US: A Noisy Workplace Raises Risk of Heart Disease

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Corporate Wellness Magazine (29.03.2018) A study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published this month in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine has associated high cholesterol and high blood pressure with loud noise at the workplace. Nobel Prize Winner Robert Koch said in 1910 that “One day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and pest” and studies are beginning to prove this statement right

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Migrants In Labour Markets Are Disadvantaged By Region Of Origin

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socialeurope (10.04.2018) The integration of migrants from outside the EU into society is one of the key challenges that the Union must address to maintain social cohesion and equality. This blog piece looks at how well migrants and their descendants have integrated into the labour markets of EU Member States.

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Ireland: New two week paid parental leave plan will cost State €30m a year

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Irishtimes (10.04.2018) The introduction of two weeks paid parental leave in the next budget could cost the State about €30 million per year, Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has said.

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Schweiz: Mitarbeiter 4.0: Startklar für die digitale Welt

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myjob (09.04.2018) Vor dem Hintergrund der Digitalisierung kommt es in der Arbeitswelt zu einem tief greifenden Wandel, der Unternehmen wie Mitarbeiter gleichermassen betrifft. Für beide gilt: Wer morgen noch erfolgreich sein will, muss umdenken. So hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren die Einstellung junger Menschen zur Arbeit grundlegend verändert

 

 

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switzerland
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Employment of young workers
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[Opinión] España: La edad de jubilación y las finanzas del sistema de pensiones

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El País (09.04.2018) La mitad de la gente se prejubila y cobra una pensión sensiblemente más alta que quien espera a la edad legal

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spain
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Côte d'Ivoire : un régime de retraite complémentaire pour les fonctionnaires

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Financial Afrik (06.04.2018) Le gouvernement ivoirien a annoncé ce 4 avril la mise en place d’un régime de retraite complémentaire par capitalisation au profit des fonctionnaires et agents de l’Etat.Le régime de retraite par capitalisation permet de constituer progressivement un capital (bonifié en fin d’année par des intérêts) qui est ensuite reversé selon différentes modalités au moment du départ à la retraite. Selon Bruno Koné, le porte-parole du gouvernement, les ressources pourront être reversées aux fonctionnaires au moment du départ à la retraite soit en totalité, soit mois aprè

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côte d'ivoire
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Estonian government approves pension reform bill

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news.err (06.04.2018) The Estonian government on Thursday approved a pension reform bill that would make the pension system more flexible from 2021, change the formula for calculating pension size as well as tie the retirement age to average life expectancy beginning in 2027.

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AI 'poses less risk to jobs than feared' says OECD

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BBC News (02.04.2018) Fewer people's jobs are likely to be destroyed by artificial intelligence and robots than has been suggested by a much-cited study, an OECD report says.

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Pro-poor or anti-poor? The World Bank and IMF’s approach to social protection

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 Bretton Woods Project (04.04.2018) In recent years, the World Bank and IMF have played an influential role in shaping national social protection policies. Social protection comprises a significant share of World Bank loans, reaching almost 10 per cent of lending to low-income countries in 2017, while around 10 per cent of IMF loans include conditionality linked to social protection. While the institutions collaborate closely on social protection, there are serious shortcomings of the approach of both institutions to the issue.

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