France: Allocations familiales :- sanctionner les parents des élèves, une mesure déjà testée (sans trop de succès)

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Rurope1 (11.01.2019) Pour lutter contre les violences des élèves, un rapport propose la suspension des allocations des parents. Une mesure déjà appliquée par le passé dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’absentéisme, avec un succès mitigé.

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france
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Family benefits
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British Virgin Islands on the Path to Developing a Shock Responsive Approach to Social Protection

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ReliefWeb (09.01.2019) On official request, WFP assisted the Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to improve the country's social protection framework to better cater to the needs of its most vulnerable citizens following a disaster. Nineteen governmental and non-governmental officials, representing 10 institutions in social protection, education, health and disaster management, actively engaged in a capacity strengthening exercise in Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) on 10-13 December 2018.

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british Virgin Islands
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Suisse: En 2018, un licencié sur trois avait plus de 50 ans

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Le Temps (10.01.2019) Les secteurs bancaire et pharmaceutique apparaissent en pleine restructuration alors que la pression a diminué sur l’industrie, selon une étude. Les seniors mettent jusqu’à deux fois plus de temps pour retrouver un emploi

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switzerland
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France: La souffrance au travail, ce fléau

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Le Monde (09.01.2019) Burn-out, état de stress post-traumatique... 10 000 troubles psychosociaux, et sans doute autant de non déclarés comme tels, ont été reconnus comme accidents du travail en 2016, selon l’Assurance-maladie.

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france
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Occupational accidents and diseases

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Une santé hors de prix aux Etats-Unis | Alternatives Economiques

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démonstration de l'inefficacité de la privatisation de la protection sociale : l'exemple des Etats Unis

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Americas
United States
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Health promotion
Medical care
Health insurance
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China: Sustaining prosperity while growing old

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Chinadaily.com (08.01.2019) The global population is becoming older due mainly to fewer children being born, reinforced by people living much longer. China is now home to the largest number of elderly people and their size is increasing faster than in most other aging countries, with the fastest increase happening among the oldest old (aged 80 or above).

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china
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[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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panama
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Difficult-to-cover groups

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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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european union
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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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indonesia
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Social assistance
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