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G20 calls for a more inclusive future of work massetti

G20 Argentina (07.10.2018) The G20 Employment Ministerial Meeting in Mendoza ended this afternoon with a joint declaration that calls for “an inclusive, fair and sustainable future of work.” It includes recommendations for addressing the gender gap, as well as the obstacles faced by people with disabilities and the employment situation of young people, among other issues.  

India: Gangwar stressed on signing of social security agreements among G-20 massetti

Business Standard News (07.09.2018) Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar stressed on signing of social security agreements among G-20 countries at the meeting of labour and employment ministers of the grouping held in Argentina

international_agreement india
More and wiser health-care spending could save millions of lives - The price of human lives massetti

The Economist (26.04.2018)  If universal health care is to become ubiquitous, politicians will have to act more boldly

With AI, jobs are changing but no mass unemployment expected – UN labour experts massetti

UN News (04.09.2018) The rise of frontier technologies like Artificial Intelligence has caused fears of robots taking over blue-collar jobs, but a United Nations expert says humans still have the upper hand given their creativity and ability to form relationships.   

Europe’s silent shift to self-employment massetti

euractiv.com (03.07.2018) Self-employment is becoming more diversified in Europe and covers an increasing number of activities. But this small revolution raises issues when it comes to social protection.

Europe
[Report] Spain's health system resilient despite economic crisis dfabbri

Euro.WHO (August 2018) The underlying principles and goals of the Spanish national health system continue to focus on universality, free access, equity and fairness of financing. The evolution of performance measures over the last decade shows the resilience of the health system to macroeconomic conditions, although some structural reforms may be required to improve chronic-care management and the reallocation of resources to high-value interventions.

Health promotion spain
Ghana: Future Of Pensions: The Mega Trends massetti

modernghana.com (22.08.2018) It is the first time in the history of humanity where all five generations are living together. This is good news, however, it comes with its own challenges. One such challenge is the provision of social security for the citizenry. This article looks at three megatrends (demography, globalization and technology) - that will have an impact on pension provision in the future.

Pensions ghana
ADB reminds Asian countries: Ensure social protection for aging population  dfabbri

Business Mirror (21.08.2018) If Asian countries fail to adopt innovative employment and social protection measures, many citizens won’t be able to afford retirement, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Old-age pensions Asia
España: Cuideo: El negocio de cuidar dfabbri

El Pa ís (22.08.2018) En España hay 1,2 millones de personas dependientes y, de ellas, el 26% se encuentra a la espera de recibir las prestaciones a las que tienen derecho, y que, en el mejor de los casos, solo cubren unas horas de atención al día. La crisis y la falta de recursos económicos de la Administración fuerzan a que las familias hagan números para cubrir los gastos.

Health promotion, Long-term care spain
UK: Gig economy demands raise risk of crashing for drivers for companies like Uber and Amazon dfabbri

The Guardian (20.08.2018) Drivers and couriers for companies like Uber and Amazon may be at a higher risk of crashing because of the demands of gig economy work, a new study suggests.

digital platforms united kingdom
Singapore: Noise-induced deafness cases down as workplace injury number falls dfabbri

The Straits Times (20.08.2018) The number of noise-induced deafness cases in the workplace has plunged in the first half of 2018, a change that will help retain workers, especially the good ones, said some analysts. Overall, the picture is also brightening, according to the Manpower Ministry's preliminary figures on workplace safety for the first half of this year, which were released on Monday (Aug 20).

OSH Prevention of occupational risks singapore
Suisse: Politique familiale - Les 38 semaines de congé parental vont secouer Berne dfabbri

TDG (20.08.2018) L’étude publiée ce lundi vivifiera les discussions à la commission du Conseil des États, à propos de l’initiative qui réclame quatre semaines de congé paternité. Se basant sur de récentes recherches, la COFF (Commission fédérale de coordination pour les questions familiales) propose dans son étude 38 semaines de congé parental, soit plus de 9 mois. Avec ce modèle de congé parental très généreux, la COFF vient mettre du sel dans le débat, alors que les partis y vont tous de leurs propositions

Family benefits, Parental leave switzerland
Australia: Cashless welfare card's effectiveness unclear, auditor general says massetti

The Guardian (17.07.2018) The government will push ahead with the expansion of its cashless welfare card trials, despite the auditor general finding it was unclear whether the program was actually reducing social harm.

poverty E-services, Social assistance australia
Life expectancy, Russia, pension ages dfabbri

mercatornet (18.08.2018) A few weeks ago we blogged about the Russian government’s proposed changes to their national pension scheme. The upshot was that the age of entitlement was going to be raised and many people weren’t happy about having to wait longer until they can take their government money. The government’s defence was that people are living longer now than they were when the current pension ages (55 for women and 60 for men) were introduced over thirty years ago.

brics, managing reforms Old-age pensions Russian Federation
Technology can help spring workers from the informality trap massetti

blogs.worldbank.org (13.07.2018) Technology and what it will do to change how we work is the driving obsession of the moment. The truth is that nobody knows for sure what will happen – the only certainty is uncertainty. How then should we plan for the jobs that don’t yet exist?

Ghana: Thinking outside the box gives public insurance scheme a huge boost dfabbri

ILO (14.08.2018) Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has an ambitious goal: to achieve universal health coverage. However, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) realized that its membership had plateaued at about 40 per cent of the population a few years ago and has remained unchanged to date. In addition, the NHIS, like many national health schemes, faces financial challenges, with a limited ability to raise additional funding through taxation or other revenue sources. All money flowing through the NHIA for claims or operations must therefore be wisely spent.

universal health coverage Health promotion, Health insurance ghana
[Report] WHO/Europe: Estonian health system review shows great progress and opportunities for improvement dfabbri

Euro WHO (August 2018) This analysis of the Estonian health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health-care provision, health reforms and health system performance. In 2017, the Estonian government took the historic step of expanding the revenue base of the health system, which has been a longstanding challenge. However, in terms of percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) it remains a small increase and long-term financial sustainability could still pose a problem.

Health promotion estonia
Zambia: Social protection programmes beneficial bridging the gap between the rich and the poor dfabbri

Lusaka Times (15.08.2018) Government has revealed that strides in bridging the gap between the rich and the poor in society through the successful implementation of Social protection programmes have so far yielded positive results.

poverty Social assistance, Conditional cash transfers
France: Fusion des aides sociales - 3,5 millions de ménages subiraient une baisse, selon un rapport dfabbri

Nouvel Obs (03.08.2018) Le dossier s'annonce déjà explosif pour le gouvernement. Un rapport confidentiel, que "le Monde" s'est procuré, montre que le regroupement des "prestations de solidarité" dans une allocation sociale unique (ASU) pourrait faire plus de "perdants" que de "gagnants". Un constat qui ne devrait pas rassurer les milliers de ménages situés en bas de l'échelle des revenus. Inquiètes, les associations luttant contre l'exclusion avaient déjà condamné, début juillet, le report de la présentation du plan pauvreté à la rentrée prochaine.

managing reforms Social assistance france
Togo : Togo: Les volontaires nationaux bénéficient d’une assurance maladie dfabbri

Information de Lome (15.08.2018)  Au cours d’une cérémonie qui a eu lieu à Lomé, l’Institut nationale d’assurance maladie (INAM) a accepté de prendre désormais en compte 2 208 volontaires répartis sur  l’ensemble du territoire national de même que  leurs ayants-droits. Une convention portant sur le programme de couverture sociale a été scellée entre le directeur général de l’ANVT (Agence nationale du volontariat au Togo), Omar Agbangba et la directrice de l’INAM, Myriam Dossou. La cérémonie a été présidée par la ministre du développement à la base, Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé.

Extension of coverage togo
EPIC publishes first yearly thematic report on child and family policy developments in Europe dfabbri

Europa (14.08.2018) The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) has published its annual thematic report. The report outlines changes and new developments during the past year in the area of child and family policies across the EU Member States.

family Children european union
US: Young people want to retire by 60 but experts say that's unlikely dfabbri

CNBC (14.08.2018) According to new research from Charles Schwab, which surveyed 2,000 young Americans aged 16 to 25, a resounding 76 percent think they'll have a better financial future than their parents. And they expect to retire, on average, at age 60. That's "seven years earlier than full Social Security benefit eligibility for their age bracket," the report notes.

Old-age pensions United States
[Policy Brief] WHO: What is the experience of decentralized hospital governance in Europe? dfabbri

euro.who (August 018) Hospitals with greater autonomy are perceived to be more flexible in meeting the needs of the local population. However, there is a tension between the potential to improve responsiveness and flexibility via greater decentralization and the potential efficiency gains and geographical equity derived from centralization. This policy brief explores the experience with decentralized hospital governance in 10 European countries (Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain and Sweden) and finds that there are interesting examples of authorities in systems with decentralized hospital governance collaborating to overcome equity and efficiency concerns, but that the specific institutional and political contexts make it difficult to transfer successful models from one country to another.

Governance and administration european union
Suisse: Coût de la santé - 3 milliards d’économie grâce au contrôle des factures médicales dfabbri

Le Temps (13.08.2018) Les contrôles des factures médicales effectués par les assureurs permettent de réaliser une économie substantielle de près de 3 milliards de francs sur les coûts de la santé pour la seule assurance de base. C’est ce que constate une étude menée pour Santésuisse, l’association faîtière des assureurs, dont Le Temps a pu prendre connaissance.

Financing switzerland
América Latina y el Caribe: Necesario consolidar sistema de protección social para fortalecer sector dfabbri

20 minutos (10.08.2018) En las últimas décadas, los mercados laborales han experimentado cambios relevantes, los cuales han impactado en la estructura de la protección social de la región de América Latina y el Caribe, por ello es importante consolidar un sistema en la materia que fortalezca al sector, consideró GINgroup.

latin america