France: Journée de solidarité et lundi de Pentecôte

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.journaldunet (30.04.2018) La journée de solidarité est une journée de travail supplémentaire non rémunérée pour les salariés et une contribution financière pour les employeurs en faveur des personnes âgées ou handicapées. Initialement fixée au lundi de Pentecôte, la journée de solidarité peut désormais être déterminée par les entreprises elles-mêmes selon différentes modalités.

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france
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Disability
Old-age pensions
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[Report] WHO: Organization and financing of public health services in Europe: country reports (2018)

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WHO/Europe  (May 2018) What are “public health services”? Countries across Europe understand what they are, or what they should include, differently. This study describes the experiences of nine countries, detailing the ways they have opted to organize and finance public health services and train and employ their public health workforce.

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european union
Global challenges
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Health promotion
Financing
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Social protection: Maternity protection at work: It matters to everyone

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ILO (11.05.2018) Maternity Protection is a fundamental right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is defined in ILO international labour standards. Listen to why maternity protection is everyone’s business

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[Report] Social Protection in Madagascar - The case of Cash Transfers: Capacity to respond to shocks and options for harmonization

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ReliefWeb (02.95.2018) The report has been prepared as commissioned by the Government of Madagascar (Ministry of Population, Social protection and Women’s Promotion and the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management) in coordination with the members of the emergency cash group and with UNICEF’s funding and technical support. The results of this report have been presented and discussed with the Government and the members of the emergency cash group.

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madagascar
Global challenges
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Conditional cash transfers
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First healthcare regulatory sandbox launched in Singapore for telemedicine services

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OpenGovAsia (19 april 2018) This is part of the Ministry of Health's new Licensing Experimentation and Adaptation Programme which seeks to enable new and innovative healthcare models and services to be developed and refined in a safe and controlled environment.

Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Department of Labour hosts first BRICS Labour and Employment Working Group

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MILE (08.05.2018) The First Meeting of the BRICS Labour and Employment Working Group (LEWG) took place in Mbombela, Mpumalanga Province from 7th-10th May 2018. Hosted by the Department of Labour and facilitated by the Municipal Insitutute of Learning (MILE), the theme for the Working Group Session was “BRICS  in  Africa: Developing Countries for Inclusive  Growth  and Shared Prosperity  in  the  New  Industrial  Revolution.

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OECD Policy Brief: The Future of Social Protection: What works for non-standard workers?

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oecd.org (May 2018) Non-standard work is not a marginal phenomenon: one in six workers is self-employed across the OECD on average, and a further one in eight is on a temporary contract. The number of online platform workers, while still small overall, is growing rapidly.

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
External impact
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L'Autriche va diminuer les allocations familiales pour certains

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Le Figaro (02.05.2018) La coalition gouvernementale des conservateurs et de l'extrême droite au pouvoir à Vienne a présenté mercredi une réforme diminuant les allocations familiales versées pour certains enfants vivant à l'étranger, qui touchera notamment la main d'oeuvre des pays de l'Est travaillant en Autrich

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austria
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Family benefits