newswire (12.03.2018) Morneau Shepell released the March 2018 issue of its monthly newsletter, News & Views, in which the Company looked at a number of topics including: the Act to enhance the Quebec Pension Plan and amend various retirement-related provisions, relevant announcements in the 2018 federal budget, healthcare funding in British Columbia and provincial sales tax in Saskatchewan

Irish Times (01.03.2018) Universal welcome for auto-enrolment of workers in a pension scheme, though Ibec worries about implementation

International Social Security Review (Dec 2016)  "there are significant trends occurring across three major pillars of public administration, namely social investment (policy), nudge (process) and predictive analytics (technology). These trends, when considered together, provide the inspiration for a new approach within social security administration, the digital nudge, for improved social outcomes."

EurActiv (28.03.2018) Face aux nombreuses difficultés d’accès aux médicaments en Afrique, les États africains tentent d’organiser le marché pour augmenter la production locale, qui ne pèse que 3 % de la production mondiale.

Bain & Company (February 2018) Demographics, automation and inequality have the potential to dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our analysis shows that the collision of these forces could trigger economic disruption far greater than we have experienced over the past 60 years (see Figure 1). The aim of this report by Bain's Macro Trends Group is to detail how the impact of aging populations, the adoption of new automation technologies and rising inequality will likely combine to give rise to new business risks and opportunities.

EurActiv (28.03.2018) Technology has revolutionised the financial industry, but we’re long overdue a revolution in the way we think about its future role and the policies that should govern it, write Daniel Schlaepfer and Hugo Kruyne.

Le Temps (22.03.2018) La plateforme de transport se dit prête à améliorer la couverture sociale de ses utilisateurs-chauffeurs. Le SECO considère qu’ils sont des employés, alors que le Conseil fédéral envisage un statut hybride, entre salariés et indépendants

lemonde.fr ( 26.03.2018) Un Argentin est soupçonné d’avoir changé de sexe pour pouvoir cesser le travail plus tôt, car les femmes peuvent bénéficier de la retraite avant les hommes. L’âge de départ dépend du genre dans de nombreux pays.

EURACTIV (16.03.2018)  Allongement de l’attente, pénurie d’employés, retard dans l’approbation de nouveaux médicaments : le Brexit entraîne déjà une série de problèmes pour les soins des Britannique

The New York Times (24.03.2018) Too many Canadians and Americans are negatively fixated on each other’s health systems — and the distortions that accompany so many conversations about health reform make it harder to improve care on both sides of the border.