Euractiv (25.09.2018) ERAFP is a pension fund which manages the additional retirement pension for civil servants. It is a mandatory pension scheme, which is capital-based and was established to benefit the 4.5 million civil servants, whether they are civilian or military officials, or employed by local government, hospitals or the judiciary. Having been established in 2005, the scheme allows civil servants to make contributions from all of their non-statutory income (any remuneration paid other than their index-related salary).

Le Monde (25.09.2018) Le projet de loi de financement de la Sécurité sociale prévoit un budget à l’équilibre en 2019. Mais le gouvernement veut poursuivre les économies.

Devdiscourse News (25.09.2018) The meeting is organized by FAO, in collaboration with the SeConS Development Initiative Group, an independent think tank of experts working to improve living conditions and boost socio-economic development in Southeast Europe.

modernghana (25.09.2018) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has outlined preparations by the government to pass Social Protection law by 2019 to facilitate inclusive development and reduce poverty.

Capital (24.09.2018) L’Assemblée de la Polynésie française a adopté, vendredi 21 septembre, la loi sur la retraite. D’ici à 2023, l’âge légal de départ à la retraite pour bénéficier du taux plein passera de 60 à 62 ans

Willis Towers Watson (31.08.2018) Spain joins a growing list of countries that have enacted or proposed increases and enhancements in maternity and paternity leave over the past 12 to 18 months, increasing statutory paternity leave from four to five weeks (plus two additional days per child for multiple births) as of July 5, 2018. During leave, pay replacement benefits are provided by social security — INSS (Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad ) ocial) at 100% of covered salary. Leave was already increased from 13 to 20 days in 2017.

Nationmultimedia.com(04.09.2018) The labour Ministry hopes to cover an additional one million informal-sector workers as voluntarily-insured people for social security payments starting in 2019.

policynetwork.org (17.04.2018) When looking at the economic changes and technological revolution under way throughout much of Europe, many debates focus on the fragmentation of the labour force and the ‘Uberisation’ of employment. 

The Economist (28.04.2018) The argument for universal health care is clear. But getting there is difficult, says John McDermott

vox.com (13.09.2018) A nutrition program went head to head with cash.