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| Smoking costs the world economy $1 trillion per year, World Health Organization says | The Washington Post (10.01.2017) Smoking and its side effects cost the world's economies more than $1 trillion and kill about 6 million people each year — with deaths expected to rise by more than a third by 2030, according to a new report from the World Health Organization and the National… |
Health | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/10/smoking-costs-… | monitor | ||||||
| Malta's social protection expenditure among lowest in the EU | malta | Times of Malta (21.12.2016) Social protection expenditure in Malta was among the lowest in the EU, representing just 19 per cent of the gross domestic product. Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, said today that social protection expenditure in the EU increased from 28.3 per cent of the GDP… |
Financing | http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20161221/local/maltas-social-protecti… | monitor | |||||
| France: Repenser la gestion des accidents du travail dans les nouvelles situations de télétravail | france | Les Echos (21.12.2016) 53 % des entreprises estiment que le télétravail constitue un outil intéressant pour limiter les déplacements domicile-travail. Cependant, ces mêmes entreprises pointent du doigt les complexités juridiques de la mise en place d’un tel système. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-164122-repenser-la-gestion-de… | monitor | |||||
| Philipinnes: Duterte raises SSS pension, premiums | philippines, the | www.philstar.com (11.01.2017) Beginning this month, retired members of the Social Security System (SSS) will have P1,000 more in monthly pension. |
Pensions | http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/01/11/1661642/duterte-raises-sss-pension… | monitor | |||||
| Etats.Unis: Obamacare - quelle est cette réforme de la couverture-maladie que Trump veut abroger? | United States | RTBF (05.01.2017) Donald Trump et ses alliés républicains ont promis d'abroger la réforme de la couverture-maladie de Barack Obama, dite Obamacare. Explications sur le fonctionnement de cette loi de 2010 et son impact sur le système de santé américain. L'"Affordable Care Act… |
Health, Health insurance | managing reforms | https://www.rtbf.be/info/dossier/election-presidentielle-americaine-la-course-e… | monitor | ||||
| China: Occupational disease patients to get more benefits | china | China.org (09.01.2017) Those suffering from occupational diseases will receive more welfare benefits following a newly issued plan urging local governments and companies to strengthen preventive measures. The plan, under the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), released by the State Council on Jan 4,… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | managing reforms | http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-01/10/content_40070957.htm | monitor | ||||
| L’Europe sociale progresse contre toute attente | european union | EurActiv (06.01.2017) Le Fonds social européen a concerné un travailleur européen sur deux et aidé 10 millions d’Européens à trouver un emploi. Contrairement à une idée reçue, la situation sociale des Européens s’améliore. |
Financing, Unemployment | http://www.euractiv.fr/section/europe-sociale-emploi/news/leurope-sociale-progr… | monitor | |||||
| [Informe] OIT: Perspectivas sociales y del empleo en el mundo – Tendencias 2017 | OIT (13.01.2017) La edición de este año ofrece una previsión del desempleo mundial en 2017 y 2018, así como los niveles de desempleo en las economías, desarrolladas, emergentes y en desarrollo, con cifras y gráficos detallados. |
Unemployment, Employment policies, Inequalities | megatrends | http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/weso/2017/lang--es/index.htm | monitor | |||||
| Brasil perfila la dura reforma de su maltrecho sistema de pensiones | brazil | Hola Ciudad (20.12.2016) El Gobierno brasileño ha dado un paso al frente en la reforma del deficitario sistema de pensiones y ha perfilado los detalles de su polémica iniciativa, necesaria e inaplazable según algunos expertos, y extrema y radical para otros. |
Pensions | managing reforms | http://www.holaciudad.com/noticias/Brasil-reforma-maltrecho-sistema-pensiones_0… | monitor | ||||
| Europe: Un cinquième des dépenses de santé sont du gaspillage | Les Echos (13.01.2016( C'est ce que conclut l'OCDE dans un rapport publié ce jeudi. L'institution alerte sur la nécessité de recalibrer les dépenses pour qu'elles soient réaffectées à des fins plus utiles. |
Health, Financing | http://www.lesechos.fr/monde/europe/0211686642815-un-cinquieme-des-depenses-de-… | monitor | ||||||
| [Report] ILO. World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2017 | ILO (13.01.2017) The ILO's World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2017 takes stock of the current global labour market situation, assessing the most recent employment developments and forecasting unemployment levels in developed, emerging and developing countries. |
Unemployment, Employment policies, Inequalities | megatrends | http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/weso/2017/lang--en/index.htm | monitor | |||||
| Deutschland: Rentenreform - Ost-West-Angleichung soll 15,7 Milliarden Euro kosten | germany | Spiegel (16.01.2017) Für die geplante Anhebung der Rentenwerte im Osten auf das höhere Westniveau rechnet die Regierung mit neuen Milliardenausgaben. Bis zum Jahr 2024 soll der Prozess bis zu 15,7 Milliarden Euro kosten. |
Pensions | managing reforms | http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/rentenreform-ost-west-angleichung-sol… | monitor | ||||
| Kenya: How proper research led to success of Inua Jamii project for disabled people | kenya | the-star.co.ke (16.01.2017) Social Protection PS Susan Mochache says the national government has spent Sh80.3 billion over four years on the elderly and other vulnerable people through the cash transfer programme. |
Disability | poverty | http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/01/16/how-proper-research-led-to-success-of… | monitor | ||||
| Retraite: cette réforme britannique qui pénalise les Français | france | BFM TV (11.01.2017) Outre-Manche, une nouvelle réglementation soumet désormais à des taxes le transfert sur des supports financiers français de l'épargne retraite placée dans des fonds de pension au Royaume-Uni. Ce qui inquiète évidemment les expatriés tricolores. |
Migration | megatrends, migration | http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/votre-argent/les-francais-expatries-au-royaume-uni… | monitor | ||||
| [Opinion] US: GOP's disastrous plan for Obamacare, Planned Parenthood | United States | CNN (05.01.2017) Heads up, American women (and the men who love them): House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday the GOP is moving forward on its plan to repeal Obamacare, and would also include removing federal funding for Planned Parenthood. |
Health, Health insurance | managing reforms | http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/05/opinions/gop-ryan-obamacare-khan | monitor | ||||
| Access to health insurance can increase social cohesion in communities, study shows | news-medical.net (17.01.2017) A new study shows that access to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can contribute to the fraying of neighborhood cohesion. |
Health | http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170117/Access-to-health-insurance-can-increa… | monitor | ||||||
| [Opinion] France: Martin Hirsch plaide pour une "assurance maladie universelle" | france | Le Point (14.01.2017) Le directeur général de l'Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris vante dans une tribune au "Monde" cette assurance qui rembourserait à 100 |
Health | http://www.lepoint.fr/sante/martin-hirsch-plaide-pour-une-assurance-maladie-uni… | monitor | |||||
| [opinion] Philippines: Pension for all seniors: It’s time | philippines, the | BusinessMirror (19.01.2017) The national debate over the mechanics of how to implement the proposed additional P2,000 in the monthly pension received by the elderly members of the Social Security System (SSS) tends to ignore other glaring facts about the state of destitution affecting majority… |
Pensions | http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/pension-for-all-seniors-its-time | monitor | |||||
| Tunisie: L'ARP adopte des conventions de sécurité sociale conclues avec la Tchéquie, le Maroc et la Bulgarie | tunisia | Espace Manager (18.01.2017) L’assemblée des représentants du peuple (ARP) a adopté, lors d’une séance plénière tenue mardi, les conventions bilatérales de sécurité sociales que la Tunisie a conclues avec la République tchèque, le Maroc et la Bulgarie. |
Migration, Bilateral agreements | migration | http://www.espacemanager.com/larp-adopte-des-conventions-de-securite-sociale-co… | monitor | ||||
| [Opinion] Being open-minded about universal basic income | blogs.worldbank.org (06.01.2017) In a world riddled with complexity, the simplicity of universal basic income grants (BIGs) is alluring: just give everyone cash. Excerpts of such radical concepts have been put in practice across the globe, with the launch of a pilot in Kenya, results from India… |
Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | extending coverage | https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/being-open-minded-about-universal-b… | monitor | |||||
| México: Necesaria, reforma en sistema de pensiones | mexico | El Economista (09.01.2017) Las pensiones de los trabajadores mexicanos a través de una administradora de fondos (afore) serán insuficientes si se mantienen las condiciones actuales de aportación, aunque todavía hay oportunidad de “proteger” a estos ahorradores, por lo que se requiere reformar el… |
Pensions | managing reforms | http://eleconomista.com.mx/sistema-financiero/2017/01/08/necesaria-reforma-sist… | monitor | ||||
| France: Taxer les robots pour financer la protection sociale, un remède pire que le mal? | france | L'Express (15.01.2017) Et si les robots finançaient la protection sociale? La proposition n'émane pas d'un scénario de film de science fiction mais du très sérieux Parlement européen. Sa commission juridique a adopté jeudi un rapport de l'eurodéputée Mady Delvaux évoquant la… |
Financing | http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/taxer-les-robots-pour-financ… | monitor | |||||
| Deutschland: BG BAU startet neue Präventionskampagne | germany | Arbeitsschutz-Portal (18.01.2017) Es wurde groß angekündigt, nun ist es gestartet - das Präventionsprogramm "Bau auf Sicherheit. Bau auf dich" von der Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft (BG BAU)! Die Aktion ist auf Dauer angelegt, soll Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer für mehr… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.arbeitsschutz-portal.de/beitrag/asp_news/5622/bg-bau-startet-neue-pr… | monitor | |||||
| US: With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets | The Washington Post (22.01.2017) President Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to grant relief to constituencies affected by the Affordable Care Act has begun to reverberate throughout the nation’s health-care system, injecting further uncertainty into an already unsettled… |
Health | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/with-executive-order-tru… | monitor | ||||||
| Philippines: PhilHealth, DOH and DSWD renew ties for social protection | philippines, the | Malaya (16.01.2017) Two years after the initial Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently renewed their partnership for the Social Protection… |
Health, Governance and administration | http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/living/philhealth-doh-and-dswd-renew-tie… | monitor |