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[Analysis] Good jobs – threatened by the Internet monitor

EurActiv (15.02.2016) What is the future of work, and the future of jobs? For the last several decades, the workers of Germany, the US and Europe have been the most productive and wealthiest in the world. But now that prosperity is in danger.

megatrends, published
EU: Self-employed and entrepreneurship: breaking the barriers to job creation monitor

Europa (17.02.2'16) Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship is an important way of creating new jobs and enhancing the labour market opportunities for the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups.

published european union
[Report] Social Protection and Safety Nets in the Middle East and North Africa monitor

Institute of Development Studies (15.02.2016) Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face a number of challenges, including ongoing civil unrest with associated displacement of people and disruption of services, stagnant economic growth and high unemployment, food insecurity and rising malnutrition, exacerbated by import dependence and natural disasters. Safety nets and broader social protection instruments offer partial solutions to some of these challenges.

published Africa
Ghana signs €31.6m employment programme agreement monitor

Yen.com.gh (23.02.2016) Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has signed a 31.6 million Euro agreement with the European Union to provide social protection for employment. The employment programme also has macroeconomic significance, by being in line with the policy priorities of both the Ministries of Gender and Employment.

published Employment ghana
US: The Costs of Inequality - More Money Equals Better Health Care and Longer Life monitor

US News (23.02.2016) Obamacare has helped many, but system's holes limit gains, Harvard analysts say. Health inequality is part of American life, so deeply entangled with other social problems — disparities in income, education, housing, race, gender, and even geography — that analysts have trouble saying which factors are cause and which are effect.

published Health United States
[Report] South Africa: Extending social protection to children monitor

Ilo (23.02.2016) Of the 23 million children under the age of 18 in South Africa, about 60 per cent lives in poverty. The Child Support Grant (CSG), introduced in 1998, initially covered only 10 per cent of poor children. Incremental changes in the eligibility criteria and successful awareness-raising campaigns increased the coverage to 11.7 million poor children in 2015, or 85 per cent of the target group. The grant has been shown to have a positive impact on the recipient children and their families.

brics, published Family benefits
El sistema de pensiones chileno condena a la pobreza a jubilados monitor

Los Andes (09.02.2016) Desde hace 20 años rige el sistema de capitalización, administrado por las AFP. En promedio, las jubilaciones representan el 45% de los salarios. Algunos ganan menos de U$S 360 al mes.

managing reforms, poverty, published Old-age pensions, Pensions
[Opinion] France: L'Institut Montaigne préconise la retraite à 63 ans monitor

Le Figaro (18.02.2016) Travailler plus longtemps et aligner les régimes privés et publics de retraite sont les deux axes proposés, ce mercredi, par le think tank libéral pour assurer l'avenir des retraites.

published france
France: Dégressivité - à Pôle emploi, on déplore « un retour à l’âge de pierre » monitor

Le Monde (23.02.2016) Les agents de Pôle emploi voient cette nouvelle proposition avancée par le gouvernement comme une « énième réforme » à répercuter. « Je m’adapte, je ne me pose plus de questions et j’applique. Mais pour l’expliquer aux demandeurs d’emploi, il faudra des éléments de langage adaptés. Ça risque d’être très tendu », anticipe Zoé, qui précise que ses collègues prennent déjà leur permanence à l’accueil « comme on part au front ».

managing reforms, published Unemployment, Governance and administration france
Quand le chômage monte en Suisse, c'est la France qui paie monitor

lefigaro.fr (11.02.2016) La Suisse connaît actuellement une hausse du nombre de demandeurs d'emploi, qui touche plus particulièrement les travailleurs frontaliers. L'assurance chômage française est contrainte de prendre en charge l'indemnisation de ces travailleurs qui n'ont pourtant pas cotisé.

published Unemployment switzerland, france
Argentina: Minimum pension to increase to $4,959 and AUH reaches $966 monitor

Buenos Aires Herald (12.02.2016) Pensions and the Universal Child Allowance (AUH) will be increasing by 15.35 percent as of March 1, with minimum pensions clocking in at 4,959 pesos a month. President Mauricio Macri made the announcement and linked the increase with overall concerns about increasing consumer prices.

managing reforms, published Family benefits, Pensions argentina
Canada: Ottawa Public Health wants more from taxpayers to deal with refugee health issues monitor

Ottawa Citizen (08.02.2016) Ottawa’s public health board wants to tap Ontario taxpayers for more money to cover the extra costs of providing medical and dental care to Syrian refugees coming to this city.

extending coverage, migration, megatrends, published Extension of coverage canada
EU unemployment insurance would require full labour market integration monitor

EurActiv (19.02.2016) The implementation of a European unemployment insurance system could begin with the creation of a eurozone budget; a time-consuming but popular idea, according to the French Council of Economic Analysis

published Unemployment european union
ILO: Q&A: Six things you should know about Social Protection in Africa monitor

ilo.org (22.04.2015) African Ministers of Social Development, Labour and Employment are discussing social protection for inclusive development from 23-24 April 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Key policy recommendations and strategies are to be adopted by Member States. ILO News talks with Luis Frota, Social Security Specialist in the African region, to assess the reality on the ground and share good practises.

extending coverage, published Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities Africa
[Analyse] France: La protection sociale en 2030 monitor

Les Echos (19.02.2016) Les débats vont aujourd'hui bon train autour du compte personnel d'activité. Ce CPA devrait au moins intégrer, sur un livret individuel, le compte personnel de formation et le compte épargne temps qui existent déjà. Terra Nova (*) a eu l'excellente idée de dépasser les bisbilles techniques actuelles pour proposer une fiction à la fois réaliste et ambitieuse. Avec une écriture simple et personnelle. Je suis donc en 2030. Sur mon compte social personnel universel (CSPU), j'ai accès à tous mes droits et prestations de protection sociale. Mieux encore, je les gère.

published france
France: Flexisécurité et flexibilité - un booster pour les entreprises, un naufrage pour les comptes de l'Etat  monitor

Economie Matin (19.02.2016) Le débat sur la flexibilité de l’emploi et la flexisécurité revient constamment à l’ouvrage depuis bientôt dix ans. L’évolution du droit de licenciement continue également de susciter la réflexion au sein de l’état, mais alimente surtout la méfiance dans l’espace syndical. Le but recherché par le patronat est d’adapter l’organisation du travail et de la productivité aux perpétuelles exigences et mutations de l’économie via la mondialisation.

megatrends, published france
France: Tiers payant généralisé : le mode d'emploi de l'Assurance maladie monitor

pourquoidocteur.fr (17.02.2016) Paiement sous 7 jours, accessibilité en un clic, l'Assurance maladie et la Mutualité française ont présenté des solutions sur le tiers payant pour rassurer les médecins.

Health france
El Salvador: Reforma de pensiones crearía sistema mixto y nueva entidad pública de pensiones monitor

Revista Estrategia & Negocios (17.02.2016) La creación de un fondo común implica que los fondos de ahorro privado pasarán a disposición del Estado. Cálculos que ha hecho ASAFONDOS, gremial de las AFP, indican que trasladarían cerca de US$5.000 millones al régimen de sistema mixto.

managing reforms, extending coverage, published Extension of coverage el Salvador
El Salvador Pension Reform Could Take Women into Account monitor

Inter Press Service (17.02.2016) El Salvador is debating reforms of the country’s privatised pension system, which could introduce changes so that it will no longer discriminate against women. “The pension system has a male-centred, patriarchal focus that fails to take into account the specific differences that women face in the world,” said Marta Zaldaña, secretary general of the Federation of Independent Associations and Unions of El Salvador (FEASIES).

managing reforms, extending coverage, megatrends, published Extension of coverage el Salvador
US: Stress at work tied to unhealthy lifestyles: studies monitor

Safety and Health Magazine (17.02.2016) Overworked and stressed-out employees may turn to unhealthy habits to safetyandhealthmagazinesafetyandhealthmagazinefind comfort or cope, and they may lack the time and resources for exercise and cooking meals, according to two studies from the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

published Occupational accidents and diseases United States
Forum du Futur : Pour une économie plus inclusive et équitable en Tunisie monitor

L'economiste Maghrébin (16.02.2016) L’inclusion des jeunes, des femmes et des régions ainsi que l’équité sociale et régionale supposent un système productif qui crée suffisamment de richesses et d’emplois (efficacité économique) pour les différents groupes de la société. Le système fiscal et de dépenses publiques permet aussi une correction des inégalités à travers une fiscalité juste et équitable et des transferts sociaux ciblés. Le système de protection sociale permet de protéger les citoyens de certains risques tels que le chômage, la maladie, la vieillesse, la vulnérabilité et la marginalisation (justice sociale).

published tunisia
Maroc: Réforme des retraites: quelle est la meilleure solution? monitor

Telquel.ma (16.02.2016) Le 12 février, le forum des retraites qui s’est tenu à Rabat a rassemblé des dizaines de démographes, économistes, statisticiens et autres experts des retraites, marocains et étrangers. Tous sont convaincus de l’importance d’augmenter la couverture sociale des travailleurs.

published Pensions morocco
[Analysis] Towards a Universal Basic Income in France monitor

Basic Income/News (01.02.2016) Multiple surveys across many countries show an increasing support for the idea of providing every citizen with a monthly lump-sum allowance to ensure everyone can meet their basic subsistence needs. In France, the IFOP (a leading French national market research institute) has shown that this support goes beyond political orientation divisions. From the question: “Are you in favour of implementing a guaranteed basic income for all citizens which would replace most existing allowances?” came a positive answer, depending on the degree of support for one party or another, from 72% to 79% for left wing sympathizers and from 50% to 54% for right wing sympathizers.

megatrends, published france, finland
Full-time work is no bar to poverty in UK, report says monitor

The Guardian (16.02.2016) Despite at least one adult working full time, millions of households cannot make ends meet, Joseph Rowntree Foundation reports

poverty, megatrends, published
Belarus: BEROC: The inevitable need to reform social protection policy in Belarus monitor

EuroBelarus (15.02.2016) The 3 directions of reforms will be to retreat from subsidized tariffs, to reform the pension system, and to increase unemployment benefits. Naturally, some of these reforms will be highly unpopular.

managing reforms, published Pensions, Social policies & programmes