[Opiniõn] Panamá: Dilemas del empleo informal

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Prensa (20.12.2018) El más reciente informe laboral de la Contraloría General de la República (agosto 2018) indica que 43.6% de los trabajadores panameños tienen empleos informales, casi siete puntos por encima de su nivel histórico más bajo, alcanzado en 2011 (36.9%).

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Reform programmes should compensate low-income workers, OECD says

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EurActiv (21.12.2018) The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to pay attention to the consequences of their policies and compensate vulnerable groups that could be hit by new taxes.

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Indonesian social protection system must be for all citizens, declares Government report

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Development Pathways (26.11.2018) A recommendation that Indonesia moves from a social protection system that only targets the poorest to one that is inclusive of all citizens is included in a new Government-commissioned report.

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Suisse: Vices et vertus des objets connectés au service de la santé

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Le Temps (08.01.2019) Applications et autres appareils électroniques mettent le système de santé traditionnel au défi, explique Nicolas Bourdillon, chercheur à l’Unil et responsable recherche et développement de la start-up Becare SA. Il sera du 8 au 11 janvier au CES Las Vegas, une convention consacrée à la technologie qui accueille pour la première fois un pavillon suisse

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switzerland
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France: Les nouvelles sanctions sont-elles efficaces pour lutter contre le chômage?

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franceinter (07.01.2019) L'assurance-chômage est accessible à de nouveaux ayants-droits depuis le 1er janvier. En contrepartie, les sanctions contre les inscrits à pôle-emploi, qui ne respectent pas leurs devoirs, sont plus sévères. Le renforcement des sanctions est-il la solution ?

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Estonia: Changes to procedure for submitting occupational accident report enter into force

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baltictimes (03.01.2019) The Occupational Health and Safety Act has been amended as of January 1 and several new regulations have entered into force in Estonia as a result, including an updated procedure for submitting an occupational accident report as well as the content thereof.

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[Blog] 4 ways to rethink social protection for future work in Asia

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adb.org (21.08.2018) Extending social protection to all jobs will facilitate labor market mobility.

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Social protection expenses in Turkey reach $105 bln in 2017

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hurriyetdailynews. (26.12.2018) The social protection expenditures reached to 382.6 billion Turkish liras ($104.8 billion) in 2017, Turkey’s statistical authority announced on Dec. 26. The social protection expenditures rose by 13.7 percent year-on-year in 2017, according to Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TÜİK) figures. It noted 98.1 percent of all of the social protection expenditures were consisted of social protection benefits - 375.5 billion Turkish liras ($102.9 billion).

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France: Retraite, chômage, institutions… les 7 réformes clefs de Macron en 2019

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Les Echos (07.01.2019) Le gouvernement a un agenda de réformes prévues de longue date bien rempli pour 2019. Mais il devrait être bousculé par le grand débat national qui doit démarrer à la mi-janvier.

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International Social Security Association To Strengthen Pacific Link

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Fiji Sun (06.01.2019) Two years ago, the Fiji National Provident Fund and the International Social Security Association (ISSA) signed a memorandum of agreement in Panama to establish an ISSA Pacifi c desk to be hosted by the Fund.

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