Reuters (05.05.2016) The Social Security "file-ocalypse" came and went, and the system is still standing. Workers are claiming benefits and the Social Security Administration still is making payments.

starrfmonline.com (30.04.2016) The Communications Manager of Challenging Heights Ghana, Miss Pomaa Arthur, has admonished Ghanaian journalists to improve their coverage on social protection and child-sensitive issues by involving people with less power and influence in public exchanges and debate.

europa.eu (27.04.2016) A new Flash Report prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) has just become available and provides information on the ambitious French Act on adapting society to an ageing population

canadianinquirer.net (03.05.2016) The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, spoke today about the importance of encouraging and supporting the ongoing participation of older workers in society at the Age‑Friendly Business Initiative Forum, hosted by the International Longevity Centre (ILC) Canada and the University of Ottawa.

toutsurlaretraite.com 803.05.2016) La dépendance n'est pas encore un sujet abordé facilement lors d'un dîner de famille. Quand à une éventuelle préparation financière de ce risque, les Français sont encore loin de vouloir s'en charger eux-mêmes, préférant une assurance dépendance obligatoire instaurée par l'Etat.

Xinhua (06.04.2016) China will further deepen reform in healthcare this year with key factors for the reform discussed at a meeting of the central government on Wednesday.

ILO (april 2016) This note describes the social health protection system in Rwanda. Community-based Health Insurance schemes in the country have helped to achieve near universal health coverage and make affordable health care accessible to people.

Le Monde (04.04.2016) En France, une famille sur cinq est monoparentale, voire une sur quatre en région parisienne, selon l’Insee. Et dans 85 % des cas, le parent isolé est une femme. « Le profil des familles monoparentales recouvre une grande diversité. Cela peut être la conséquence d’une séparation, d’un veuvage, d’un parent qui a toujours vécu seul ou encore d’un couple ne vivant pas ensemble  », explique Jean-Philippe Vallat, sous-directeur des actions et recherches pour les familles, de l’Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF).

Finanzen Net (28.04.2016) Neue Formen der Arbeit erfordern neue Antworten für den Schutz der Beschäftigten bei der Arbeit. Darauf weisen Berufsgenossenschaften und Unfallkassen anlässlich des Welttages für Arbeitsschutz und Gesundheit (28.4.2016) mit einer neuen Publikation hin. Darin beschreiben Präventionsfachleute der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung die Trends, die derzeit die Arbeitswelt verändern, und welche Auswirkungen sich daraus für die Sicherheit und Gesundheit der Menschen ergeben. Demnach ermöglichten technologische Entwicklungen neue Formen, Arbeit zu organisieren. Dies bringe Chancen, aber auch Risiken für den Arbeitsschutz. Beratung in Fragen der Prävention müsse daher eine Kultur in den Unternehmen fördern, die Sicherheit und Gesundheit einen hohen Stellenwert einräumt.

Fiji Times (28.04.2016) Work-related stress poses a real threat to a person's health, says Fiji Trade Union Congress assistant national secretary Rouhit Singh.

ILO (27.04.2016) The relationship between workplace stress and poor mental health is well established. In our recent publication, Workplace Stress: A Collective Challenge , the ILO’s Safety and Health at Work team surveyed the most recent studies on workplace stress from around the world including, among others, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Australia and Europe. We found that work related stress costs global society untold billions in direct and indirect costs annually. And that is quite apart from the human price paid in misery, suffering and even, according to some of the reports we looked at, in suicide.

Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (April 2016) This literature review assesses the evidence on internal migrants’ participation in social protection schemes. Internal migrants often risk being ineligible for social protection owing to a combination of population registration and residency requirements. However, even when eligible, they may in practice not participate.

ILO (26.04.2016) The ILO works with unions and the government in China to reduce the impact of stress and poor ergonomics on workers.

Vienna Online (26.04.2016) Die Zahl der Arbeitsunfälle in Österreich ist laut einer Statistik der AUVA um drei Prozent zurückgegangen. Am häufigsten verletzt man sich bei der Arbeit an Maschinen oder mit Werkzeug.

Iceland Review (25.04.2016) If a bill proposed in parliament by Minister for Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson is approved, heath care costs will increase for 120,000 Icelanders, 37,000 of them retirees, RÚV reports.

socialeurope.eu (25.04.2016) Have the negative economic consequences brought about by the financial crisis made European welfare states unaffordable? Iain Begg writes that while there is some validity to criticisms of welfare spending, the welfare state performs a number of core functions that ensure it will continue to be around for the foreseeable future. He also notes that European welfare states have shown a greater capacity for change than is often recognised, with the shift toward a system that gives priority to social investment making a real difference in several countries.

lemonde.fr (25.04.2016) Si, le 5 juin, les Suisses votent «  oui  » à la proposition de création d’un ­ «  revenu de base universel et inconditionnel  », la Confédération helvétique vivra une petite révolution  : chaque citoyen suisse, actif ou inactif, SDF ou banquier, jeune ou âgé, recevra un revenu versé par l’Etat.

Ciber Cuba (22.04.2016) La Empresa cubana de Soluciones Informáticas (Softel), que forma parte delGrupo Empresarial de la Informática y las Comunicaciones, obtuvo la categoría de Champion Project (Proyecto Campeón) en los Premios 2016 de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información, que serán otorgados en mayo por la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT).

El Moudjahid (18.04.2016) Sur les 13.000 visites d’entreprises effectuées entre 2014-2015, la Caisse nationale des assurances sociales des travailleurs salariés (CNAS) a relevé 22.000 infractions liées à la déclaration des procédés de travail susceptibles de provoquer des maladies professionnelles

Slate (24.04.2016) La structure par âge des dépenses publiques de santé et de retraite implique bien un transfert intergénérationnel. Mais se fait-elle forcément au détriment des jeunes?

Irish Times (22.04.2016) Prime minister Manuel Valls yesterday gave his support to a dramatic reform of France’s incomprehensible social welfare system, which would eventually transform 10 different types of welfare payments into a single “common base coverage” of €400 per month, with top-ups for some recipients.

indian Express (22.04.2016) With increasing longevity and the rise in the number of the elderly, it was clear that the pension scheme would leave a huge hole in the government’s coffers in the medium and long term.

unicef.org (20.04.2016) Low public spending, ineffective social protection policies and programmes are hampering progress for children in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

socialeurope.eu (11.04.2016) The idea of an unconditional basic income is in fashion. From Finland to Switzerland, from San Francisco to Seoul, people talk about it as they have never done. Twice before, basic income was the object of a real public debate, albeit briefly and limited to one country at a time. In both episodes, the centre left played a central role.

Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (April 2016) Designing more flexible social protection schemes that adjust to the particular needs of women in informal work requires a careful assessment of the obstacles they face in accessing social protection. This paper provides an overview of the barriers women face in accessing social protection, which in some cases are rooted in the nature of informality and in other cases are gender-specific. Both need to be taken into account when designing social protection schemes for informal female workers. The paper draws out policy recommendations based on a broad range of examples from formal schemes and programmes covering contributory social insurance and non-contributory social assistance, as well as labour market interventions, which aimed to increase coverage of informal female workers.