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[Blog] Suisse: Le burn-out une maladie professionnelle ? Le débat s’ouvre à Berne ! fabbri

Le Temps (27.03.2018) Une initiative parlementaire sera prochainement discutée à Berne pour faire reconnaître le burnout comme maladie professionnelle : « L’acceptation de cet état comme maladie professionnelle permettrait de reconnaître cette pathologie en constante augmentation. Une telle reconnaissance permettrait une meilleure prise en charge des patients, faciliterait la réinsertion professionnelle en contribuant à admettre socialement ce syndrome et permettrait de renforcer la prévention de son apparition »

OSH, prevention Occupational accidents and diseases switzerland
Future of work - OECD massetti

the OECD Future of Work initiative looks at how demographic change, globalisation and technological progress are affecting job quantity and quality, as well as labour market inclusiveness - and what this means for labour market, skills and social policy. 

Canada: Quebec Pension Plan enhancement approved and consultations announced in federal budget fabbri

newswire (12.03.2018) Morneau Shepell released the March 2018 issue of its monthly newsletter, News & Viewsin which the Company looked at a number of topics including: the Act to enhance the Quebec Pension Plan and amend various retirement-related provisions, relevant announcements in the 2018 federal budget, healthcare funding in British Columbia and provincial sales tax in Saskatchewan.

managing reforms Pensions, Investment, Financing canada
Ireland: Pension reform plan wins broad backing from business community fabbri

Irish Times (01.03.2018) Universal welcome for auto-enrolment of workers in a pension scheme, though Ibec worries about implementation

managing reforms Pensions ireland
The digital nudge in social security administration massetti

International Social Security Review (Dec 2016)  "there are significant trends occurring across three major pillars of public administration, namely social investment (policy), nudge (process) and predictive analytics (technology). These trends, when considered together, provide the inspiration for a new approach within social security administration, the digital nudge, for improved social outcomes."

L’Afrique face au défi de l’accès aux médicaments fabbri

EurActiv (28.03.2018) Face aux nombreuses difficultés d’accès aux médicaments en Afrique, les États africains tentent d’organiser le marché pour augmenter la production locale, qui ne pèse que 3 % de la production mondiale.

coverage, poverty Financing Africa
[Report] US: Labor 2030: The Collision of Demographics, Automation and Inequality fabbri

Bain & Company (February 2018) Demographics, automation and inequality have the potential to dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our analysis shows that the collision of these forces could trigger economic disruption far greater than we have experienced over the past 60 years (see Figure 1). The aim of this report by Bain's Macro Trends Group is to detail how the impact of aging populations, the adoption of new automation technologies and rising inequality will likely combine to give rise to new business risks and opportunities. These gathering forces already pose challenges for businesses and investors. In the next decade, they will combine to create an economic climate of increasing extremes but may also trigger a decade-plus investment boom.

robotization Information and communication technology United States
[Opinion] AI and robots should not be attributed legal personhood fabbri

EurActiv (28.03.2018) Technology has revolutionised the financial industry, but we’re long overdue a revolution in the way we think about its future role and the policies that should govern it, write Daniel Schlaepfer and Hugo Kruyne.

Europe
La Suisse cherche un statut pour les chauffeurs d’Uber fabbri

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

digital platforms switzerland
Dans quels pays les femmes peuvent-elles prendre leur retraite avant les hommes ? massetti

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
Le Brexit pose déjà problème au système de santé britannique – fabbri

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

economic crisis Health united kingdom
[Opinion] Why It’s So Hard to Reform Canadian Health Care fabbri

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.

universal health care Health, Health insurance canada
Digital economy and automation to impact Malaysian labour market fabbri

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

 

Employment malaysia
Cambodia: New National Social Security Fund Rules Introduced fabbri

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.

Health, Extension of coverage, Difficult-to-cover groups cambodia
Suisse: Ces chômeurs en fin de droits qui basculent dans l'aide sociale  fabbri

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

labour markets, megatrends Unemployment, Social assistance switzerland
Building Resilience and Protecting Vulnerable Yemenis Through Cash Transfers fabbri

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 Yemenis and I don’t know what I can do now to feed my children,” added Saeed.

poverty Social assistance, Conditional cash transfers yemen
How migration data can deliver real-life benefits for migrants and governments massetti

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.

Information and communication technology
AI and government massetti

oecd-forum.org ( 14.03.2018) This piece attempts an overview of how AI will affect government, and what could go wrong

Botswana faces ticking time bomb over youth unemployment fabbri

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 that was launched by incoming Deputy President Mokgweetsi Masisi, the study cautioned Botswana government and all development actors to “act with urgency and implement game-changing interventions” or it will face consequences related to youth unemployment. =

poverty Unemployment botswana
ASEAN planning to draw up occupational health guidelines fabbri

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 safety is one of the most important issues for workers in ASEAN countries, and regional guidelines would allow the assessment and monitoring of workers' health, according to an ASEAN health official meeting in Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday

OSH Occupational accidents and diseases Asia
Irish social welfare benefits increase next week - over one Irish million people to get extra €5 a week in payments from next Monday fabbri

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

managing reforms Social assistance, Conditional cash transfers ireland
Millions in China with bad 'social credit' barred from buying plane, train tickets fabbri

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 Commission.

brics Governance and administration, Error, evasion and fraud china
Policy review to make life better for senior citizens massetti

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.

Old-age pensions jamaica
El cambio climático llevará a 17 millones de personas a la migración interna en América Latina hasta 2050 fabbri

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

climate change, megatrends, migration Migration latin america
France: Assurance chômage - une nouvelle échelle de sanctions annoncée fabbri

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 travail a présenté, lundi 19 mars, les principaux points de la réforme de l’assurance-chômage.

managing reforms Unemployment, Error, evasion and fraud france