Compulsory Social Insurance for expats working in Vietnam - who’s in and who’s out?

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lexology. (06.05.2019) Ever since the Law on Social Insurance[1] was issued in late 2014, employees and employers have been on notice that “expat employees working in Vietnam” will be required to participate in the State’s compulsory social insurance (SI) regime “from 2018”. 2018 came however with no further clarity around the details.

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vietnam
Global challenges

Pension burden: More Japanese opt to retire late, extend employment period

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Business Standard News (10.04.2019) Some economists expect the average pension-to-wage ratio to keep deteriorating and worries are growing that Japan's 'pay-as-you-go' pension scheme may be unsustainable

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japan
Global challenges
Topics
Pensions
Document Type

What can be learned from Denmark's parental leave and childcare policies?

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 Personnel Today (20.05.2019) Denmark has some of the most generous parental leave and childcare support schemes in the world. But have these had an impact on closing its gender pay gap? Jason Downes looks at what the UK can learn from its policies.

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denmark
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Family benefits
Parental leave

New papers highlight potential of social protection in managing climate risk

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climatecentre (01.05.2019) The IFRC together with the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and the UK Department for International Development last month jointly hosted its first workshop on links between humanitarian cash-transfers and social protection.
 

Global challenges
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Suisse: Gérer son diabète avec une application mobile: comment s’y retrouver?

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Le Temps (17.05.2019) A l’ère de l’e-santé, de nombreuses applications mobiles se développent pour aider les malades à gérer leurs pathologies chroniques, notamment le diabète. Quelques précautions sont à observer, rappellent des experts

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switzerland
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type

Azerbaijan to create 31 social security centers until 2025

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azernews (17.05.2019) The delegations from various countries are in Azerbaijan to participate in the Regional Social Security Forum for Europe held by International Social Security Association (ISSA), Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population on May 17. The representatives of the delegations visited the Center for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST), established under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population, and the first center of DOST.

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azerbaijan
Topics
Governance and administration

La Belgique récompensée pour sa sécurité sociale -

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LeVif (16.05.2019) L'Association internationale de la sécurité sociale (AISS) a remis son prix des bonnes pratiques en Europe aux institutions belges, pour la numérisation et l'automatisation de leurs services, indique-t-elle dans un communiqué mercredi soir

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belgium
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Guatemala: uscan que sector informal pueda optar al Seguro Social

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canalantigua (10.05.2019) El sector informal podría optar a varios servicios del Seguro Social, siempre y cuando se apruebe una iniciativa de ley propuesta por la diputada Alejandra Carrillo. Estos son los detalles

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guatemala
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups