CEPAL (04.07.2017) La CEPAL, con apoyo de la cooperación alemana (GIZ), inauguró hoy un taller de dos días en la capital mexicana.

lemonde.fr (11.07.2017) Un rapport commandé par Theresa May préconise de lutter contre les abus de l’« économie des petits boulots ». Mais les premières réactions des syndicats ne sont pas tendres.

ABS-CBN News/Blog (10.07.2017) With people across the globe now living much longer, a gap has developed between what individuals need during retirement and what is available, pointing to what analysts at the World Economic Forum (WEF) call “a global pension crisis”.

Le Monde (12.07.2017) Aux Etats-Unis, Ivanka Trump pourrait bien être à l’origine du tout premier congé maternité rémunéré du pays.

Les Echos (13.07.2017) La réforme annoncée du droit du travail ne répond pas aux grands enjeux de notre époque, que sont la mondialisation, la numérisation de l’économie ou encore l’essor de l’intelligence artificielle. Ses effets sur l’emploi seront donc à peine perceptibles sur l’emploi.

stateofaadhaar.in (2017) The Government of India aims to provide a comprehensive set of safety nets to India’s poor, including food subsidies, employment guarantees, and targeted cash transfers. Financial leakages and service delivery issues, however, reduce its effectiveness. The government aims to use Aadhaar’s authentication and fund transfer capabilities to address these problems.

Financial Times (11.07. 2017) Government should encourage companies to improve employment options. Some view the gig economy as a flexible working arrangement, while others see it, if not straightforwardly as a form of exploitation, then as one that allows for very little employment protection. But if companies like Deliveroo or Uber were mandated to offer their workers a choice of employment options, wouldn’t this help ensure workers were being treated fairly?

FAZ (30.06.2017) Die Deutsche Rentenversicherung hat im vergangenen Jahr etwas mehr ausgezahlt als eingenommen. 2,2 Milliarden Euro Defizit sind aber überraschend wenig

AllAfrica (30.06.2017) The days of private medical aid schemes may be numbered as the government this week confirmed that it will become the single funder and buyer of medical services under a National Health Insurance (NHI) in the latest white paper approved by the Cabinet.

Europa (29.06.2017) More than 200 million Europeans have the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which is around 40% of the total insured population in the reporting Member States, according to the latest available figures for 2015. The card is valid in the 28 EU countries plus Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Europa (03.07.2017) Today the Commission launches the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information system (EESSI), a new IT platform that will connect electronically around 15.000 social security institutions of EU Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

KUALA LUMPUR: The Self Employment Social Security Bill 2017 which seeks to provide Social Security Organisation (Socso) protection to self employed persons has been passed by the Dewan Rakyat today. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said for a start, the new law would be enforced to provide Socso protection to self-employed taxi drivers and e-hailing service providers, including Uber and GrabCar, before being extended to other self-employment sectors. “Hopefully, one day it will be expanded to include other sectors,” he said when winding up the debate on the bill earlier. Riot said that under the bill each taxi driver and e-hailing service provider would be required to contribute 1.25 percent of their monthly income to Socso on a monthly basis. “The period of protection is for 12 consecutive months with effect from the date and time the contribution was made,” he said. The Bill also stated that any person who contravenes these regulations is committing an offence and was liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding RM10,000 or a jail term not exceeding two years or both. Explaining about the penalty that drew strong opposition of some members of Parliament debating the bill, Riot said the fine amount was actually small compared to the benefits to be received by the contributors or their next of kin later.

Le Matin (02.07.2017) Le rôle des Conseils économiques et sociaux et institutions similaires (CES-IS) dans les questions liées à la protection sociale n’est plus à démontrer. Selon Nizar Baraka, président du CESE, «ces Conseils ont pour vocation de faire avancer la réflexion autour de ces questions». D’ailleurs, le plan d’action 2017 du CESE prévoit une auto-saisine sur la protection sociale.

New Straits Times (06.04.2017) The Self Employment Social Security Bill 2017 which seeks to provide Social Security Organisation (Socso) protection to self employed persons has been passed by the Dewan Rakyat today. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said for a start, the new law would be enforced to provide Socso protection to self-employed taxi drivers and e-hailing service providers, including Uber and GrabCar, before being extended to other self-employment sectors.

Miroir Social (04.07.2017) Depuis la fin des années 1980, les structures de l’emploi et les modes de production ont considérablement évolué, écartant certains travailleurs des systèmes traditionnels de protection sociale. Dans ce nouveau Cahier co-édité par SMart et POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ, Pascale Charhon interroge la question du travail atypique dans l’Union européenne et le rôle du décideur européen dans la réforme de la protection des travailleurs concernés en essayant de donner des clés pour comprendre.

La Presse (28.06.2017) Québec prend les grands moyens pour faire baisser le prix des médicaments génériques. Le ministre de la Santé, Gaétan Barrette, lancera prochainement une série d'appels d'offres pour l'approvisionnement du régime public d'assurance médicaments et il demande au Bureau de la concurrence de les surveiller de près.

Le Temps (27.06.2017) Alain Berset a lancé ce mardi à Berne la campagne pour la votation du 24 septembre 2017. Il est temps pour chacun de sortir sa calculette

The Globe and Mail (28.06.2017) Quebec is launching an attempt to save millions in drug costs through an overhaul of the province’s generic pharmaceutical purchasing system.

Spiegel Online (Immer mehr Väter in Deutschland beziehen Elterngeld. Ihre Zahl stieg 2016 um fast zwölf Prozent auf rund 365.000. Das geht aus der am Dienstag veröffentlichten Erhebung des Statistischen Bundesamtes hervor. Die Zahl der Mütter, die die Leistung erhielten, legte um gut drei Prozent zu auf etwa 1,28 Millionen.

Les Echos (19.06.2017) L’étatisation de l’Unédic, souhaitée par Emmanuel Macron, permettrait de repenser la distinction entre solidarité et assurance. Les complémentaires chômage seraient un aboutissement naturel de cette réforme.

Times Of Oman (02.07.2017) Hamdah bint Said Al Shamiyah, Acting Director General of PASI has been elected as Head of Pension Technical Committee at the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

Bloomberg (22.06.2017) Nigeria is rolling out its first national social-welfare program modeled partly on Brazil’s Bolsa Familia in a bid to boost a weak economy and curb poverty by giving cash to its poorest citizens and ensuring their children go to school.

HelpAge International (30.06.2017) June is an exciting month for us here in Myanmar. All older people over the age of 90 are now eligible to receive 10,000 Burmese kyat (around US$7) per month from a new universal social pension - the first of its kind in the country. For a lower middle income country where social protection has historically been very limited, this is a major achievement.