Canada: Ontario eyes stronger protections for workers who get sick on the job

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Toronto Star (16.01.2017) Ontario aims to have a dedicated occupational disease response team in place by the end of the year to improve prevention and enforcement, as well as help workers who get sick from chemical exposures file compensation claims, the Star has learned.

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[Opinion] Europe: Travailleurs détachés : « La liberté de circuler ne doit pas être celle d’exploiter »

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lemonde.fr (12.12.2016) Huit ministres du travail de l’Union européenne demandent que ces travailleurs « puissent bénéficier d’une rémunération équivalente à celle des travailleurs du pays d’accueil dès le premier jour de leur détachement ».

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Migration

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Philippines: PhilHealth, DOH and DSWD renew ties for social protection

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Malaya (16.01.2017) Two years after the initial Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently renewed their partnership for the Social Protection Support Initiatives (SPSI) that will benefit Filipino citizens, especially the poor, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged groups.

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philippines, the
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US: With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets

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The Washington Post (22.01.2017) President Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to grant relief to constituencies affected by the Affordable Care Act has begun to reverberate throughout the nation’s health-care system, injecting further uncertainty into an already unsettled insurance landscape.

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France: Retraites - vers des besoins de financement supplémentaires

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Les Echos (20.01.2016) Le ratio entre personnes âgées et actifs devrait se dégrader d’après les nouvelles prévisions démographiques, souligne le Conseil d’orientation des retraites dans un rapport que  "Les Echos" ont pu consulter. Ce qui alourdira le besoin de financement des pensions à l’horizon 2040.

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france
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Financing

El desempleo en Europa bajará en 2017 y aumentará en América Latina

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20 Minutos (13.01.2017) El desempleo mundial aumentará ligeramente en 2017, pero las tendencias variarán según el nivel de desarrollo de las economías, con una Europa que conseguirá crear trabajo, mientras que los países emergentes experimentarán fuertes dificultades en sus mercados laborales.

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Unemployment

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