China pension fund revenue grows 25 percent in first quarter

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reuters.com (25.04.2017) Chinese pension funds drew 970.8 billion yuan ($141.06 billion) in revenue in the first quarter, an increase of 25.4 percent from the same period last year, state news agency Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as saying.

Regions / Country
china
Topics
Pensions
Investment

[Publication] Innovating EU Social Protection Systems through ICTs. Findings from analysis of case studies in fourteen Member States

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europa.eu (2017) This issue presents results from the analysis of selected case studies on how ICT-enabled social innovations promoting social investment can contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems in the EU

Regions / Country
european union
Topics
Information and communication technology
Service quality

Emploi : la terrible prédiction de la Banque mondiale

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Les Echos (02.05.2017) L’automatisation pourrait faire disparaître près de 70 % des emplois dans les pays en voie de développement, selon le directeur de l’institution.

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Unemployment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Large-scale automation
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Commission readies new parental leave rules to replace axed maternity bill

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EurActiv (24.04.2017) Two years after the European Commission scrapped its own proposal for new EU maternity leave rules, the EU executive is getting ready to replace it with new measures, including some focused on getting more fathers to take leave.

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european union
Topics
Family benefits

The head of the World Bank is pushing a terrifying prediction for jobs in developing countries

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Business Insider (01.05.2017) World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said about two-thirds of jobs in the developing world may be lost to automation.

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Unemployment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Large-scale automation
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Accurate occupational data vital to save lives, says UN labour agency on World Day

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United Nations News Centre (28.04.2017) Even though more than 2.3 million fatalities and 300 million accidents resulting in injuries are estimated to occur in workplaces around the globe each year, the actual impact remains largely unknown, the United Nations International Labour Organization has warned, highlighting the need to “vastly” improve national occupational safety and health data (OSH).

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Occupational accidents and diseases