EU: Ready for the Demographic Revolution? Measuring Active Ageing

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 01/21/2016 - 09:45

Europa/News (14.01.2016) Across the EU, the number of older people is increasing – particularly fast, when it comes to people over 80 – and the number of young and working-age people is decreasing. Many regard this as a problem, particularly if they see older people as a burden.

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[Report] World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016: Global unemployment projected to rise in both 2016 and 2017

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 01/20/2016 - 15:51

ilo.org (19.01.2016) Continuing high rates of unemployment worldwide and chronic vulnerable employment in many emerging and developing economies are still deeply affecting the world of work, warns a new ILO report.

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Unemployment

200 millions de chômeurs dans le monde en 2016

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 01/20/2016 - 08:47

Le Monde (19.01.2016) Chaque année, à l’occasion de la sortie de son rapport sur l’emploi dans le monde, l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) alerte sur la gravité et la durée de la crise économique, et annonce de nouveaux chômeurs. En vain, la situation ne change guère. L’édition 2016, publiée mardi 19 janvier à Genève, prédit une augmentation d’environ 2,3 millions de sans-emploi en 2016, pour venir flirter à la fin de l’année avec le seuil des 200 millions de personnes (199,4 millions), soit 30 millions de plus qu’avant la crise en 2007.

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Czech Republic: Government experts agree on maximum retirement age

Submitted by monitor on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 10:09

Prague Monitor (11.01.2016) The expert group of the government coalition parties, the Social Democrats (CSSD), ANO and Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), have agreed on the maximum retirement age to be 65 years for people born before 1971, KDU-CSL deputy head Jan Bartosek told Czech TV yesterday.

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[Interview] UK: Labour takes to the road to reconnect with disabled people

Submitted by monitor on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 09:50

The Guardian (13.01.2016) Labour’s disability roadshow is about to hit the road again, just three years after the last one. After more than five years of austerity comes a new phase of welfare reforms and social care cuts. The impact on millions of disabled people has been and will be “dire”, says Debbie Abrahams, shadow minister of state for disabled people, and it is time, once again, she argues, for Labour to take stock.

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Disability

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