Ghana: Gender Ministry Hints Social Protection Law In The Offing

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modernghana (25.09.2018) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has outlined preparations by the government to pass Social Protection law by 2019 to facilitate inclusive development and reduce poverty.

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ghana
Global challenges
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France: Age de la retraite - la Polynésie s’aligne enfin sur la métropole

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Capital (24.09.2018) L’Assemblée de la Polynésie française a adopté, vendredi 21 septembre, la loi sur la retraite. D’ici à 2023, l’âge légal de départ à la retraite pour bénéficier du taux plein passera de 60 à 62 ans

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france
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Pensions
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Suisse: Alain Berset annonce une hausse modérée des primes... jusqu'à quand?

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Le Temps (24.09.2018) En moyenne, les primes maladie n'augmenteront que de 1,2% en 2019. Reste à savoir si cette embellie sur le front des coûts de la santé n'est que passagère où si elle annonce une tendance lourde

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switzerland
Global challenges
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Financing

Spain joins many countries offering parental leave

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Willis Towers Watson (31.08.2018) Spain joins a growing list of countries that have enacted or proposed increases and enhancements in maternity and paternity leave over the past 12 to 18 months, increasing statutory paternity leave from four to five weeks (plus two additional days per child for multiple births) as of July 5, 2018. During leave, pay replacement benefits are provided by social security — INSS (Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad ) ocial) at 100% of covered salary. Leave was already increased from 13 to 20 days in 2017.

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spain
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Family benefits
Children
Parental leave
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Social protection of mainstream and marginal employment in the UK

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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (2018) In many European countries, marginal part-time, (solo-)self-employment and secondary jobs have been increasing since the last decades. The question about the provision of social protection and labour legislation for these types of employment is the starting point for a project entitled "Hybrid working arrangements in Europe", directed by the WSI. Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Denmark and Austria comprise the group of countries selected in order to investigate "hybrid work" in the context of different welfare state regimes.

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Europe
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Thailand: Ministry plans to cover 1m more informal-sector workers for social security

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Nationmultimedia.com(04.09.2018) The labour Ministry hopes to cover an additional one million informal-sector workers as voluntarily-insured people for social security payments starting in 2019.

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thailand
Global challenges
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Health
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Les entreprises, championnes de la fraude sociale | Alternatives Economiques

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Origine principale de la fraude sociale 

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france
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Error, evasion and fraud
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms

Uber : innovation ou concurrence déloyale ? | Alternatives Economiques

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Analyse économique du modèle des plate forme Uber et de son danger social

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Employment policies
Technological transition
Social protection floor
Error, evasion and fraud
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
New risks
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The politics of social risks and social protection in digitalised economies

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policynetwork.org (17.04.2018) When looking at the economic changes and technological revolution under way throughout much of Europe, many debates focus on the fragmentation of the labour force and the ‘Uberisation’ of employment. 

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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