rapies-alternatives_pourquoi-l-hom%C3%A9opa… monitor
Deutschland: Ruhestand: Bundesbank fordert Rente mit 69 germany

Die Zeit (15.08.2016) Das Renteneintrittsalter wird derzeit von 65 auf 67 Jahre angehoben. Den Experten der Bundesbank geht das nicht weit genug.

Old-age pensions, Pensions managing reforms http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2016-08/deutsche-bundesbank-ruhestand-rente-eintr… monitor