Finland has published, for the first time, a National Action Plan on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Action Plan will implement the UN Convention that entered into force in summer 2016. The aim is to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities and to impro

Welcome to the G7 Future of Work Forum, a platform where you can find strategies, good practices and experiences of G7 countries in addressing emerging labour market challenges. The Forum was adopted in 2017 by G7 Labour and Employment Ministers under the Italian Presidency and launched under the

La cérémonie d’inauguration de la 15e Conférence internationale de l’Association international de la sécurité sociale (AISS) portant sur les Technologies de l’information et de la Communication dans le domaine de la sécurité sociale, qui a lieu les 18, 19 et 20 avril 2018, s’est déroulée so

Cet évènement qui a lieu tous les trois ans rassemblera 350 participants représentant 81 pays membres de l’AISS dont les dirigeants, les directeurs des systèmes d’information ainsi que les responsables et spécialistes des TIC des institutions de sécurité sociale des cinq continents.

Sozialversicherung und Sozialpartner wappnen sich für die Reform der Sozialversicherung. Bei einer Veranstaltung der Wirtschaftskammer Wien warnten Experten Dienstagabend vor Verschlechterungen bei der Gesundheitsversorgung. Der Vorsitzende des Hauptverbandes der Sozialversicherungsträger, Alexan

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has updated its Social Protection Toolbox, an online platform for policy makers to share experiences and good practices in providing healthcare and income security. The refreshed platform offers over 100 examples of good pract

La flexibilización del acceso a las jubilaciones a partir de la ley 18.395 de 2008 dio lugar a un incremento tanto en el stock como en las altas jubilatorias que se sostuvo hasta 2014.

La implementación de la nueva ley implicó un costo entre 2009 y 2016 de entre US$ 1.639 millones y US$ 1

A social protection model presently being implemented through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) across Pakistan is meant to effectively support and empower women, children and poorest segments of the society.

BISP Chairperson Marvi Memon anounced this while welcoming the foreign

On sera au rendez-vous», avait déclaré jeudi Emmanuel Macron à propos de la prise en charge des personnes âgées au JT de 13 heures de Jean-Pierre Pernaut sur TF1. Dimanche soir, il a de nouveau abordé le sujet lors de son interview au Palais Chaillot.

Yuan Xiaoli, a resident of China’s southern Guangdong Province, caught a cold when the temperature suddenly dropped to 4 degrees Celsius. Using the Guangdong Social Security app on her smartphone, Xiaoli made a doctor’s appointment at the Yingde People’s Hospital. She saw the doctor at the schedu

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43% of respondents regard life insurance as most vital, yet 79% are not insured, citing pricing and lack of information and access as key barriers

Mobile channels and remittance houses identified as optimal touchpoints to reach a majority u

Le Japon voit ses seniors, à l'âge de la retraite, continuer à travailler. Pour compléter une maigre retraite le plus souvent, ils travaillent à temps partiel ou ne partent pas à la retraite. "Avec ma retraite, je touche 750 euros par mois, ce n'est pas assez pour vivre", explique Sadao

To ensure that everyone can benefit from new technologies, policymakers will need to pursue education reforms that promote lifelong learning, maintain labour market flexibility, strengthen social protection systems, and reduce income inequality,

The Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Vingt-quatre pays de l’UE se sont engagés à se regrouper pour adopter une « approche européenne » vis-à-vis de l’intelligence artificielle, afin de concurrencer les géants technologiques américains et asiatiques.

Les ministres ont signé une déclaration le 10 avril dans laquelle ils d

En la sede central de la Ansés, su director ejecutivo, Emilio Basavilbaso, presentó el libro "Análisis y propuestas de mejoras para ampliar la Asignación Universal por Hijo" (AUH), junto con el representante del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef, por sus siglas en inglés) en l

Hausse du minimum vieillesse, de la prime à la naissance et des allocations aux familles monoparentales ou nombreuses et modestes, baisse de l’allocation aux parents de jeunes enfants… Voici les principaux changements à compter du 1er avril :

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Government has encouraged stakeholders to ensure that occupational safety and health management systems are ingrained within the industries to promote hazardous free working environments.

Speaking at the engineers’ safety and health workshop in Harare yesterday, Labour and Social Welfare

Biometrics – such as fingerprints, voices, faces or iris patterns – can be used to establish the unique identify of an individual person. The need to provide people with identification is a huge issue given estimates that nearly one in seven people in the world have no way to prove their identity

he Commission proposes to limit workers' exposure to five cancer-causing chemicals, in addition to the 21 substances that have already been limited or proposed to be limited since the beginning of this mandate. Estimates show that today's proposal would improve working conditions for over 1,000,0

The rate of occupational fatality in the world makes up about 2.8 million people a year,  ISSA Secretary General Hans-Horst Konkolewsky said during the Russian week of labor protection, RIA Novosti news agency reports.

Konkolewski noted that health problems still remain the main caus

Nobel Prize Winner Robert Koch said in 1910 that “One day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and pest” and studies are beginning to prove this statement right.

A study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published this month in th

The integration of migrants from outside the EU into society is one of the key challenges that the Union must address to maintain social cohesion and equality. This blog piece looks at how well migrants and their descendants have integrated into the labour markets of EU Member States.

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The introduction of two weeks paid parental leave in the next budget could cost the State about €30 million per year, Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has said.

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