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| New Deal For Irish Families | ireland | Social Europe (10.07.2018) With the repeal of the 8th amendment Irish women and their partners will have a choice if and when to have children later this year. This choice will have major implications for social policy and the development of a family-friendly welfare state in Ireland. From… |
Family benefits | family_gender_society | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.socialeurope.eu/new-deal-for-irish-families | fabbri | |||
| [Report] WHO: Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness and health costs globally | WHO (05.07.2018) Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank.Today, inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or… |
Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank. Today, inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treat |
Health promotion | universal health coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.who.int/news-room/detail/05-07-2018-low-quality-healthcare-is-increa… | fabbri | |||
| [Opinion] US: What explains the widening gap in retirement ages? | United States | MarketWatch (04.07.2018) Today, male college graduates retire about three years later than high school graduates. While the story is more complicated for women, because of the dramatic change in their labor-force participation rates over the latter half of the 20th century, the pattern is… |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-explains-the-widening-gap-in-retirement-… | fabbri | ||||
| Le chômage en Suisse a atteint son plus bas niveau depuis dix ans | switzerland | Le Temps (09.07.2018) Le taux de sans emploi s'est stabilisé à 2,4% en juin. Jamais il n’avait été aussi bas depuis septembre 2008 et la crise financière |
Le taux de chômage en Suisse continue à battre des records à la baisse. Il s’inscrit à 2,4% à fin juin, le même taux qu’un mois plus tôt, mais avec un léger recul en chiffres absolus du nombre de chômeurs inscrits aux Offices régionaux de placement (ORP), qui s’établit à 106 579 personnes, contre |
Unemployment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/chomage-suisse-atteint-plus-bas-niveau-dix-ans | fabbri | |||
| [Report] ILO: Universal Basic Income proposals in light of ILO standards: Key issues and global costing | ILO (July 2018) This paper reviews proposals for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in light of ILO |
Financing | universal-basic-income | Published_SS_Monitor | fabbri | |||||
| Maroc: Conventions internationales de sécurité sociale - Ce que prévoient les prestations à court terme | morocco | Aujourd'hui le Maroc (06.07.2018) En vue de maintenir les droits acquis des ressortissants en matière de sécurité sociale, le gouvernement a conclu plusieurs conventions avec des pays étrangers. Au total, 19 conventions internationales ont été signées avec 19 pays, dont 13… |
Grâce à ces différentes conventions, les ressortissants marocains peuvent bénéficier de plusieurs prestations à court et à long termes. Pour les premières, il s’agit des prestations en espèces, dont les indemnités journalières de maladie, de maternité, d’accident du travail, et de maladie p |
international_agreement | Published_SS_Monitor | http://aujourdhui.ma/societe/conventions-internationales-de-securite-sociale-ce… | fabbri | |||
| Vietnam to host ASEAN Social Security Association meeting | Asia | Xinhua | English.news (06.07.2018) The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting will be held on Sept. 17-21 in central Nha Trang city with the participation of some 170 delegates from 10 Southeast Asian countries. |
The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting will be held on Sept. 17-21 in central Nha Trang city with the participation of some 170 delegates from 10 Southeast Asian countries. In addition to representatives of 19 social security institutions from 10 ASEAN nations, th |
issa | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/06/c_137305730.htm | fabbri | |||
| Work in the digital age: challenges of the fourth industrial revolution Identifying the challenges for work in the digital age | Shining a light on the very different experiences of work in the digital age, this book provides a unique contribution to the reform discussion on the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution. Drawing on a wide range of international expertise, contributors examine important policy… |
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| New report shows that digital employment platforms are gaining a foothold in Europe's labour markets | european union | europa (27.06.2018) The Commission is publishing today a report on digital platform workers in Europe. The report provides evidence on this emerging phenomenon based on a survey of over 32 000 people across 14 Member… |
The Commission is publishing today a report on digital platform workers in Europe. The report provides evidence on this emerging phenomenon based on a survey of over 32 000 people across 14 Member States. This |
Information and communication technology | digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=9146&furtherNews=… | fabbri | ||
| Emerging Technologies Enabling Data-Driven Policy & Practice - Series Introduction | SAP Institute for Digital Government (May 2018) This series examines two areas of interest to members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA): contemporary applications of big data analytics within the context of Social Security; and the opportunity for emerging… |
Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | https://iskm.issa.int/sites/default/files/2018-07/2-Emerging_Technologies_Serie… | massetti | ||||||
| Overcoming Big Data Challenges with Real-Time Computing (Emerging Technologies Enabling Data-Driven Policy & Practice Series) | SAP Institute for Digital Government (May 2018) This series examines areas of interest to members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) related to emerging technologies enabling data-driven policy and practice. All modern governments have rich stores of… |
Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | https://iskm.issa.int/sites/default/files/2018-07/2-Emerging_Technologies_Serie… | massetti | ||||||
| Gender equality: Seminar in Reykjavik, Iceland 2018 | Documents, presentation and other related material from the Seminar in Reykjavik in June 2018 on gender equality and gender mainstreaming as a tool to reduce the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap, resulting from a lower participation of women in the labour market, part-time jobs and… |
Family benefits, Children, Maternity, Parental leave, Old-age pensions, Long-term care, Inequalities | adequacy, family_gender_society, gender_and_inequality | https://www.issa.int/en_GB/web/reykjavik2018/documents | -girard | |||||
| Working towards universal health coverage in Georgia | georgia | WHO/Europe (July 2018) The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has released a new health system review (HiT) on Georgia which highlights the progress made in improving access to health care, in protecting the population from the financial risks of inpatient care and in… |
universal health care | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/observatory/news/news/2018/06/work… | fabbri | ||||
| Pourquoi les femmes chauffeurs d'Uber gagnent moins que les hommes | Les Echos (05.07.2018) Personne n'a jamais dit à l'algorithme du service de véhicule avec chauffeur qu'il fallait pénaliser les femmes. Mais, bon gré mal gré, c'est ce qu'il fait. Entre une femme et un homme chauffeur avec Uber, l'écart de revenu par heure est de 7 %, selon une étude… |
Personne n'a jamais dit à l'algorithme du service de véhicule avec chauffeur qu'il fallait pénaliser les femmes. Mais, bon gré mal gré, c'est ce qu'il fait.Entre une femme et un homme chauffeur avec Uber, l'écart de revenu par heure est de 7 %, selon une étude américaine des unive |
Employment | gender_and_inequality | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/sciences-prospective/0301922595799-pourquo… | fabbri | |||
| Le travail indépendant en pleine mutation en Europe | european union | EurActiv (02.07.2018) Le travail indépendant se diversifie en Europe, et touche de plus en plus de types d’activités. Une petite révolution qui pose des questions en matière de protection sociale. Par opposition aux travailleurs indépendants « traditionnels », les freelances n’… |
Employment | self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.euractiv.fr/section/economie/news/le-travail-independant-en-pleine-… | fabbri | |||
| France: Alan launches Alan Map to find doctors around you | france | TechCrunch (04.07.2018) Health insurance startup Alan has launched a new product in France called Alan Map. It’s a dead simple way to find GPs, dentists, ophthalmologists and more around you. |
Health | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/alan-launches-alan-map-to-find-doctors-around… | massetti | ||||
| UK: Auto-enrolment ‘not a solution for self-employed workers’ | united kingdom | ipe.com (26.06.2018) The UK’s auto-enrolment system for workplace pensions should not be extended to include self-employed people, a lobby group for independent workers has said |
The UK’s auto-enrolment system for workplace pensions should not be extended to include self-employed people, a lobby group for independent workers has said. IPSE – the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed – instead called on the government and the pensions |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.ipe.com/countries/uk/auto-enrolment-not-a-solution-for-self-employe… | massetti | ||||
| China eager to embrace tech to meet overflowing health care demands | china | South China Morning Post (02.07.2018) Patients need to have plenty of patience, especially in China’s under-resourced health care system where rural parents often travel with their sick children to seek treatment at Beijing’s Children Hospital but end up having to literally camp outside… |
Patients need to have plenty of patience, especially in China’s under-resourced health care system where rural parents often travel with their sick children to seek treatment at Beijing’s Children Hospital but end up having to literally camp outside because of a shortage of lodgings in the city, |
Old-age pensions, Information and communication technology | brics | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2153148/china-eager-embrace-tech-me… | fabbri | ||
| Pour une politique de salaire minimum européen : perspectives et obstacles | european union | revue de l'IRES : Lors de la campagne des élections européennes de 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker, alors tête de liste du Parti populaire européen (PPE) et aujourd’hui président de la Commission européenne, annonçait : « En tant que président de la Commission, je plaiderai pour que… |
basic income | https://www.cairn.info/revue-de-l-ires-2016-2-page-89.htm | fabbri | |||||
| Older Russians fear pension reform will hit income | Russian Federation | Financial Times (02.07.2018) The Russian government announced its reform plans on the eve of the World Cup, distracting public attention from the shock. They are potentially one of the most far-reaching economic changes of President Vladimir Putin’s latest six-year term, following his re-… |
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Pensions, Financing | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ft.com/content/f22c6676-7d0b-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d | fabbri | ||
| Maroc: Conventions internationales de sécurité sociale : 80% des MRE désormais couverts | comoros | Aujourd'hui le Maroc (01.07.2018) Au titre de l’année 2017, la Caisse a traité plus de 160.000 dossiers de remboursement. A cela s’ajoutent 8.516 dossiers concernant la retraite ou la pension de vieillesse. Ces chiffres montrent que les journées d’information qui sont menées par la CNSS… |
Plus de 122.000 Marocains résidant à l’étranger sont inscrits auprès de la Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS). Au titre de l’année 2017, la Caisse a traité plus de 160.000 dossiers de remboursement. A cela s’ajoutent 8.516 dossier |
Extension of coverage | migration | Published_SS_Monitor | http://aujourdhui.ma/societe/conventions-internationales-de-securite-sociale-80… | fabbri | ||
| A Welcome Message from Distinguished Leaders for IFDM 2018 9th World Congress on Return-to-Work & Disability Management | Ottawa Citizen (28.06.2918) The International Forum on Disability Management (IFDM) started with a vision: to gather leading representatives of stakeholders in disability management and return-to-work from all over the world in order to assemble global perspectives on consensus-based best… |
On the occasion of hosting IFDM 2018 by Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS), scheduled from October 14 -17 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we are pleased to bring personal welcome greetings from some of our distinguished leaders and supporters which include: |
Disability, Return to work | issa, OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | http://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn… | fabbri | |||
| UK: Hermes couriers are workers, not self-employed, tribunal rules | united kingdom | The Guardian (25.06.2018) A group of Hermes couriers have won their fight to be treated as workers instead of independent contractors in what has been described as one of the most significant victories against exploitation of gig-economy workers. |
digital platforms | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/25/hermes-couriers-are-workers-no… | massetti | ||||
| European Union: Coordination of social security systems: Council agrees general approach | Europe | europa.eu (21.06.2018) The revision of the regulations on coordination of social security systems aims at modernising the rules by bringing them in line with the development of national social security systems, as well as making them clearer, fairer and simpler to enforce. This will make it… |
Social policies & programmes | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/06/21/coordination-… | massetti | ||||
| France: Les pistes de l’Assurance-maladie pour améliorer l’accès aux « bons soins » | france | Le Monde (29.06.2018) La CNAM souligne les risques de surmortalité pour les patientes opérées d’un cancer du sein dans les hôpitaux réalisant peu d’actes. |
Mieux vaut se faire opérer d’un cancer du sein dans un établissement réalisant plus de 150 interventions de ce type par an que dans une structure qui en effectue moins de trente, le risque de surmortalité y étant supérieur de 84 %. La mortalité est même plus que doublée la première anné |
Financing | service delivery | Published_SS_Monitor | https://mobile.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2018/06/29/les-pistes-de-l-assurance-ma… | fabbri |