Le salaire minimum, un pilier de l’Europe sociale difficile à construire

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EurActiv (01.02.2018) Témoin des énormes disparités de niveau de vie au sein de l’Union européenne, le montant du salaire minimum légal varie de 1 à 9 dans les 22 pays qui l’ont adopté, ce qui rend particulièrement complexe son harmonisation au niveau européen.

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european union
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Social policies & programmes
Inequalities
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EU unveils health technology bill

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EurActiv (31.01.2018) The European Commission unveiled plans for a pan-EU Health Technology Assessment (HTA) law on Wednesday (31 January), with EU health chief Vytenis Andriukaitis promising that they would help patients take advantage of “an exciting era for innovation in health”.

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Europe
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Health
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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Conference: Cyber security in Estonia - Ms Liisa Past

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https://www.eu2017.ee/cultural-events/embedding-digital-societal-challenges 

 

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estonia
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Information and communication technology
Security
Technological transition
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Money for nothing: is Finland's universal basic income trial too good to be true?

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theguardian (12.01.2018) Europe’s first national experiment in giving citizens free cash has attracted huge media attention. But one year in, what does this project really hope to prove?

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finland
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Extension of coverage
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France: Emploi - les propositions affluent sur les job boards

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Les Echos (31.01.2018) Tendance: En 2017, les sites spécialisés ont enregistré une forte augmentation des offres d'emplois. Et le phénomène ne serait pas près de se terminer. Une croissance à deux chiffres !

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Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Service delivery
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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[Meinung] Deutschland: Altersvorsorge: Jetzt neue Modelle der Betriebsrente möglich!

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finanzen.net (29.01.2018) Seit dem 1. Januar 2018 ist das ­Betriebsrentenstärkungsgesetz (BRSG) in Kraft. Arbeitgeber können wählen, ob sie ihren Arbeitnehmern zukünftig im Rahmen eines Sozialpartnermodells eine Zielrente als Betriebsrente anbieten oder eine beitragsbezogene betriebliche Altersvorsorge (bAV) mit Garantie. Wie sollen sie sich entscheiden? Müssen sie sich überhaupt entscheiden?

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germany
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Pensions
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Alcanza Brasil un déficit récord en el sistema de la seguridad social | Spanish.xinhuanet.com

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Spanish.xinhuanet (29.01.2018) Brasil registró un déficit en su sistema de Seguridad Social de 57.100 millones de dólares en 2017, lo que equivale al 2,8 por ciento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) previsto para el año, informó hoy el gobierno. Según los datos divulgados por el Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), se trata del mayor déficit desde 1995, cuando empezó la serie histórica, y supera el de 2016, de 46.800 millones de dólares. El aumento de un año al otro fue del 21,8 por ciento en este régimen general.

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brazil
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Pensions
Financing
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The Rwanda Social Security Board to partner with MobiCash for health insurance payments

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Telecompaper (29.01.2018) The Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) announced plans to partner with MobiCash to ease collection of payment for community-based health insurance (mutuelle de sante) across the country, New Times reported. According to Deogratias Ntigurirwa, in charge of the Mutuelle de Sante mobilisation and registration division at RSSB, subscribers are expected to start using the new digital platform in June. 

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rwanda
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Health
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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South Korea's average retirement age rose to 61.1 in 2017

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The Korea Herald (29.01.2018) The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday. The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday. The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday.

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korea, Republic of
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Pensions
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