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[Opinion] Suisse: Relever l'âge de la retraite à 70 ans est «sensé» monitor

Tribune de Genève (08.05.2016) Pour rétablir l'équilibre de son financement, le patron de Swiss Life Patrick Frost préconise une nette baisse du taux de conversion et une hausse significative de l'âge de départ à la retraite.

published switzerland
Congo: « Il faut créer une entité autonome pour réguler l’assurance maladie », estime Christian Maniongui monitor

adiac-congo.com (18.05.2016) Le système de sécurité sociale actuellement en vigueur au Congo prend en charge uniquement les agents de l’Etat et les travailleurs du secteur privé. C’est ainsi que le gouvernement a pris l’engagement d’étendre la protection sociale dans ses aspects de base dans l’ensemble de la population. Dans une interview exclusive aux Dépêches de Brazzaville, l’Administrateur de MAD Invest, Christian Maniongui, revient sur les résultats des études menées par son cabinet sur l’assurance maladie et présentés récemment aux autorités congolaises.

extending coverage, published Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage congo
ILO: Poverty rising in Europe, amid global dearth of solid jobs monitor

EurActiv.com (19.05.2016) A growing number of Europeans are living in “relative poverty”, the UN labour agency said Wednesday (18 May), warning that a lack of quality jobs worldwide was threatening to undo decades of progress in poverty reduction.

poverty, published
Drop in China’s social insurance rates could cut labor costs monitor

China Business Review (06.05.2016) Rising labor costs in China are setting off alarms with foreign investors because of increasing minimum wages and living standards, as well as the extensively developed social security system. However, as the central government exerts pressure to maintain economic growth targets, the cost of employees’ welfare benefits has been substantially reduced.

brics, published Financing china
[Report] Transforming jobs to end poverty - World Employment and Social Outlook 2016 monitor

Ilo.org (May 2016) This report shows that decent work is paramount in the fight to reduce poverty. One key finding is that poverty has tended to decline in many emerging and developing countries, whereas it has tended to increase in the majority of advanced economies, including in terms of working poverty.
The report also examines the role that policy can play, documenting country initiatives focused on job-centred economic policies, employment programmes, enterprise development, social protection and social dialogue.

poverty, published
UK: The Queen's Speech: Pension savers to be better protected monitor

BBC News (18.05.2016) The cash of millions of pension savers will be better protected, under plans announced alongside the Queen's Speech.

published Pensions united kingdom
US: Healthcare costs nosedive when smokers quit monitor

Reuters (18.05.2016) When cigarette smokers quit, societal healthcare costs immediately plunge, a new study shows.

published Health United States
España: El PSOE creará una tasa específica para sufragar las pensiones monitor

El País (19.05.2016) El PSOE creará una tasa específica para sufragar las pensiones si tras las elecciones del 26 de junio Pedro Sánchez es nombrado presidente del Gobierno porque considera que “el sistema está en riesgo”. De forma inmediata, el equipo económico de ese Gobierno, dirigido por Jordi Sevilla, “renegociará” con Bruselas un aplazamiento de dos años, y no uno —como acaba de autorizar la Comisión Europea— para conseguir rebajar el agujero fiscal al 3% del PIB. A diferencia del PP, un Gobierno socialista no bajará los impuestos. No tocará el IRPF y subirá los de patrimonio, sociedades, fortunas y medioambientales.

published Financing spain
Algérie: Prévention des accidents de travail et des maladies professionnelles . Portes ouvertes à la Cnas d'Alger monitor

L'Expression (04.05.2016) Cet événement qui a commencé hier et qui se poursuit jusqu'à aujourd'hui est une façon de montrer aux travailleurs comment sauver leur vie et préserver leur santé dans leur milieu professionnel...

published Occupational accidents and diseases algeria
France: Assurance-chômage - une négociation sous pression monitor

Les Echos (27.04.2016) Avec côté dépenses, un nombre de chômeurs en forte hausse et, côté recettes, une contribution des salariés qui l'est beaucoup moins, la dette de l'Unedic s'est littéralement envolée avec la crise. De 5,2 milliards d'euros en 2008, elle a quintuplé pour atteindre 25,8 milliards en 2015.

published Unemployment france
Ministère de la sécurité et de la protection civile : Les textes régissant les services de la sécurité et de la protection sociale au Mali compilés monitor

maliweb.net (16.05.2016) Le ministère de la Sécurité et de la Protection civile dispose désormais d’un document  composé de textes législatifs et réglementaires régissant les services de sécurité et protection sociale au Mali. Ce document contient 356 textes et documents généraux indispensables à l’exercice des missions des services de sécurité et de protection civile.

published mali
Algérie: Le système des retraites fragilisé monitor

El Watan (16.05.216) Pour M. Azzi, il ne faudrait pas lier les problèmes de la cotisation aux ressources de l’Etat. «L’argent de la Sécurité sociale n’est pas l’argent de l’Etat.

published Pensions algeria
Part-time work: A divided Europe monitor

Europa (04.05.2016) An increasing number of Europeans are working part-time. This can be a positive development if it means that people can choose more freely the balance between work and other pursuits – and between income and leisure – or if it brings employment opportunities to people who were previously excluded from the labour market: such as mothers, older workers, and students.

megatrends, published
Commission proposes to protect workers better from cancer-causing chemicals monitor

Europa (13.05.2016) Cancer is the first cause of work-related deaths in the EU, accounting for 53% of the total. The number of deaths attributed to occupational cancer in the EU is reported to be around 102,000 per year.

published Occupational accidents and diseases
India’s first national social security platform to be developed by DeitY monitor

The Economic Times (17.05.2016) India's first national social security platform will be developed by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), which has been entrusted with the task following the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office to end the tug of war between three central ministries.

published Information and communication technology india
Launch of the European Platform Tackling Undeclared Work monitor

European Commission (17.05.2016) On 27 May 2016 the European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work will be launched in Brussels.

published Error, evasion and fraud, Governance and administration european union
Nigeria: 'States Key to Effective Health Insurance in Nigeria' monitor

allAfrica.com (17.05.2016) Health insurance cannot work in the country without the involvement of states and local government areas, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) , Mr Olufemi Akingbade has said.

extending coverage, published Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage nigeria
Maroc: Protection sociale - Les femmes toujours victimes des «traditions» monitor

L'Economiste (13.05.2016) En dépit des efforts menés depuis quelques années, les discriminations à l’égard des femmes ont la peau dure.

megatrends, published morocco
France: L'Urssaf déclenche l'arme atomique contre Uber monitor

Les Echos (17.10.2016) Deux procédures ont été lancées en Ile-de-France contre la société de VTC. Elles visent à faire reconnaître à ses chauffeurs le statut de salarié.

published Governance and administration france
France: Les cinq chiffres indispensables que vous devez connaître sur la dépendance monitor

lefigaro.fr (14.05.2016) Le vieillissement de la population va accroître les besoins en matière de dépendance. Un seul exemple: la population âgée de plus de 75 ans va augmenter de 72% d'ici 2060.

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France: Médicaments : l'Assurance maladie s'intéresse aux startups pour dépenser moins monitor

latribune.fr (12.05.2016) La Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie (Cnam) veut "accompagner la création de services ou d'applications numériques innovantes au service du bon usage du médicament". Lors d'un "hackathon santé", mardi, elle a mis un coup de projecteur sur cinq startups travaillant sur l'amélioration de l'observance et l'optimisation des prescriptions de médicaments. Des solutions qui lui permettraient de réaliser des économies.

published Health, Information and communication technology france
UK: Occupational health in construction - work in progress monitor

SHP Online (12.04.2016) In recent years the construction industry – and notably electrical contracting – has made significant, and in some cases, remarkable, progress with on-site safety. While safety remains an operational priority, the occupational health of workers is not always managed as effectively.

published Occupational accidents and diseases
Angola's Ailing National Health System Hit By Oil Price Cuts monitor

New Vision (16.05.2016) "The health system worked better during the war because humanitarian organisations helped us."

economic crisis, published Health, Health insurance, Inequalities angola
Venezuela's health system collapses with economy monitor

Houston Chronicle (15.05.2016) The economic crisis in this country has exploded into a public health emergency, claiming the lives of untold numbers of Venezuelans. It is just part of a larger unraveling here that has become so widespread it has prompted President Nicolás Maduro to impose a state of emergency and has raised fears of a government collapse.

economic crisis, published Health, Service quality venezuela
The Right to Employment and Social Protection in Rural Settings: The example of the Indian MGNREGA monitor

socialprotection-humanrights.org (09.05.2016) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has received attention for its rights-based approach to providing social protection. It is a public employment guarantee scheme designed to provide employment and basic income security to the rural working-age population in India, as well as improve their livelihoods through the development of durable assets.

rural world, extending coverage, published Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes india