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Deutschland: Zehn Jahre Organisationsreform in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung monitor

Presse Portal (01.10.2015) Vor zehn Jahren ist die Organisationsreform in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Kraft getreten. Zum 1. Oktober 2005 wurden mit der umfassenden Reform die bis dahin bestehenden Organisationsstrukturen in der Rentenversicherung grundlegend verändert. Die seinerzeit bestehende Unterscheidung zwischen Arbeitern und Angestellten in der Rentenversicherung wurde beendet.

 published Governance and administration germany
El número de personas en pobreza extrema cae por debajo del 10% monitor

El País (04.10.2015) El número de personas atrapadas en la pobreza extrema se reducirá este año a 702 millones, según las últimas proyecciones del Banco Mundial difundidas este domingo. Los más necesitados del planeta representan así el 9,6% de la población mundial. Es la primera vez que esa proporción desciende del 10%. La organización pronostica que el número de ciudadanos en situación pobreza extrema se reducirá hasta 2020 pero cree que a partir de entonces será muy difícil avanzar hacia el objetivo de erradicar la miseria en 2030. La institución eleva a 1,90 dólares al día el mínimo para sobrevivir en los países más pobres.

 megatrends, poverty, published Inequalities
UK will allow parental leave to be shared with grandparents monitor

Bloomberg Business (04.10.2015) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said working grandparents will be given the right to take time off to help care for their grandchildren as part of a move to make parental leave more flexible.

 published Family benefits
US: Proposition B may expand parental leave rights monitor

The San Francisco Examiner (04.10.2015) San Francisco’s government employees could gain more expansive parental leave rights under a charter amendment submitted to voters by the Board of Supervisors with the support of the mayor.

 published Family benefits United States
Swiss pensions reform 'helps wrong people', think tank warns monitor

IPE News (28.09.2015) The amended reform proposal on the major Swiss pension reform package Altersvorsorge 2020 includes an immediate hike in the first-pillar AHV to compensate a cut in the minimum conversion rate in the second pillar.

 managing reforms, published switzerland
Many Americans lack Social Security smarts: Study monitor

CNBC (28.09.2015) Americans who will reach retirement age over the next two decades rely too heavily on Social Security when estimating future income, and many believe they are reasonably well versed on the countless and complex options available for claiming benefits.

 published Old-age pensions United States
France: La Sécurité sociale célèbre mardi ses 70 ans monitor

Le Figaro (01.10.2015) La Sécurité sociale, créée le 4 octobre 1945, célèbre mardi son 70e anniversaire par une grande Rencontre nationale clôturée par le président François Hollande et réunissant acteurs de la protection sociale, historiens, partenaires sociaux et personnalités politiques.

 published france
Responsible investing: Japanese public pensions focusing on environment, social issues monitor

Nikkei Asian Review (29.09.2015) A growing number of public pension funds here are promising to consider corporate commitment to social causes in making investment decisions, joining a movement rapidly gaining prominence around the world.

 published Financing japan
China, Switzerland ink social insurance deal monitor

Global Post (30.09.2015) China and Switzerland signed a social insurance agreement Wednesday that will exempt company personnel sent to work in each other's country from mandatory social insurance contributions.

 brics, published china, switzerland
[Opinion] Dependency is dead! - FAO blog monitor

FAO blog (24.09.2015) A commonly held view of cash transfers and other social protection programmes, in both developed and developing countries, is that they foster dependency.

 extending coverage, rural world, cct, published Extension of coverage, Conditional cash transfers
European executive promises convergence on social rights monitor

EurActiv (30.09.2015) The European Commission wants to establish minimum social rights as part of a package due to be unveiled in Spring 2016. Paris and Berlin are exploring plans for a "social Eurogroup", the French President said.

 megatrends, published Employment, Inequalities european union
Re-employment of the long-term unemployed - a pressing European challenge monitor

europa.eu (18.09.2015) Despite the decline in unemployment since 2013, long-term unemployment has only now ceased rising and the prospects of returning to jobs for those who have been unemployed for more than one year remain very low.

 megatrends, published Unemployment european union
Europe takes action to help 12 million long-term unemployed get back to work monitor

europa.eu (17.09.2015) The European Commission has proposed guidance to Member States to better help long-term unemployed return to work.

 megatrends, published Unemployment european union
[Opinión] Reformas estructurales al sistema de pensiones en Chile monitor

El Mostrador (07.09.2015) El sistema privatizado de administración de fondos de pensiones (AFP) vía capitalización individual fue creado durante la dictadura cívico-militar por el entonces ministro de Trabajo José Piñera (el mismo del Plan Laboral), mediante el Decreto Ley N° 3500 de 1980. El objetivo central de la privatización del sistema de pensiones era crear un robusto mercado de capitales que ofrezca una vía de financiamiento barato a las grandes empresas (también privatizadas de manera irregular) debido a las restricciones de crédito del sistema financiero

 managing reforms, published Old-age pensions, Pensions
Chômeurs de longue durée : Hollande plaide pour un plan européen monitor

Les Echos (29.09.2015) Devant le congrès de la Confédération européenne des syndicats, le chef de l’Etat a plaidé pour la portabilité des droits des travailleurs et la convergence des systèmes de Sécurité sociale dans l’UE.

 migration, published Unemployment, Migration european union
Afrique de l'Ouest: Protection sociale/ CNPS: cérémonie de remise de diplômes aux élèves du CIFOCSS monitor

Abidjan.net (29.09.2015) Environs quatre-vingt-dix élèves issus du Centre Ivoirien de Formation des Cadres de la Sécurité Sociale de l'institut aux Métiers de la Sécurité Social( IM2S), ont reçu ce mardi 29 septembre leurs diplômes de fin de formation.

 published Governance and administration Africa
[Report] WHO/Europe: New evidence: how the economic crisis has affected health systems and health in Europe monitor

Euro WHO (07.09.2015) Economic shocks pose a threat to health and health system performance by increasing people's requirements for health care and, at the same time, making access to care more difficult. The financial and economic crisis has had a visible but varied impact on many health systems in Europe, eliciting a wide range of responses from governments facing fiscal pressure.

 economic crisis, published Health, Health insurance Europe
Switzerland ranked best place to grow old. Why? monitor

lenews (28.09.2015) Switzerland did not have the longest life expectancy or the highest score on relative mental well-being. It did not have lowest old age poverty rate and it wasn’t perceived as the safest place for an older person to walk alone. So why did it rank as the best place to live in old age in a recent study by HelpAge International?

 published Old-age pensions switzerland
Europe: ‘Resilience strategies’ help vulnerable youth out of unemployment monitor

EurActiv (24.09.2015) While it can be tough being unemployed, putting individuals at risk of poverty, the situation can be even worse for vulnerable youngsters who can sink into depression and homelessness.

 youth employment, published, megatrends Employment of young workers european union
International Day of Older Persons: More than half of the world’s older persons lack quality long-term care monitor

ilo.org (28.09.2015) A new ILO study reveals a global shortfall of 13.6 million care workers undermining the delivery of quality services to more than half of the world’s older persons.

 published Health, Population ageing, Long-term care
France: Comment Pôle emploi adopte les méthodes du Lean Start-Up monitor

petitweb.fr (25.09.2015) En juillet 2014, Anne-Léone Campanella prend les rênes du programme "Digital" avec un credo : la transposition des services physiques de Pôle emploi sur le web ne suffit plus. Il faut inventer de nouveaux services. L'Emploi Store, un point d'accès unique à tous les services autour l'emploi, est annoncé en février 2014 par Michel Sapin, le Ministre du Travail de l'époque. En octobre, l'équipe est constituée, le compte-à-rebours est lancé.

 published Information and communication technology, Unemployment france
La Sécurité sociale, pas si mal perçue des Français monitor

Les Echos (28.09.2015) Le fonctionnement de la Sécurité sociale est globalement efficace pour les Français, qui déplorent néanmoins son mauvais équilibre financier.

 published france
Suisse: Assurance-maladie - Vers une baisse des primes maladie enfants et jeunes adultes monitor

tdg (28.09.2015) Une commission du Conseil national planche sur une proposition PDC de 2010 visant à supprimer les primes enfants

 published Health switzerland
France: Les algorithmes vont-ils contribuer à réduire le chômage ? monitor

Le chômage continue de monter et pourtant, quelque 400.000 postes sont difficiles à pourvoir. Les big data, les méga données, permettent de mieux mettre en rapport les offres et les demandes d'emploi.

 published Information and communication technology, Unemployment france
La baisse des retraites au Portugal légitime, selon les juges européens monitor

lequotidien.lu (24.09.2015) Le Portugal était fondé à diminuer, de manière « limitée et temporaire », les pensions de retraite dans le cadre du plan d’aide international qui l’a sauvé de la faillite en 2011, a estimé jeudi la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme.

 published Pensions portugal