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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Emplois: Des millions de retraités japonais accros au travail | 2016-03-03 | japan | TDG (03.03.2016) Des millions de retraités japonais travaillent encore. Et pas seulement pour arrondir leurs fins de mois. |
Pensions | megatrends, published | http://www.tdg.ch/economie/millions-retraites-japonais-accros-travail/story/125… | monitor | |||
| India: EPFO tightens norms for withdrawal of Provident Fund | 2016-03-03 | india | Economic Times (25.02.2016) Retirement fund body EPFO has tightened norms on withdrawal of provident fund as well investment of such amount in Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana for its over five crore subscribers. |
Governance and administration | brics, published | http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/save/epfo-tightens-norms-for-withdra… | monitor | |||
| US: Link between jobs and heart disease revealed - with managers the healthiest | 2016-03-03 | United States | The Independent (03.03.2016) Middle-aged people who do not work in management positions are more likely to develop heart disease or experience strokes, according to a US study. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/heart-d… | monitor | |||
| UK: Government to launch multi-billion pound Scottish social security agency | 2016-03-02 | united kingdom | Common Space (02.03.2016) An Independant Scottish social security system will be launched through a “phased transition” to administer £2.7bn of funding for carers and people with disabilities. |
Disability | published | https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/3574/government-to-launch-multi-billion-p… | monitor | |||
| México: El camino a seguir para enfrentar la bomba de las pensiones | 2016-03-02 | mexico | CNN Expansión (18.02.2016) Una población más envejecida y una carga presupuestal más alta hacen necesaria una reforma; el sistema de pensiones actual es insostenible tanto para el gobierno como para los ahorradores. |
published | http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2016/02/18/pensiones-una-bomba-de-tiempo | monitor | ||||
| España: El empleo crece en febrero con un aumento de 63.355 nuevos afiliados | 2016-03-02 | spain | El País (02.03.2016) El desempleo sube en 2.231 personas y queda el mes pasado en 4.152.986 parados registrados |
Unemployment | published | http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/03/02/actualidad/1456904769_116756.html | monitor | |||
| RDC : le gouvernement dispose bien d’une politique d’emploi, selon Willy Makiashi | 2016-03-02 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Radio Okapi (25.02.2016) Il existe une politique d’emploi du gouvernement en faveur des jeunes, a affirmé mercredi 24 février, le Vice-Premier ministre congolais en charge de l’Emploi, Willy Makiashi, à l’ouverture de la Conférence internationale sur l’investissement privé dans la région des… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment | http://www.radiookapi.net/2016/02/25/actualite/societe/rdc-le-gouvernement-disp… | monitor | |||
| La Chine s'engage à relever l'âge de retraite – french.xinhuanet.com | 2016-03-02 | china | Xinhua (28.02.2016) La Chine établia un plan pour relever l'âge légal de la retraite en 2017, afin de réduire la pression du vieillissement de la population, a déclaré un chercheur officiel. |
Old-age pensions, Population ageing | brics, managing reforms | http://french.xinhuanet.com/2016-02/28/c_135138159.htm | monitor | |||
| Australia: When redundancies crash a new parent's 'guarantee' of returning to their job | 2016-03-01 | australia | Canberra Times (01.03.2016) Employers with staff on parental leave must tread carefully when restructuring their business. |
Family benefits | megatrends, published | http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/when-redundancies-crash… | monitor | |||
| Indonesia: Inclusive social protection for poverty alleviation | 2016-03-01 | indonesia | The Jakarta Post (01.03.2016) Indonesia has emerged as a middle-income country and an important player in the global economy (G20) but faces three major problems: a slowing reduction of poverty rates, rising inequality and a high level of vulnerability for much of the population living in… |
megatrends, poverty, published | http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/01/inclusive-social-protection-pover… | monitor | ||||
| Deutschland: Daten der Rentenversicherung - 247.000 wollen Rente ab 63 | 2016-02-29 | germany | RP Online (20.02.2016) Die Nachfrage nach der Rente ab 63 liegt leicht über der von der Bundesregierung geschätzten Größenordnung. Im vergangenen Jahr beantragten 247.000 Arbeitnehmer die Rente für Versicherte mit mindestens 45 Beschäftigungsjahren. |
published | http://www.rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/247000-wollen-rente-ab-63-aid-1.578… | monitor | ||||
| Francia: La dura reforma laboral de Hollande ahonda la división en la izquierda | 2016-02-29 | france | El País )29.02.2016) La reforma laboral en Francia, exigida durante años por Bruselas o Berlín, está lanzada y ya ha originado un terremoto político y sindical antes de ser presentada oficialmente el 9 de marzo. El proyecto fulmina de facto principios sagrados de la izquierda, como el horario… |
Governance and administration, Social policies & programmes | managing reforms, published | http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2016/02/28/actualidad/1456648536_… | monitor | |||
| Luxembourg: Congé parental - une offre alléchante et bien payée | 2016-02-29 | luxembourg | Le Quotidien (19.02.2016) La réforme du congé parental présentée lundi aux députés par la ministre de la Famille et de l’Intégration, Corinne Cahen, propose aux parents une offre alléchante et bien payée. |
Family benefits | megatrends, published | http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/conge-parental-une-offre-allecha… | monitor | |||
| Cameroun - Santé publique - Vers une couverture maladie universelle | 2016-02-29 | cameroon | Cameroon-Info.Net (19.02.2016) Depuis le jeudi 18 février 2016, des intervenants nationaux et internationaux débattent sur la recherche des voies et moyens permettant de doter le Cameroun d’une couverture médicale pour tous. La cérémonie s’est ouverte à l’Amphi 600 de l’Institut Universitaire… |
Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.cameroon-info.net/stories/0,71166,@,cameroun-sante-publique-vers-une… | monitor | |||
| Occupational hazards: Migrant workers in UAE vulnerable to lifestyle diseases | 2016-02-26 | United Arab Emirates | A high number of young male migrant workers from South Asia are developing hypertension, obesity and cardiac problems after adopting the UAE lifestyle especially those who have been in the country for over six years, a study has found. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://khaleejtimes.com/nation/uae-health/lifestyle-diseases-rampant-among-sout… | monitor | |||
| Algérie: Sécurité sociale - La Cnas traque les fraudeurs | 2016-02-25 | algeria | El Watan (22.02.2016) Selon des statistiques communiquées par la CNAS, ses services ont effectué 59 816 missions de contrôle durant l’exercice écoulé, dont 8210 dans le cadre des brigades mixtes CNAS/Inspection du travail. |
Governance and administration | published | http://www.elwatan.com/actualite/securite-sociale-la-cnas-traque-les-fraudeurs-… | monitor | |||
| Maroc: Aujourd’hui grève générale nationale - Le taux de couverture sociale ne dépasse pas 35% au Maroc - Plus de 6 millions de travailleurs attendent son extension | 2016-02-25 | morocco | L'Opinion (24.02.2016) L’enjeu est de taille pour l’avenir du Maroc qui met dans son collimateur la démocratie, laquelle ne peut aboutir sans justice sociale. |
published | http://www.lopinion.ma/def.asp?codelangue=23&id_info=50056 | monitor | ||||
| La protection sociale est devenue une réalité grâce au Plan Sénégal émergent (PSE) | 2016-02-25 | senegal | Senego (24.02.2016) La protection sociale, jadis considérée comme « utopique », est devenue une réalité grâce au Plan Sénégal émergent (PSE), notamment dans son pilier 2 qui donne une importance capitale au capital humain, a indiqué, mercredi à Mbour, le docteur Cheikh Ndiaye, directeur général… |
published | http://senego.com/2016/02/24/la-protection-sociale-est-devenue-une-realite-grac… | monitor | ||||
| Azerbaijani parliament passes changes to State Social Protection Fund’s 2016 budget | 2016-02-24 | azerbaijan | Trend (23.02.2016) Azerbaijan’s parliament passed the changes to the budget of the State Social Protection Fund (SSPF) for 2016 at a plenary session Feb. 23. |
Financing | published | http://en.trend.az/business/economy/2498286.html | monitor | |||
| [Analysis] Good jobs – threatened by the Internet | 2016-02-24 | EurActiv (15.02.2016) What is the future of work, and the future of jobs? For the last several decades, the workers of Germany, the US and Europe have been the most productive and wealthiest in the world. But now that prosperity is in danger. |
megatrends, published | http://www.euractiv.com/section/innovation-industry/opinion/good-jobs-threatene… | monitor | |||||
| EU: Self-employed and entrepreneurship: breaking the barriers to job creation | 2016-02-24 | european union | Europa (17.02.2'16) Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship is an important way of creating new jobs and enhancing the labour market opportunities for the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups. |
published | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2472&furtherNews=… | monitor | ||||
| [Report] Social Protection and Safety Nets in the Middle East and North Africa | 2016-02-23 | Africa | Institute of Development Studies (15.02.2016) Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face a number of challenges, including ongoing civil unrest with associated displacement of people and disruption of services, stagnant economic growth and high unemployment, food insecurity… |
published | http://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/social-protection-and-safety-nets-in-the-middl… | monitor | ||||
| Ghana signs €31.6m employment programme agreement | 2016-02-23 | ghana | Yen.com.gh (23.02.2016) Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has signed a 31.6 million Euro agreement with the European Union to provide social protection for employment. The employment programme also has macroeconomic significance, by being in line with the policy priorities of both the Ministries of… |
Employment | published | http://yen.com.gh/38197-ghana-signs-e31-6m-employment-social-protection-deal-eu… | monitor | |||
| US: The Costs of Inequality - More Money Equals Better Health Care and Longer Life | 2016-02-23 | United States | US News (23.02.2016) Obamacare has helped many, but system's holes limit gains, Harvard analysts say. Health inequality is part of American life, so deeply entangled with other social problems — disparities in income, education, housing, race, gender, and even geography — that analysts have… |
Health | published | http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-23/the-costs-of-inequality-more-mon… | monitor | |||
| [Report] South Africa: Extending social protection to children | 2016-02-23 | Ilo (23.02.2016) Of the 23 million children under the age of 18 in South Africa, about 60 per cent lives in poverty. The Child Support Grant (CSG), introduced in 1998, initially covered only 10 per cent of poor children. Incremental changes in the eligibility criteria and successful awareness-… |
Family benefits | brics, published | http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/RessourcePDF.action?ressource_ressou… | monitor |