Quartz (25.07.2018) In the first half of 2018, more than 8,000 men in South Korea went on paternity leave, according to government figures released this week, accounting for 17% of all people who took parental leave. That’s a 66% increase from the same period last year, and an exponential increase from 2010, when just over 800 fathers went on leave.

20 Minutos (20.07.2018) El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado este viernes un real decreto ley que articula el incremento de la base reguladora de la pensión de viudedad, del 52% al 56% para este año y hasta el 60% para el que viene, incluidos en los Presupuestos Generales del Estado para 2018.
 

cash news (20.07.2018) Die Europäische Union will in den nächsten Monaten konkrete Vorschläge zum Umgang mit der Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt vorlegen. Unter dem aktuellen österreichischem EU-Vorsitz solle ein "Weissbuch" mit zahlreichen Anregungen für den nächsten Ratsvorsitz verfasst werden, sagte Österreichs Sozialministerin Beate Hartinger-Klein (FPÖ) am Freitag noch einem informellen Treffen der EU-Arbeits- und Sozialminister in Wien.

ReliefWeb (05.07.2018) The role that safety nets and social protection programmes can play in reducing disaster risk features prominently on the agenda of the 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) this week. A panel comprised of development and humanitarian actors, with senior representatives of the disaster management authorities from Mongolia and Pakistan, put forward a convincing case for greater investment in social protection policies and programmes.

Times Of Oman (21.07.2018) Oman’s social insurance net has helped almost 700 cases in the first five months of this year, according to figures released by the Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI).Some 679 cases were diagnosed as occupational and non-occupational disabilities in the first five months of 2018, according to the latest report.

.azernews (19.07.2018) The Off-Budget Pension Fund under the Uzbek Finance Ministry and the Social Fund of Kyrgyzstan signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of social insurance and pension provision, UzDaily news agency reported.

The State Duma ( Lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament) adopted yesterday (19 July),  in the first reading, the draft Federal law "On ratification of the Convention concerning minimum standards of social security (Convention No. 102)".

latribune.fr (22.06.2018) Le gouvernement malien a adopté ce mercredi 20 juin le projet de loi instituant le Régime d’assurance maladie universelle. Après plusieurs années de concertation, l’opérationnalisation du régime est attendue avant la fin de l’année en cours, avec comme objectif ultime, la mise en place de la Couverture maladie universelle.

Le Point (19.07.2018) Les députés ont donné, mercredi 18 juillet, leur accord en commission à la négociation par les partenaires sociaux d'une nouvelle convention d'assurance chômage prenant en compte le chômage de longue durée. La commission des Affaires sociales de l'Assemblée a adopté un amendement en ce sens du gouvernement au projet de loi « avenir professionnel » de Muriel Pénicaud, acte II de la réforme du marché du travail, examiné en nouvelle lecture.

 Zambia Daily Mail (10.07.2018) Zambia’s National Policy on Ageing defines an older person as one aged 60 years or older and the country’s current retirement threshold is 65 years. There are a number of challenges facing the elderly in Zambia which include social exclusion. Some suffer from isolation due to stigma. In some rural communities, elderly people are suspected of practising witchcraft and poverty is also highly pronounced among them.