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Fiji: Stress a real threat monitor

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.

published Occupational accidents and diseases fiji
World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Why workplace stress is a collective challenge and what to do about it monitor

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.

published Occupational accidents and diseases
[Report] Internal migrants and social protection: a review of eligibility and take-up monitor

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.

migration, published Migration
Our impact, their voice: Ergonomics in China: Tackling workplace stress monitor

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.

published Occupational accidents and diseases china
Statistik zeigt: Rückgang der Arbeitsunfälle in Österreich im Jahr 2015 monitor

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.

published Occupational accidents and diseases austria
Health Care Costs Up for 120,000 Icelanders monitor

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.

published iceland
[Opinion] The Welfare State In Europe: Still Worth Having? monitor

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.

published
[Opinion] Le revenu universel, généalogie d’une utopie monitor

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.

basic income, published Social assistance, Inequalities
El proyecto de “Informatización del Sistema Nacional de Salud en Cuba” obtuvo un premio en la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información monitor

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).

managing reforms, published Health, Health insurance, Information and communication technology cuba
Algérie: Déclarations liées aux maladies professionnelles à la CNAS - La prévention une mission première monitor

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

Occupational accidents and diseases, Governance and administration algeria
[Opinion] France: Les jeunes sont-ils sacrifiés par la protection sociale? monitor

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?

youth employment, megatrends, published Employment of young workers france
Manuel Valls backs major reform of French welfare system monitor

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.

published Social assistance france
India: The winding, (sometimes) bumpy road to pension reform | The Indian Express monitor

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.

brics, managing reforms, published Pensions, Governance and administration india
Invest in better social protection for the most disadvantaged children: UNICEF monitor

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

published Family benefits
[Opinion] Basic Income And Social Democracy monitor

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.

extending coverage, basic income, published Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities
[Report] Informality, women and social protection: Identifying barriers to provide effective coverage monitor

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.

extending coverage, family_gender_society, published Extension of coverage, Inequalities
Minima sociaux: des systèmes très différents selon les pays européens monitor

Le Figaro (19.04.2016) Comme le montre le rapport Sirugue, chaque pays européen a son propre système de minima sociaux, fonctionnant selon des principes différents

published european union
Mali: Assurance maladie obligatoire : Le boulet de la fraude monitor

Malijet (19.04.2016) La fraude constitue une menace sérieuse pour la survie de l’Assurance maladie obligatoire (AMO). Afin de lutter contre le phénomène, la Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (CANAM), en collaboration avec l’Initiative d’information, de communication et de plaidoyer sur la protection sociale au Mali (ICP-Mali), a organisé une journée d’échanges sur le thème : « rôle et place des médias dans la prévention et la lutte contre la fraude des prestations liées à l’AMO ». La journée s’est déroulée samedi à Siby en présence de représentants de l’ASSEP (Associations des éditeurs de la presse privée), de l’Union nationale des journalistes du Mali (UNAJOM) et de nombreux confrères.

published Health, Error, evasion and fraud mali
France: La Cour des comptes dénonce la gestion des données de santé monitor

Le Point (20.04.2016) Le rapport dénonce le verrouillage des données de santé gérées par l'Assurance maladie, dont font partie les remboursements de la Sécurité sociale.

published Information and communication technology, Health france
Lack of social protection for Dominican elderly ‘alarming’   monitor

Dominican Today (18.04.2016) Dominican Republic’s elderly withstand an alarming lack of social protection as just 11.2% of the population over 60 have a pension, of which 77.4% get less than RD$6,000 per month, equal to less than half of the bare needs of the poorest of households, estimated at RD$10,407 monthly

poverty, published Old-age pensions dominican republic
Madagascar: Secteur privé – La protection sociale évolue monitor

L'Express (19.04.2016) En 60 ans d’existence, la protection sociale a connu de grandes évolutions à Madagascar. « A ses débuts, elle assurait les prestations familiales. Ensuite, les rentes des accidents de Travail ont été ajoutées. En 1969, on a ajouté la pension de retraite », a retracé Henri Rémi Botoudi, Président du Conseil d’Administration de la Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (Cnaps), lors de la messe œcuménique, pour la célébration du 60e anniversaire de la Protection sociale à l’Ekar Ambatonilita, vendredi.

published madagascar
[Opinion] France: Protection sociale, vers un nouveau modèle ? monitor

blogs.mediapart (19.04.2016) Cet article sur la protection sociale est paru dans la revue "Travail, genre et société" n°35 - avril 2016. A partir de l'exemple de la modulation des allocations familiales, il montre qu'en réalité est en train de se mettre progressivement en place un nouveau modèle de protection sociale en rupture avec celui imaginé après la seconde guerre mondiale.

managing reforms, published Family benefits, Social policies & programmes france
Pays-Bas : Les allocations familiales envoyées au Maroc sont moindres par rapport aux pays européens monitor

yabiladi.com (18.04.2016) Ce sont peut-être les premières conséquences dans l’accord sur la réduction des versements des prestations sociales aux familles marocaines recevant leur paiement au Maroc. Selon des chiffres rendus publics par la banque de la Caisse de Sécurité sociale des Pays-Bas (SVB) repris par la presse locale, les bénéficiaires dans les pays européens ont réussi des allocations familiales plus importantes que ceux du Maroc.

published Family benefits netherlands, morocco
Tanzania: Zanzibar's new universal pension the first of its kind in east Africa monitor

Helpage/News (14.04.2016) Older men and women in Zanzibar will have a government-funded universal pension for the first time today (15 April), the first of its kind in east Africa.

extending coverage, published Extension of coverage, Population ageing tanzania
UK: DWP 'punishing' low-paid full-time workers under new benefits rule monitor

The Guardian (14.04.2016) Critics say scheme under which working people claiming universal credit can be fined for failing to do enough to find more work is ‘political dynamite’

poverty, published Social assistance