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Rwanda Social Security Board comprehensive coverage against occupational hazards | monitor | The New Times Rwanda (26.10.2016) The law concerning organization of social security defines work injury as “any accident, whatever the cause may be, that befalls a worker while on duty.” Besides accidents that may befall an employee to or from work, his or her residence, other situations that are considered as occupational injury are accidents that happen when an employee is on his or her usual route where they get meals or receive remuneration as long as the journey is not interrupted or diverted for personal reasons and not related to duty. Also considered are accidents that befall an employee during a journey that has been financed by the employer. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | rwanda | |
[Opinion] Philippines: SSS linkages for adapting to the changing world | monitor | BusinessMirror (26.10.2016) With the spread of globalization and interconnectivity in various aspects of modern society driven by continuing advances in technology, the world is, indeed, getting smaller. Institutions can be rendered vulnerable to developments not only in their immediate environment but even in the global milieu. |
philippines, the | ||
Suisse: Genève, «Les aînés sont prêts à réduire les coûts de la santé» | monitor | TDG (20.10.2016) L’Université des seniors publie une étude sur le lien entre économie et santé. Elle révèle un potentiel de réduction des coûts. |
Health, Financing | switzerland | |
Greece: Transition to formal employment: ILO members agree on a roadmap to curb undeclared work in Greece | monitor | ilo.org (31.10.2016) New initiative aims at reducing undeclared work that remains a significant feature of the Greek economy. |
Governance and administration | greece | |
China, France sign social insurance deal | monitor | Xinhua (31.10.2016) China and France signed a social insurance agreement Monday that will exempt company employees assigned to work in each other's countries from the mandatory social insurance contributions. |
Governance and administration | china | |
[Opinion] Suisse: Statistiques - Le taux de chômage serait sous-évalué | monitor | TDG (31.10.2016) Selon les dernières statistiques mensuelles, publiées le 10 octobre dernier par le Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie (SECO), le taux de chômage en septembre était de 3,2%. Des chiffres qui font de la Suisse une exception au milieu d’un continent souffreteux. |
Unemployment | switzerland | |
Belgique: Voici le "mécanisme de responsabilisation" de la Sécu | monitor | L'Echo (28.10.2016) Le gouvernement a approuvé les grandes lignes de la réforme du financement de la sécurité sociale. La dotation d'équilibre par laquelle l'Etat maintient les comptes de la Sécu à flot pour faire face aux effets conjoncturels est confirmée mais soumise à un "mécanisme de responsabilisation". |
managing reforms | Social policies & programmes | belgium |
Law on lowering retirement age in Poland expected 'soon' | monitor | The News (18.10.2016) A presidential bill lowering the retirement age will be passe by the lower house of parliament within the next two weeks, a senior deputy from Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has said. |
poland | ||
France: Le bruit nuit à la productivité des travailleurs | monitor | Top Santé (31.10.2016) L'environnement sonore perturbe le travail dans l'entreprise et peut nuire à leur productivité. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | france | |
Gabon: La CNAMGS procède au renforcement des capacités de ses agents en matière de gestion documentaire | monitor | Le Nouveau Gabon (26.10.2016) Pour les administrateurs de la Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie et de garantie sociale (CNAMGS), le but de cette initiative est d'amener le personnel à acquérir des notions de base dans la gestion, l'organisation des systèmes d'information, la construction et la mise en place d'un service de gestion des domaines précis relevant de la documentation. |
Governance and administration, Health | gabon | |
[Opinion] US: How the Next President Could Save Social Security | monitor | bloomberg.com (26.10.2016) According to the latest estimates, Social Security will begin to run short of money in 18 years. Yet, the issue has barely come up this election year. |
Pensions | ||
Asia-Pacific Countries Should Expand Social Protection – ADB | monitor | Asian Development Bank (07.11.2016) Many countries in Asia and the Pacific need to expand their social protection programs to ensure adequate coverage for most of their populations, according to two Asian Development Bank (ADB) reports released today. |
extending coverage | Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | Asia |
France: Nouvelles formes du travail et de la protection des actifs | monitor | France Stratégie : 2017/2027 À quoi ressemblera le travail demain ? Serons-nous tous entrepreneurs nomades ? Le contrat commercial aura-t-il remplacé |
extending coverage, digital economy | Employment, Extension of coverage | france |
Empresarios de Panamá piden salvar finanzas del Seguro Social • El Nuevo Diario | monitor | El Nuevo Diario (15.10.2016) La principal cúpula empresarial de Panamá reiteró al presidente, Juan Carlos Varela, el reto de rescatar a la seguridad social del esquema insostenible de finanzas que mantiene, "pese a cualquier costo político". |
Governance and administration, Financing | panama | |
The Case for Phased Retirement | monitor | Knowledge@Wharton (01.11.2016) In the same way that flexibility has come to the workplace — where, when and how we work — so, too, has arrived the age of the tailor-made retirement. Phased retirements, bridge jobs, “un-retirement” and second and third acts have caught on. Workers are demanding it, and firms have good cause to accommodate the idea that work does not one day simply stop. |
Pensions | ||
France: Dégressivité des allocations chômage : à chacun sa version | monitor | Les Echos (02.11.2016) D'après l'Institut Montaigne, les économies varieraient entre 1,4 milliard et 4,1 milliards d'euros selon les formules. |
Unemployment | france | |
EU labour market developments report: stronger job creation | monitor | Europa (26.10.2016) Job creation continued to be stronger in 2015 and the beginning of 2016 than could be expected based on economic growth according to the findings of the Commission's 2016 Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe report, published today. |
european union | ||
Philippines: Low-income electricity consumers to be given social protection under DOF tax plan | monitor | Manilatimes (26.10.2016) Low income electricity consumers will be protected through direct and indirect social protection measures under the tax reform program submitted to the Congress last month by the Department of Finance (DOF |
poverty | Social assistance | philippines, the |
España: Acuerdo urgente para mantener las pensiones | monitor | El País (02.11.2016) Es, sin duda, la primera reforma que debe afrontar el nuevo Gobierno. Afecta a 6,7 millones de españoles y la evolución demográfica en nuestro país augura la ruina del sistema si no se toman medidas. El sistema público de pensiones requerirá 120.000 millones de euros este año, lo que supone en torno a un tercio del gasto público total de España y equivale al doble del gasto en Sanidad y tres veces el de Educación. La hucha, que se fue llenando en los años de mayor crecimiento económico y de empleo, se vaciará en diciembre de 2017. |
managing reforms | Old-age pensions, Pensions, Governance and administration, Service quality | spain |
[Rapport] Panorama des systèmes de retraite en France et à l'étranger | monitor | Conseil d'orientation des retraites (octobre 2016) Le COR conduit des études comparatives, à titre illustratif des problématiques traitées pour la France, sur un panel de dix pays étrangers représentatifs de la diversité des systèmes de retraite dans les pays développés : l'Allemagne, la Belgique, le Canada, l'Espagne, les États-Unis, l'Italie, le Japon, les Pays-Bas, le Royaume-Uni et la Suède. |
Pensions | ||
ILO: Non-standard forms of employment: Regulatory reforms are needed to improve the quality of non-standard jobs | monitor | ilo.org (14.11.2016) According to a new ILO report, non-standard forms of employment are often associated with greater decent work deficits. |
extending coverage | Employment, Employment policies, Extension of coverage | |
[Opinion] France: Il faut « refonder les institutions de sécurité sociale » | monitor | lemonde.fr (07.11.2016) L’« ubérisation » contraint à revoir les instruments de la solidarité et de la protection sociale. La réforme n’aura pas lieu sans débat idéologique, selon l’économiste Diana Filippova. |
digital economy, megatrends | Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | france |
Panama: La Seguridad social avanza, pero enfrenta amenazas en la era digital | monitor | laestrella.com.pa (14.11.2016) Como nunca antes, más personas están protegidas por la seguridad social, pero los sistemas enfrentan riesgos para su sostenibilidad como el envejecimiento de la población y un cambio del mercado laboral gracias a la era digital, dijeron hoy autoridades en la inauguración de un foro mundial. |
issa | ||
América Latina se compromete a fortalecer los sistemas de protección social y enfocarse en el progreso multidimensiona | monitor | UNDP (01.11.2016) A través de la “Declaración de Santo Domingo”, los representantes de gobiernos nacionales de la región acordaron construir políticas intersectoriales, holísticas y universales para dar respuesta a los problemas del desarrollo y medir el progreso multidimensional, con énfasis en la sostenibilidad del progreso alcanzado. |
latin america | ||
Gambia: Social, child protection policies launched | monitor | The Point Newspaper (09.11.2016) The Social Protection Policy and Child Protection Strategy Plan were yesterday launched during the 5th National Social Protection Forum |
extending coverage | Family benefits, Children, Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | gambia |