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[Opinion] Europe: We must tackle long-term job insecurity, not just the excesses of the ‘gig economy’ | european union | Europe’s World (14.03.2017) Over the last decade the economic prospects facing European workers have changed. For most, it’s been a change for the worse: less job security, less wage growth, more low-paid work, erosion of pensions and healthcare, and increased fears about future employment… |
Employment of young workers, Inequalities | youth employment, digital economy, labour markets | http://europesworld.org/2017/03/14/long-term-job-insecurity-not-just-gig-econom… | monitor | ||||
Canada: Les défis économiques du congé parental prolongé | canada | ICI.Radio-Canada (25.03.2017) Le prolongement du congé parental à 18 mois, annoncé dans le récent budget fédéral, pourrait constituer un défi économique pour des familles et des employeurs. |
Family benefits, Parental leave | megatrends | http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1024388/defis-economiques-conge-parental-pr… | monitor | ||||
America rose to defend healthcare. But Trump’s attack on the poor is not over | United States | The Guardian (27.03.2017) Obamacare will be the law of the land for the “foreseeable future”, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, admitted in the aftermath of the abject failure of Donald Trump or the Republican party to “repeal or replace” Obama’s flagship Affordable Care… |
Health, Health insurance, Inequalities | managing reforms, poverty | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/27/america-cuts-health-insurance-o… | monitor | ||||
Suisse: Prévoyance Vieillesse 2020 : le Parlement accepte la réforme des retraites, le dernier mot reviendra au peuple | switzerland | arcinfo.ch (17.03.2017) Vendredi, le vote final du Parlement a validé la réforme des retraites "Prévoyance Vieillesse 2020" en vote final. Le peuple votera sur cet objet le 24 septembre 2017. |
Pensions | http://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/suisse/prevoyance-vieillesse-2020--le-parlement-… | monitor | |||||
France: L'Assurance-maladie veut lutter contre le renoncement aux soins | france | francetvinfo.fr (29.03.2017) Plus d'un quart des Français auraient déjà renoncé à se soigner pour des raisons financières. L'Assurance-maladie a décidé de s’attaquer à ce problème en lançant un dispositif d’accompagnement personnalisé. |
Service quality | services quality | http://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/patient/droits-et-demarches/l-assurance-maladi… | monitor | ||||
Norway needs to secure welfare state | norway | newsinenglish.no (03.04.2017) Few countries are as financially fit to secure social welfare systems as Norway, which has spent the past 20 years stashing away its oil wealth for future generations. Most of that money, though, is meant to preserve pensions, so the government now needs to keep its… |
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2017/04/03/aiming-to-secure-the-welfare-state | monitor | ||||||
France: Les femmes premières victimes des maladies professionnelles | france | bfmtv (16.03.2017) Au travail, les femmes développent près de deux fois plus de troubles musculo-squelettiques que les hommes. Moins visibles, leurs tâches sont tout autant pénibles,. Et parfois davantage. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.bfmtv.com/sante/les-femmes-premieres-victimes-des-maladies-professio… | monitor | |||||
[Report] ILO to launch new book on social dialogue trends in the EU | european union | ILO (30.03.2017) New ILO study highlights emerging trends and good practices in social dialogue based on case studies in eleven EU Member States. |
http://www.ilo.org/brussels/press/press-releases/WCMS_548748/lang--en/index.htm | monitor | ||||||
Using Income Transfers to Improve the Lives of Families with Children and the Unemployed in Argentina | argentina | worldbank.org (22.03.2017) To help create the preconditions for expanding its social safety net, Argentina increased the effectiveness of its income transfer programs for the unemployed and for families with children. |
Family benefits, Unemployment | http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2017/03/22/income-transfer-improve-lives-ar… | monitor | |||||
MENA countries: Food security missing in region’s social protection plans — report | Africa, Asia | Jordan Times (29.03.2017) Despite plans implemented to provide support to refugees and host communities, the national social protection strategies of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region lack food security as a core component, according to a recent report. |
Social assistance, Inequalities | poverty, megatrends | http://jordantimes.com/news/local/food-security-missing-region%E2%80%99s-social… | monitor | ||||
Costa Rica: Ser pobre en el país más feliz de América Latina | El Pais (23.03.2017) Pese a ser uno de los países más prósperos de la región, una quinta parte de los costarricenses vive en la pobreza. Así trata el Gobierno de ayudarles a salir de ella |
poverty | http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/23/planeta_futuro/1490226439_201337.html | monitor | ||||||
El gasto de España en protección social se reduce tres décimas y amplía su brecha con la UE | spain | 20minutos (06.03.2017) El gasto español con relación al PIB es inferior (43,8%) a la media de la UE (47,2%) y de países como Finlandia, Francia (57% ambos) o Dinamarca (54,8%). El porcentaje del gasto dedicado a políticas sociales (ayudas a mayores, parados o dependientes) es del 39,1%, 1,5… |
Financing | http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2977165/0/gasto-publico-union-europea-eurostat-… | monitor | |||||
Suisse: L'idée d'augmenter l'âge de la retraite au-delà de 65 ans n'est pas enterrée | switzerland | Le Temps (19.03.2017) Hausse de l’âge de la retraite des femmes à 65 ans, bonus AVS de 70 francs pour les nouveaux retraités, baisse du taux de conversion LPP, augmentation de la TVA: les éléments fondateurs de la réforme des retraites mise sous toit par le Parlement vendredi dernier ont… |
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/03/19/lidee-daugmenter-lage-retraite-audela-… | monitor | ||||||
[Opinion] India: Free internet access: the welfare state of 2020 | india | YourStory.com (03.04.1017) Over the past year or so, we have seen the announcement of multiple initiatives to provide free internet access to the Indian public. While some of these measures met with justified resistance, it is essential that we do not overlook the great potential that lies in a … |
Information and communication technology, Service quality | digital economy, services quality | https://yourstory.com/2017/04/free-internet-access | monitor | ||||
Belgique: La réforme du financement de la Sécurité sociale adoptée à la Chambre | belgium | LeVif.be (31.03.2017) La Chambre a adopté jeudi, majorité contre opposition (VB et Vuye se sont abstenus) le projet de loi réformant le financement de la sécurité sociale. |
Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/la-reforme-du-financement-de-la-securite… | monitor | ||||
Gabon: Biyoghe Mba explique aux gabonais leur nouveau code de protection sociale | gabon | gabonactu.com (04.04.2017) Le ministre gabonais des Affaires sociales, Paul Biyoghe Mba a récemment consacré une demi-journée pour expliquer aux gabonais par des mots simples le nouveau code de protection sociale qui remplace l’ancien code de sécurité sociale datant des années 70. |
Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | http://www.gabonactu.com/biyoghe-mba-explique-aux-gabonais-nouveau-code-de-prot… | monitor | ||||
Irish take big step towards divestment | ireland | Corporate Knights (21.03.2017) A bill requiring Ireland’s €8 billion sovereign wealth fund to divest itself of all coal, oil and gas holdings moved one step closer to ratification after passing a second stage reading in the Irish lower house of parliament in January. |
Investment, Financing | http://www.corporateknights.com/channels/responsible-investing/irish-take-big-s… | monitor | |||||
Etats-Unis: Trumpcare : "14 millions d'Américains perdraient leur couverture santé d'ici un an" | United States | EuroNews (24.03.2017) Les dépenses de santé aux Etats-Unis sont estimées à 20 % du PIB pour 2017, un record mondial qui se chiffre à 3,5 trillions de dollars. Moins de la moitié de ces dépenses sont financées par le gouvernement américain. (A titre de comparaison, selon l’OCDE, au sein de l’… |
Health, Health insurance, Inequalities | managing reforms | http://fr.euronews.com/2017/03/24/trumpcare-14-millions-d-americains-perdraient… | monitor | ||||
France: Pays surréglementé, la France est tombée amoureuse d’Uber | france | tdg.ch (10.04.2017) Fruit de la révolution numérique, Uber fait un carton dans les banlieues. De manière générale, la France se veut le pays de la nouvelle économie. Les politiques sont à la traîne. |
Employment, Employment of young workers, Information and communication technology | digital economy | http://www.tdg.ch/monde/pays-surreglemente-france-tombee-amoureuse-uber/story/1… | monitor | ||||
Ghana: Women on social protection undergo skills training | ghana | Business Ghana News (29.03.2017) More than 3,000 women on social protection intervention programmes are receiving skills training as part of efforts to wean them off the programmes. |
Employment | https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/143749/Women-on-social-protecti… | monitor | |||||
[Analyse] France: Protection sociale - concilier solidarité et liberté dans un monde en plein bouleversement | france | Les Echos (05.03.2017) Prévalence de nouvelles formes de contrat de travail, explosion du chômage, accroissement du nombre de retraités, avènement des nouvelles technologies… Tous ces changements sont autant de défis pour le monde de la protection sociale. Comment faire évoluer les modes de… |
Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | digital economy | https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-168441-protection-sociale-co… | monitor | ||||
UK: Healthcare urged to look at co-operative model | united kingdom | BBC News (05.04.2017) More worker-owned businesses could help deal with the budget shortfall for health and social care, according to the Wales Co-operative Centre. |
Health | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39352600 | monitor | |||||
Here's what the U.S. could learn from Singapore's plan for aging workers | usatoday.com (05.04.2017) At Chatters, a small café in the lobby of a hospital, the staff frothing cappuccinos and managing the register aren't your typical young baristas. That's because every employee must be at least 55. |
Employment | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/05/singapore-population-aging… | monitor | ||||||
[Publication] Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia | Asia | Asian Development Bank (dec 2016) Asia’s growing labor force needs innovative solutions to reduce risks and ensure social protection of workers in vulnerable employment with informal arrangements. |
Employment, Extension of coverage, Inequalities | extending coverage, poverty | https://www.adb.org/publications/social-protection-informal-workers-asia | monitor | ||||
Europe: Workplace cancer prevention must be extended to reprotoxic substances | european union | EurActiv (30.03. 2017) Putting more than 10 years of paralysis behind it, the European Commission finally launched a revision of the directive on the prevention of occupational cancers in May 2016. Lawmakers can now address reprotoxic substances in the workplace, writes Laurent Vogel. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.euractiv.com/section/diabetes-cancer-hepatitis/opinion/workplace-can… | monitor |