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| Commission launches new initiative to improve health and safety of workers | Europa (12.01.2017) Today the European Commission is taking action to promote Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the EU. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2709&furtherNews=… | monitor | ||||||
| Smoking costs the world economy $1 trillion per year, World Health Organization says | The Washington Post (10.01.2017) Smoking and its side effects cost the world's economies more than $1 trillion and kill about 6 million people each year — with deaths expected to rise by more than a third by 2030, according to a new report from the World Health Organization and the National… |
Health | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/10/smoking-costs-… | monitor | ||||||
| Malta's social protection expenditure among lowest in the EU | malta | Times of Malta (21.12.2016) Social protection expenditure in Malta was among the lowest in the EU, representing just 19 per cent of the gross domestic product. Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, said today that social protection expenditure in the EU increased from 28.3 per cent of the GDP… |
Financing | http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20161221/local/maltas-social-protecti… | monitor | |||||
| France: Repenser la gestion des accidents du travail dans les nouvelles situations de télétravail | france | Les Echos (21.12.2016) 53 % des entreprises estiment que le télétravail constitue un outil intéressant pour limiter les déplacements domicile-travail. Cependant, ces mêmes entreprises pointent du doigt les complexités juridiques de la mise en place d’un tel système. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-164122-repenser-la-gestion-de… | monitor | |||||
| China's Shaanxi opts for scheme letting pensions invest in stocks | china | Reuters (04.01.2017) Shaanxi is set to be one of the first Chinese provinces to participate in a pension investment scheme that allows them to invest in financial markets for the first time, Shaanxi Daily, a newspaper in the northwestern province, reported on Wednesday. With many provinces under… |
Financing | http://www.reuters.com/article/china-pensions-idUSL4N1EU1SI | monitor | |||||
| Emploi Jeunes : La Guinée s’inspire du modèle Ivoirien | guinea | Abidjan.net (02.01.2017) Le Ministre de la Promotion de la Jeunesse, de l’Emploi des Jeunes et du Service Civique Sidi Tiémoko Touré a reçu en audience le Ministre guinéen du Travail, de l’Enseignement Technique et de la Formation Professionnelle, Damantang Albert Camara. C’était à son cabinet à… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment | http://news.abidjan.net/h/607127.html | monitor | ||||
| France: Le « congé de proche aidant » entre en vigueur | france | lemonde.fr (02.01.20117) L’ex-« congé de soutien familial » a été modifié pour mieux répondre aux besoins des salariés. Un actif sur six est concerné. |
Family benefits | http://www.lemonde.fr/emploi/article/2017/01/02/le-conge-de-proche-aidant-en-vi… | monitor | |||||
| Safety Nets Are Becoming Game Changers for Disaster Response in Southern Africa | www.worldbank.org (10.01.2017) Southern Africa has been hit by its worst drought in 35 years. An estimated 32 million people are food insecure. Poverty is expected to rise, jeopardizing decades of hard-won developmental gains in the region. Cash transfers… |
poverty | http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/01/10/how-safety-nets-are-becomin… | monitor | ||||||
| Access to health insurance can increase social cohesion in communities, study shows | news-medical.net (17.01.2017) A new study shows that access to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can contribute to the fraying of neighborhood cohesion. |
Health | http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170117/Access-to-health-insurance-can-increa… | monitor | ||||||
| China: Occupational disease patients to get more benefits | china | China.org (09.01.2017) Those suffering from occupational diseases will receive more welfare benefits following a newly issued plan urging local governments and companies to strengthen preventive measures. The plan, under the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), released by the State Council on Jan 4,… |
Health insurance, Occupational accidents and diseases | managing reforms | http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-01/10/content_40070957.htm | monitor | ||||
| L’Europe sociale progresse contre toute attente | european union | EurActiv (06.01.2017) Le Fonds social européen a concerné un travailleur européen sur deux et aidé 10 millions d’Européens à trouver un emploi. Contrairement à une idée reçue, la situation sociale des Européens s’améliore. |
Financing, Unemployment | http://www.euractiv.fr/section/europe-sociale-emploi/news/leurope-sociale-progr… | monitor | |||||
| Philipinnes: Duterte raises SSS pension, premiums | philippines, the | www.philstar.com (11.01.2017) Beginning this month, retired members of the Social Security System (SSS) will have P1,000 more in monthly pension. |
Pensions | http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/01/11/1661642/duterte-raises-sss-pension… | monitor | |||||
| Etats.Unis: Obamacare - quelle est cette réforme de la couverture-maladie que Trump veut abroger? | United States | RTBF (05.01.2017) Donald Trump et ses alliés républicains ont promis d'abroger la réforme de la couverture-maladie de Barack Obama, dite Obamacare. Explications sur le fonctionnement de cette loi de 2010 et son impact sur le système de santé américain. L'"Affordable Care Act… |
Health, Health insurance | managing reforms | https://www.rtbf.be/info/dossier/election-presidentielle-americaine-la-course-e… | monitor | ||||
| ILO warns of rise in social unrest and migration as inequality widens | The Guardian (12.01.2017) UN agency records rising discontent in all regions and calls on policymakers to tackle unemployment and inequality urgently |
Unemployment, Migration, Inequalities | migration, poverty | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/12/ilo-warns-of-rise-in-social-un… | monitor | |||||
| México: Necesaria, reforma en sistema de pensiones | mexico | El Economista (09.01.2017) Las pensiones de los trabajadores mexicanos a través de una administradora de fondos (afore) serán insuficientes si se mantienen las condiciones actuales de aportación, aunque todavía hay oportunidad de “proteger” a estos ahorradores, por lo que se requiere reformar el… |
Old-age pensions, Pensions, Extension of coverage | managing reforms | http://eleconomista.com.mx/sistema-financiero/2017/01/08/necesaria-reforma-sist… | monitor | ||||
| Brasil perfila la dura reforma de su maltrecho sistema de pensiones | brazil | Hola Ciudad (20.12.2016) El Gobierno brasileño ha dado un paso al frente en la reforma del deficitario sistema de pensiones y ha perfilado los detalles de su polémica iniciativa, necesaria e inaplazable según algunos expertos, y extrema y radical para otros. |
Old-age pensions, Pensions, Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | http://www.holaciudad.com/noticias/Brasil-reforma-maltrecho-sistema-pensiones_0… | monitor | ||||
| Europe: Un cinquième des dépenses de santé sont du gaspillage | Les Echos (13.01.2016( C'est ce que conclut l'OCDE dans un rapport publié ce jeudi. L'institution alerte sur la nécessité de recalibrer les dépenses pour qu'elles soient réaffectées à des fins plus utiles. |
Health, Financing | http://www.lesechos.fr/monde/europe/0211686642815-un-cinquieme-des-depenses-de-… | monitor | ||||||
| Deutschland: Rentenreform - Ost-West-Angleichung soll 15,7 Milliarden Euro kosten | germany | Spiegel (16.01.2017) Für die geplante Anhebung der Rentenwerte im Osten auf das höhere Westniveau rechnet die Regierung mit neuen Milliardenausgaben. Bis zum Jahr 2024 soll der Prozess bis zu 15,7 Milliarden Euro kosten. |
managing reforms | http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/rentenreform-ost-west-angleichung-sol… | monitor | |||||
| Kenya: How proper research led to success of Inua Jamii project for disabled people | kenya | the-star.co.ke (16.01.2017) Social Protection PS Susan Mochache says the national government has spent Sh80.3 billion over four years on the elderly and other vulnerable people through the cash transfer programme. |
Disability | poverty | http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/01/16/how-proper-research-led-to-success-of… | monitor | ||||
| Retraite: cette réforme britannique qui pénalise les Français | france | BFM TV (11.01.2017) Outre-Manche, une nouvelle réglementation soumet désormais à des taxes le transfert sur des supports financiers français de l'épargne retraite placée dans des fonds de pension au Royaume-Uni. Ce qui inquiète évidemment les expatriés tricolores. |
Migration | megatrends, migration | http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/votre-argent/les-francais-expatries-au-royaume-uni… | monitor | ||||
| Canada: Ontario eyes stronger protections for workers who get sick on the job | canada | Toronto Star (16.01.2017) Ontario aims to have a dedicated occupational disease response team in place by the end of the year to improve prevention and enforcement, as well as help workers who get sick from chemical exposures file compensation claims, the Star has learned. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/01/16/ontario-eyes-stronger-protections-f… | monitor | |||||
| France: Taxer les robots pour financer la protection sociale, un remède pire que le mal? | france | L'Express (15.01.2017) Et si les robots finançaient la protection sociale? La proposition n'émane pas d'un scénario de film de science fiction mais du très sérieux Parlement européen. Sa commission juridique a adopté jeudi un rapport de l'eurodéputée Mady Delvaux évoquant la… |
Financing | http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/taxer-les-robots-pour-financ… | monitor | |||||
| Deutschland: BG BAU startet neue Präventionskampagne | germany | Arbeitsschutz-Portal (18.01.2017) Es wurde groß angekündigt, nun ist es gestartet - das Präventionsprogramm "Bau auf Sicherheit. Bau auf dich" von der Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft (BG BAU)! Die Aktion ist auf Dauer angelegt, soll Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer für mehr… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.arbeitsschutz-portal.de/beitrag/asp_news/5622/bg-bau-startet-neue-pr… | monitor | |||||
| [Opinion] France: Martin Hirsch plaide pour une "assurance maladie universelle" | france | Le Point (14.01.2017) Le directeur général de l'Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris vante dans une tribune au "Monde" cette assurance qui rembourserait à 100 |
Health | http://www.lepoint.fr/sante/martin-hirsch-plaide-pour-une-assurance-maladie-uni… | monitor | |||||
| [opinion] Philippines: Pension for all seniors: It’s time | philippines, the | BusinessMirror (19.01.2017) The national debate over the mechanics of how to implement the proposed additional P2,000 in the monthly pension received by the elderly members of the Social Security System (SSS) tends to ignore other glaring facts about the state of destitution affecting majority… |
Pensions | http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/pension-for-all-seniors-its-time | monitor |