New Straits Times (15.05.2019) The International Labour Organisation estimated that globally, 2.3 million workers succumbed to occupational accidents and work-related diseases every year. In developing countries including Malaysia, this has emerged as a growing concern arising from the increasing number of work-related accidents which could result in deaths, injuries and major disabilities, sick leave, inability to work, temporary or permanent loss of jobs.

azernews (14.05.2019) Baku hosts the Regional Social Security Forum for Europe held by International Social Security Association (ISSA), Trend reports on May 14. Representatives of ISSA, other international organizations and 35 countries are participating in the three-day forum.

menafn. (14.05.2019) Key reforms have been carried out in recent years aimed at improving the welfare of the population in Azerbaijan, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan Sahil Babayev said at the ISSA Regional Social Security Forum for Europe held in Baku, Trend reports.

 Pulse Nigeria (07.05.2019) The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has said that it is putting measures in place to ensure that Ghanaians working in the informal sector are able to access a pension scheme.

Le Monde (13.05.2019) M. Toubon met en cause les « préjugés » entourant les étrangers malades, et notamment celui d’un « appel d’air » censément créé par le système de soins français.

World Economic Forum (20.01.2019)  The post-1945 income distribution system is irretrievably broken, threatening the market economy. And traditional redistributive tools such as direct taxes, collective bargaining, and labor regulations cannot put things right.

The Sunday Mail (05.05.2019) There are so many ways to deepen the understanding of social protection systems in Zimbabwe be it by academics, researchers, policy makers and the social protection polity in general.

Europa (30.04.2019) Latest data on the Youth Guarantee show that youth unemployment and rate of NEETs have reached record lows since the Youth Guarantee started, but also indicate more work is still needed.

El Deber (05.05.2019)  Según el INE la desocupación general es de un 4,27%, mientras que en los segmentos de menor edad llega al 8,5%. El Gobierno ofrece programas laborales

ilo.org 2019 - This report provides a comparative analysis of job quality covering approximately 1.2 billion of the world’s workers in the EU28, China, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, the United States (US), Spanish-speaking Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.