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| WHO recognizes workplace 'burnout' as an occupational phenomenon | CNBC (28.05.2019) For the first time, the WHO has officially classified workplace burnout as an occupational phenomenon in its latest revision of the International Classification of Diseases. The agency previously defined burnout as a “state of vital exhaustion,” but this is the first time it’s… |
f you often feel exhausted or mentally distant at work, the World Health Organization may have a diagnosis for you: Burnout. For the first time, the WHO has officially classified workplace burnout as an occupational phenomenon in its latest revision of the International Classification of |
Prevention of occupational risks | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/who-recognizes-workplace-burnout-as-an-occupati… | dfabbri | |||
| New law institutionalizes Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program | philippines, the | Philstar.com (22.05.2019) President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that institutionalizes a cash transfer program that aims to address poverty and to improve the health and education of poor children. |
Family benefits, Conditional cash transfers | cct, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/05/22/1920079/new-law-institutionalizes… | pmassetti | |||
| Swiss federal government against tax funded paternity leave | switzerland | lenews (27.05.2019) Recently, Switzerland’s Federal Council voiced its opposition to an initiative to create universal paid leave for the fathers of newborns, according to the newspaper Le Matin. |
The initiative, which aims to introduce 20 days of paid paternity leave, and collected the required number of signatures to go a |
Family benefits, Parental leave | Published_SS_Monitor | https://lenews.ch/2019/05/30/swiss-federal-government-against-tax-funded-patern… | dfabbri | |||
| Jordan: PM launches social protection strategy to alleviate, fortify against poverty | jordan | jordantimes (29.05.2019) "opportunities, dignity and empowerment”, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Wednesday launched the Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Strategy for 2019-2025 that aims at supporting the country’s underprivileged population. In addition to supporting impoverished… |
“opportunities, dignity and empowerment”, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Wednesday launched the Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Strategy for 2019-2025 that aims at supporting the country’s underprivileged population. In addition to supporting impoverished Jordanians, the st |
Extension of coverage | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/pm-launches-social-protection-strategy-al… | dfabbri | ||
| [Report] In-work poverty in Europe: a study of national policies | Europe | Europa (24.05.2019) A new Synthesis Report produced by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) puts forward several recommendations and calls for more effective policy action at European and national levels to tackle in-work poverty. |
G etting people into quality jobs is key to achieving the European Union's (EU) ambition of fostering upward convergence in living standards across all Member States. Preventing in-work poverty (IWP) is seen by policymakers and stakeholders alike as part of the overall goal to reduce pove |
Difficult-to-cover groups | labour markets, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=9378&furtherNews… | dfabbri | ||
| Suisse: En assurant ses chauffeurs, Uber prend ses responsabilités | switzerland | Le Temps (29.05.2019) La multinationale californienne du transport met en place un système d'assurance accident pour ses chauffeurs et coursiers suisses, mais craint d'être reconnue comme leur employeur. Interview de son directeur pour la Suisse, Steve Salom |
Comme leurs cousins européens, les 2600 chauffeurs d’Uber (au dernier pointage) et les centaines de coursiers Uber |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/steve-salom-assurant-chauffeurs-uber-prend-resp… | dfabbri | |||
| German minister presents draft law to supplement basic pension from 2021 | germany | China.org.cn (23.05.2019) The German Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Hubertus Heil, presented his reform to supplement the German basic pension on Wednesday. According to the draft law, a pension supplement is planned from 2021 onwards for long-term, low-income earners in Germany and… |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2019-05/23/content_74812649.htm | pmassetti | ||||
| Cyprus: Etek calls for adoption of ‘Vision Zero” strategy for no labour accidents | cyprus | InCyprus (27.05.2019) In view of a recent spike in work related accidents the Technical Chamber (Etek) has expressed concern at the lack of a ‘safety culture’ on the island. The Technical Chamber has placed health and safety high up on its list of priorities and intensified its efforts in… |
In view of a recent spike in work related accidents the Technical Chamber (Etek) has expressed concern at the lack of a ‘safety culture’ on the island. Seven people have lost their lives in labour accidents so far this year. Reversing a previous significant improvement in the freque |
Prevention of occupational risks | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | https://in-cyprus.com/etek-calls-for-adoption-of-vision-zero-strategy-for-no-la… | dfabbri | ||
| Deutschland: Pflegeversicherung ist erstmals drittgrößte Sozialversicherung | germany | dasinvestment (14.05.2019) Am 1. Januar 2019 löste die Pflegeversicherung die Arbeitslosenversicherung als drittgrößte Sozialversicherung ab. Die Beiträge dürften weiter steigen, ebenso der Bedarf an Zusatzvorsorge, meint Rolf Tilmes, Vorstandschef des Financial Plannung Standards Board… |
Es dürfte kaum jemanden aufgefallen sein, aber es ist durchaus bemerkenswert: Am 1. Januar 2019 löste die Pflegeversicherung die Arbeitslosenversicherung nach der Kranken- und Rentenversicherung als drittgrößte Sozialversicherung ab. Während der Beitragssatz zur Arbeitslosenversicherung von |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.dasinvestment.com/nach-beitragserhoehung-pflegeversicherung-ist-ers… | dfabbri | |||
| Au Cambodge, la longue marche vers la « sécu » | cambodia | Le Monde (23.05.2019) Tout touriste ayant visité les temples d’Angkor connaît le personnage : le chauffeur de tuk-tuk, triporteur motorisé faisant fonction de taxi, est partie intégrante de la carte postale cambodgienne. Ce que les visiteurs étrangers savent moins, c’est à quel point ce métier… |
« Emplois décents et lien social ». Tout touriste ayant visité les temples d’Angkor connaît le personnage : le chauffeur de tuk-tuk, triporteur motorisé faisant fonction de taxi, est partie intégrante de la carte postale cambodgienne. Ce que les visiteurs étrangers savent mo |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/05/23/au-cambodge-la-longue-m… | dfabbri | ||||
| [Analysis] The costs of an ageing population keep growing, but who's going to pay? | australia | abc.net. (20,05.2019) Australians born after 1946 began to retire in huge numbers in 2011. Demand for the aged pension, aged care and health services have been rising commensurately. The working age population is a net contributor to the federal budget. Older people, on the other hand, are the… |
In the post-mortem of Labor's election loss, calls to dump the party's franking credits policy have risen to a clamour. On the ABC's Q&A program, audience member Paul Keighery not only labelled the plan to claw back taxpayers' money from older Australians a "monumental blunder", he as |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-27/the-baby-boomer-budget-problem-election-… | dfabbri | ||||
| Next steps towards universal health coverage call for global leadership | The BMJ (24.05.2019 Universal health coverage (UHC) has been identified as a priority for international development by the G20, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations General Assembly. Since it was explicitly incorporated into the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as target 3.8… |
universal health coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2107 | dfabbri | |||||
| How can we protect contract and informal workers in Pakistan? | pakistan | dawn/news (23.05.2019) Social protection has to move away from schemes for formal workers towards accommodating more dynamic work patterns. |
For the next four decades, at least three million people are expected to enter Pakistan’s workforce each year. By 2050, the country may end up with as many as 181 million people needing jobs. Not only w |
Difficult-to-cover groups | labour markets | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.dawn.com/news/1484090/how-can-we-protect-pakistan | dfabbri | ||
| Pushing the Frontiers of Medicine | oecd-forum.org (20.05.2019) New technologies give many hope for the prevention and better treatment of diseases that may currently be difficult to diagnose and treat. There are great expectations for how the combination of improved data collection through wearables, mobile apps, AI and big data… |
Health | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.oecd-forum.org/badges/635-digitalisation/posts/49046-oecd-forum-201… | pmassetti | |||||
| France: Protection sociale des indépendants - l’ambition du premier pas | france | Efederation-auto-entrepreneur (20.05.2019) Examinée par les députés depuis le début de la semaine, la loi d’orientation des mobilités entre dans la dernière ligne droite. En tant qu’acteurs désormais majeurs de la mobilité, les plateformes figurent au cœur du projet : l’article 20 – introduit… |
Tribune publiée dans Le Monde par Grégoire Leclercq, Président de la Fédération Nationale des autoentrepreneurs et administrateur de la Sécurité Sociale des Indépendants Examinée par les députés depuis le début de la semaine, la loi d’ |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.federation-auto-entrepreneur.fr/actualites/protection-sociale-indep… | dfabbri | ||||
| OECD adopts new Principles on Artificial Intelligence | digitaljournal.com (23.05.2019) OECD, plus partner countries, has formally adopted a new set of OECD 'Principles on Artificial Intelligence'. This took place at the Organisation’s 2019 Ministerial Council Meeting on May 22 in Paris. |
Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/oecd-adopts-new-princ… | pmassetti | ||||||
| [Report] WHO: Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2024 | WHO (March 2019) The purpose for a Global Strategy on Digital Health is to promote healthy lives and wellbeing for everyone, everywhere, at all ages. The potential of Digital Health to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to support health systems in all countries, in health… |
Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | https://extranet.who.int/dataform/upload/surveys/183439/files/Draft%20Global%20… | dfabbri | ||||||
| World Economic Forum: How technology can help us achieve universal healthcare | weforum (21.05.2019) This week, the World Health Assembly (WHA) is convening in Geneva to address the implementation of the health-related goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a particular focus on how to make universal health coverage (UHC) a reality. |
This week, the World Health Assembly (WHA) is convening in Geneva to address the implementation of the health-related goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a particular focus on how to make universal health cove |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/05/universal-health-coverage-technology/ | dfabbri | |||||
| Compulsory Social Insurance for expats working in Vietnam - who’s in and who’s out? | vietnam | lexology. (06.05.2019) Ever since the Law on Social Insurance[1] was issued in late 2014, employees and employers have been on notice that “expat employees working in Vietnam” will be required to participate in the State’s compulsory social insurance (SI) regime “from 2018”. 2018 came however… |
Ever since the Law on Social Insurance[1] was issued in late 2014, employees and employers have been on notice that “expat employees working in Vietnam” w |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7f19bb05-ccce-494c-86d9-465f26c1… | dfabbri | ||||
| 75-Year-Old Job Hunters Could Become New Normal in Aging Japan | japan | Bloomberg (17.05.2019) Japan’s ballooning debt fueled by social security obligations. Government seeks to persuade more elderly to stay in work |
At the age of 75, Mikiko Kuzuno found herself recently laid off and applying for a job at a factory near Tokyo. She insisted on making the application in person. “I asked them to please take a look at me,” she said. “I wanted to show them how healthy I am. Some people are very frail.” |
Old-age pensions, Employment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-17/75-year-old-job-hunters-coul… | dfabbri | |||
| Pension burden: More Japanese opt to retire late, extend employment period | japan | Business Standard News (10.04.2019) Some economists expect the average pension-to-wage ratio to keep deteriorating and worries are growing that Japan's 'pay-as-you-go' pension scheme may be unsustainable |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/pension-burden-more-jap… | pmassetti | ||||
| Suisse: Les jeunes s’écharpent autour des retraites | switzerland | Le Temps (21.05.2019) Au lendemain du oui au financement de 2 milliards pour l’AVS, les Jeunes PLR défendent la retraite à 66 ans, voire davantage. Cela leur vaut les foudres des jeunes du centre et de gauche |
Ils sont encore loin de l’âge de la retraite, mais ce sont eux qui se montrent les plus offensifs au lendemain du oui du peuple aux 2 milliards versés chaque année dans le fonds AVS: les jeunes. Les Jeunes PLR travaillent sur quatre scénarios qui, tous, visent le même objectif: relever l’âge |
Pensions, Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/jeunes-secharpent-autour-retraites | dfabbri | |||
| What can be learned from Denmark's parental leave and childcare policies? | denmark | Personnel Today (20.05.2019) Denmark has some of the most generous parental leave and childcare support schemes in the world. But have these had an impact on closing its gender pay gap? Jason Downes looks at what the UK can learn from its policies. |
Denmark has some of the most generous parental leave and childcare support schemes in the world. But have these had an impact on closing its gender pay gap? Jason Downes looks at what the UK can learn from its policies. Widely regarded as one of the most progressive Europ |
Family benefits, Parental leave | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/denmark-parental-leave-childcare-policies/ | dfabbri | |||
| New papers highlight potential of social protection in managing climate risk | climatecentre (01.05.2019) The IFRC together with the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and the UK Department for International Development last month jointly hosted its first workshop on links between humanitarian cash-transfers and social protection. |
The IFRC together with the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and the UK Department for International Development last month jointly hosted its first workshop on links between humanitarian cash-transfers and social protection. |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.climatecentre.org/news/1136/new-papers-highlight-potential-of-socia… | dfabbri | |||||
| Suisse: Gérer son diabète avec une application mobile: comment s’y retrouver? | switzerland | Le Temps (17.05.2019) A l’ère de l’e-santé, de nombreuses applications mobiles se développent pour aider les malades à gérer leurs pathologies chroniques, notamment le diabète. Quelques précautions sont à observer, rappellent des experts |
Loïc a 34 ans. Diabétique de type 1 rencontré via l’association Diabète Vaud, il suit sa glycémie via Dexcom G6, une application mobile couplée à un capteur connecté collé sur son bras qui envoie les informations par Bluetooth à son téléphone. |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/gerer-diabete-une-application-mobile-sy-retrouv… | dfabbri |