tdg (18.05.2015) Les grandes entreprises disposant de moyens financiers plus importants sont plus généreuses. Or le congé payé ne devrait pas dépendre du lieu de travail du papa, estime le responsable de la politique sociale chez Travail.Suisse.

lavieeco.com (15.05.2015) Les étudiants de l'enseignement supérieur relevant des secteurs public et privé bénéficieront directement d'un régime de couverture médicale de base.

MercoPress (15.05.2015) Argentina has substantially improved its social protections for maternity and young children, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).

globalpost.com (12.05.2015) President Park Geun-hye called Tuesday for the swift passage of a bill to overhaul civil service pensions, warning that the issue could become a ticking "time bomb" unless addressed.

Inside Korea JoongAng Daily (06.05.2015) Kim In-bae retired from a major company six years ago and recently got a new job at a small company because his pension was running out.

But the 66-year-old was rejected when he tried to re-register for unemployment insurance which provides benefits in the event that a worker loses his or her job, because he was past the 65-year cutoff.

Livemint (14.05.2015) India is a global outlier on social protection

lemonde.fr (13.05.2015) Pour financer la perte d'autonomie, les Français ne peuvent pas compter sur leur entreprise. Sur 80 sociétés interrogées par la structure spécialisée dans le conseil en ressources humaines Mercer fin 2014, 91 % – soit 200 000 salariés – d'entre elles ne couvrent pas leurs salariés contre ce risque. La moitié d'entre elles estime qu'une prise en charge de la dépendance reste un projet à plus ou moins long terme.

TIME (13.05.2015) This weekend, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three social security schemes aimed at helping the people of West Bengal gain access to pensions and insurance.

L'Orient-Le Jour (13.05.2015) Le président de la commission parlementaire de la Santé, Atef Majdalani, a estimé que la proposition de loi visant à assurer une couverture médicale à travers la Caisse nationale de Sécurité sociale (CNSS) aux retraités et à leurs familles (mère, père, enfants et conjoint) est « un important pas en avant pour améliorer les conditions de vie des gens ».

lesechos.fr (13.05.2015) La Sécurité Sociale va pouvoir vérifier d’ici l’été les comptes bancaires des bénéficiaires de la CMU complémentaire, soit 10 % des assurés.

yonhapnews.co.k (12.05.2015) La présidente Park Geun-hye a appelé ce mardi au passage rapide du projet de loi pour la réforme des retraites des fonctionnaires, en avertissant que la question pourrait devenir «une bombe à retardement» si elle n’est pas réglée.

accenture.com (2016) The platform economy is emerging as one of the most powerful manifestations of the digital revolution, which we also refer to as the “fourth industrial revolution.”

maliweb.net (12.05.2015) Afin d’observer l’état d’avancement et l’engouement des maliens envers l’Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (AMO), qui enregistre chaque jour de nouveaux adhérents, ainsi que de recenser les problèmes auxquelles les adhérents sont confrontés pour les résoudre, l’Association des Editeurs de la Presse Privée (ASSEP) en collaboration avec la Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie ont organisé une vaste caravane de presse qui a sillonné certaines villes et la capitale de la troisième région, Sikasso.

ilo.org (07.05.2015) As several countries around the world prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, two new ILO studies provide new global and country data that point to the urgent need to increase social protection for mothers and children.

Sierra Leone News (11.05.2015) The Commissioner of the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has described the recently launched national Social Protection Strategy as the Bible to fight poverty in Sierra Leone.

ndtv.com (10.05.2015) Three key social security schemes had a nationwide launch this evening, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the process in West Bengal, where he is on a two-day visit.

Thanh Nien Daily (07.05.2015) Employers who avoid buying mandatory social and health insurance for their employees will face criminal charges rather than civil penalties, under newly proposed legislation. 

usnews.com (07.05.2015) While the U.S. government has become an even more dominant force in the nation’s health care system, individuals are taking on a greater share of the costs, according to the new U.S. News Health Care Index.

ANSA.it (06.05.2015) European Union sources said Wednesday that Italy must not break the EU Stability and Growth Pact to fix a hole in its budget created a court ruling on a pension cap.

Awoko Newspaper (06.05.2015) A project aimed at reducing poverty among poor people in Sierra Leone has been launched on Monday at the Tonkolili District council hall, by President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Forbes (30.04.2015) Today, at a glitzy press conference at IBM’s new Watson headquarters in Manhattan’s swank Silicon Alley, IBM and Apple announced that they are partnering with Japan Post, which is among other things the largest health- and life-insurance company in Japan, to start a project that will provide iPads to millions of senior citizens with the aim of improving their health and their lives

allAfrica.com (01.05.2015) Globacom, Nigeria's National Carrier, has berthed the National Mobile Health Insurance product which would afford Nigerians the opportunity to have quality access to quality health care delivery system.

allAfrica.com (03.05..2015) Dr Michael Samson is a leading scholar on social protection. He is the director of research at the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) in Cape Town, South Africa.

AFP (05.05.2015) La ministre de la Santé Marisol Touraine a annoncé mardi une réflexion sur la création d'un "régime maladie universel" afin de simplifier "radicalement" la couverture des soins pour tous, à l'occasion d'un discours sur les 70 ans de la Sécurité sociale.

Shanghay Daily (29.04.2015) Health promotion has replaced the traditional safety issues and accidents to become the most important topic in terms of protecting the rights of workers, international labor officials and experts said during a high-level panel discussion held on Tuesday.