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SSS enjoins working Filipinos to invest for their social protection

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Philippine Information Agency (11.06.2018) The Social Security System is currently making big steps to improve social security and retirement benefits for its members  and in  improving the financial viability of the institution while enjoining   members  to regularly pay their contributions  as investment  for their future

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philippines, the
Global challenges
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Suisse: Les seniors, ces mal-aimés du marché du travail

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Le Temps (12.06.2018)  Le chômage de longue durée touche essentiellement les plus de 50 ans, qui se sentent souvent discriminés à l’embauche. Seule une minorité de Suisses travaille jusqu’à l’âge de la retraite alors qu’il faudrait plus de cotisants pour assurer la pérennité des assurances sociales

Regions / Country
switzerland
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Employment
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Indonesia edges closer towards an inclusive pension

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developmentpathways.co.uk (30.05.2018) Indonesia is one of the few countries in South-East Asia not to have a social pension. The only pensions available are financed from social insurance and, in the main, are received by former civil servants. In fact, only around 15 per cent of older people can currently access a pension, and yet more than 20 million people are aged 60 years and over, the majority being women.

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indonesia
Topics
Pensions
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Ethiopia’s scheme to help the poor is setting an example - Extending the safety-net in Ethiopia

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economist.com (31.05.2018) Safety-nets, in one form or another, have proliferated across Africa in recent years

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Africa
ethiopia
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
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España: Un tribunal considera "falsos autónomos" a los repartidores de Deliveroo y condena a la empresa

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rtve.es (04.06.2018) Un tribunal considera "falsos autónomos" a los repartidores de Deliveroo y condena a la empresa por despido improcedente.

 

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spain
Global challenges
Topics
Employment policies
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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US: Maybe the Gig Economy Isn’t Reshaping Work After All

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The New York Times (07.06.2018) You can see the gig economy everywhere but in the statistics. For years, economists, pundits and policymakers have grappled with the rise of Uber, the growth of temporary work and the fissuring of the relationship between companies and their workers. Optimists cheered the flexibility offered by the freelance life. Pessimists fretted about the disappearance of traditional jobs, with the benefits and legal protections they provided.

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United States
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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GSMA and W20 call on G20 Summit to close the digital gender gap

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information-age (06.06.2018) GSMA and W20 have advanced a series of proposals ahead of G20 Summit in the hope of closing the digital gender gap.

Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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[Meinung] Deutschland: Der Roboter wird den Mensch nie ersetzen

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Süddeutsche (31.05.2018) Maschinen sind dazu da, Arbeit zu erleichtern - und nicht, Arbeit wegzunehmen. Die Angst vor ihnen ist so unbegründet wie schon bei der Erfindung des Autos.

Regions / Country
germany
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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