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EU seeks more protection for Uber-style jobs | european union | Reuters (25.09.2017) The European Commission wants more social protection and rights for casual workers, such as those in the “gig economy”, and others with non-standard contracts to try to tackle growing social inequality. |
Employment policies, Employment of young workers, Extension of coverage | digital economy, extending coverage, published | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-workers-gigeconomy/eu-seeks-more-protectio… | monitor | |||
Malaysia: Make OSH priority at home and work | malaysia | New Straits Times (23.09.2017) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has called for the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) as a people's agenda that covers every worker and family member at all places of work including schools and educational… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/09/283026/make-osh-priority-home-and-wo… | monitor | ||||
France: Où sont les gisements d'économies de la Sécurité sociale | france | Le Parisien (23.09.2017) Coût de la distribution des médicaments, nombre important de centres de chirurgie, manque de contrôle sur les pensions des retraités à l'étranger... Le rapport de la Cour des comptes publié ce mercredi matin pointe de gros gisements d’économies. |
Financing | http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/ou-sont-les-gisements-d-economies-de-la-secur… | monitor | |||||
Suisse: Après l'échec de Prévoyance 2020, la presse évoque l'urgence d'une réforme | switzerland | RTS (25.09.2017) Tout est à refaire" estime la presse lundi, au lendemain du "non" à la Prévoyance vieillesse 2020. Pointant l'urgence de la situation, les commentateurs jugent que la Suisse n'a pas d'autre choix que de trouver une solution. |
Pensions | managing reforms, published | https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/8945871-la-presse-suisse-inquiete-apres-le-refus… | monitor | ||||
Juanita Rodríguez (Ministerio de Trabajo) habla sobre Trabajo Autónomo Económicamente Dependiente - YouTube | colombia | Juanita Rodríguez,Gerente de contenidos Digitales, habla del proyecto de ley de Trabajo Autónomo Económicamente Dependiente de autoría del Representante Rodrigo Lara, en la comisión VII del Senado el día 1 de Diciembre de 2016. |
Employment, Information and communication technology, Technological transition | digital platforms | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G4GpM8ddYY | ruggia | ||||
Où sont les gisements d'économies de la Sécurité sociale - Le Parisien | france | Les différentes sources d'économie ouvertes au sein de la protection sociale sont liées à une meilleur gestion des processes internes et une utilisation plus poussée des moyens ouverts par les technologies de l'information et de la communication, notamment pour les profils spécifiques comme les… |
Migration, Bilateral agreements, Social policies & programmes | social security processes, sustainability | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/ou-sont-les-gisements-d-economies-de-la-secur… | -filhon | |||
Why the Digital Economy is Key to Formalizing Africa's Informal Sector | Africa | allAfrica.com (14.09.2017) With the commodities crisis crippling the economies of countries like South Africa and Nigeria, it's become more important than ever that Africans develop the blueprint for their own start-up nations. While industrialization is an appealing path to growth for… |
Lagos — At a recent conference, newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron proclaimed that he wanted France to be a "start-up nation." From Washington to Paris, start-ups are heralded as the key to catalyzing economic growth. But in Africa, |
Employment policies, Extension of coverage | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://allafrica.com/stories/201709150001.html | massetti | |||
France: Renforcer la capacité des entreprises à recruter | france | strategie.gouv.fr (24.08.2017) Pour améliorer l’impact de la formation professionnelle en termes de retour à l’emploi et réduire les difficultés de recrutement, il importe de comprendre la manière dont les postes sont pourvus et de renforcer les capacités de recrutement des entreprises… |
Unemployment | http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/publications/renforcer-capacite-entreprises-recrut… | monitor | |||||
Digital revolution forces rethink of labour and welfare | euractiv.com (15.09.2017) The transformation of jobs in the digital era will force governments to review their welfare systems and workers to constantly update their skills, senior European officials, experts and ministers agreed during a conference held in the Estonian capital Tallinn this week… |
digital economy | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/digital-revolution-forces-re… | monitor | |||||
[Entrevista] Así estamos llevando a los colombianos a la economía digital | colombia | El Espectador (19.09.2017) Lo cuenta Juanita Rodríguez Kattah, la gerente de Colombia 4.0, el evento digital más importante del año. Es la cumbre de industrias creativas digitales, el evento más grande que tiene el Mintic, que todos los años ha venido creciendo y que nos cuenta las últimas… |
Information and communication technology | digital economy | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.elespectador.com/economia/asi-estamos-llevando-los-colombianos-la-ec… | monitor | |||
Deutschland: Arbeitsmarkt - Viele Wege zur Vollbeschäftigung | germany | handelsblatt (18.09.2017) Der Arbeitsmarkt hat sich gut entwickelt, die Beschäftigung in Deutschland eilt von Rekord zu Rekord. Die Parteien wollen ihn nach der Wahl noch besser und gerechter machen – mit sehr unterschiedlichen Ansätzen. |
http://www.handelsblatt.com/my/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl/alle-schlagze… | monitor | ||||||
The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Transfers: Evidence from Eight Developing Countries | worldbank.org (18.09.2017) The current policy discussion on fiscal redistribution in low- and middle-income countries focuses on the power of fiscal policy to reduce inequality but less on the impact of fiscal policy on the standard of living of the poor. However, a new World Bank book—The… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, poverty, published | http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/the-distributional-impact… | monitor | |||||
Tougher Employment Regulations For Cyprus Social Insurance | cyprus | Mondaq (12.09.2017) A vote for changes in the Cyprus social insurance (Amending) (No. 2 Law) of 2017 and the Social Insurance (Contributions) Amending Regulations has recently been made, now awaiting an enforcement date by the Council of Ministers, and announcement in the Official Gazette of… |
Governance and administration | http://www.mondaq.com/cyprus/x/628020/employee+rights+labour+relations/Tougher+… | monitor | |||||
Vietnam Social Security strengthens international cooperation | vietnam | VietnamPlus (19.09.2017) The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) will step up bilateral and multilateral cooperation with international organisations and other countries between now and 2020 in order to assert its prestige and position, said VSS Deputy General Director Dao Viet Anh. |
published | http://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-social-security-strengthens-international-coop… | monitor | |||||
Schweiz: Digitalisierung - Bessere Arbeitsbedingungen für digitale Jobs | switzerland | luzernerzeitung (13.09.2017) DIGITALISIERUNG ⋅ Der Erfolg von Online-Plattformen wie AirB&B und Uber haben auch Auswirkungen auf die Schweizer Arbeitswelt: Hunderttausende Personen gehen inzwischen einer Arbeit über eine Online-Plattform nach. Syndicom pocht auf die Einhaltung der… |
digital economy, published | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/bessere-arbeitsbedingungen-fu… | monitor | ||||
Sénégal: Couverture maladie universelle - Un projet de loi bientôt sur la table de la nouvelle législature | senegal | Le Soleil (18.08.2017) Les 165 députés issus des élections législatives du 30 juillet dernier pourraient examiner en priorité le projet de loi sur la Couverture maladie universelle (Cmu). Une volonté du gouvernement sénégalais de donner un encadrement législatif au droit à une santé pour tous. L… |
Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.lesoleil.sn/actualites/item/68648-couverture-maladie-universelle-un-… | monitor | ||||
[Opinion] Universal healthcare in the US is possible. We already have proof | United States | The Guardian (15.09.2017) Speaking to opponents of universal healthcare in the US today is much like speaking to a moon-landing denier or any other conspiracy theorist – they insist on arguing impossibility in the face of proven reality. |
Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/15/universal-healthcare-us-p… | monitor | ||||
Suisse: Les ravages du burn-out, au travail et à la maison | switzerland | Le Temps (18.09.2017) Comment reconnaitre les symptômes du burn-out, cet épuisement qui touche de plus en plus de personnes, aussi bien au travail qu'à la maison? Ce dossier du Temps raconte ce mal du XXIe siècle |
https://www.letemps.ch/dossiers/ravages-burnout-travail-maison | monitor | ||||||
France: Alan launches mobile app for its health insurance service of the future | france | TechCrunch (15.09.2017) French startup Alan is trying the impossible by reinventing health insurance and life insurance. The company just launched its mobile app on iOS and Android. You can now send a bill, say that you’re at the hospital and contact Alan directly from the app. |
Health, Health insurance, Information and communication technology | digital economy, published | https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/alan-launches-mobile-app-for-its-health-insur… | monitor | ||||
Work-related injuries, diseases claim 2.78m lives annually, says ILO | nigeria | Nigeria Today (15.09.2017) Work-related injuries, diseases and illnesses claim 2.78 million lives annually. Of this mortality figure, 2.4 million are attributed to work-related hazards alone, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO). |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2017/09/work-related-injuries-diseases-claim-2-78m-l… | monitor | ||||
Turkey among high achievers in universal healthcare | turkey | Daily Sabah (13.09.2017) Turkey, along with China, Rwanda, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea and Laos, recorded the biggest improvements in universal health care between 2000 and 2016, which translated into better vaccine coverage, as well as fewer child deaths and malaria infections, according to a… |
Health promotion, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage | https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/09/14/turkey-among-high-achievers-in-uni… | monitor | ||||
Suisse: Santé - couvrez ces coûts que je ne saurais voir | switzerland | Le Temps (19.09.2017) Les coûts de la santé sont l’un des débats récurrents de la politique. On oublie toutefois bien souvent d’intégrer à la discussion des décisions a priori sans rapport, mais dont l’influence se révèle importante. Un cloisonnement bien utile à certains intérêts |
Health, Financing | https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/2017/09/18/sante-couvrez-couts-ne-saurais-voir | monitor | |||||
Ireland: State bid to get older people back into work | ireland | Irish Examiner (18.09.2017) The Government is planning a campaign to get older people “sitting” on the live register back to work and to also encourage senior workers to put off retirement, writes Juno McEnroe. |
Old-age pensions, Employment | published | http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/state-bid-to-get-older-people… | monitor | ||||
Protecting Poor Thai Families from Economic Hardship | thailand | worldbank.org (31.08.2017) Thailand recently announced that it will put into action a national social assistance program for poor families. Such a program can help reduce poverty significantly. It would also move Thailand into the growing ranks of middle-income countries, such as China, Malaysia… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, poverty, published | http://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific/protectingp-poor-thai-families-from-… | monitor | ||||
Canada: Several workplace exposures may inCanadian Occupational Safetycrease risk of developing Parkinson’s disease | canada | Canadian Occupational Safety (12.09.2017) Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s. It is estimated more than 100,000 Canadians have Parkinson’s disease and more than 25 people are diagnosed daily, according to Parkinson Canada. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.cos-mag.com/occupational-hygiene/34516-several-workplace-exposures-m… | monitor |