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[Opinion] France: Travail détaché : une menace pour notre protection sociale

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Les Echos (27.07.2016) Les prestations sociales sont financées à 80 % par des prélèvements sur le travail. Or un nombre croissant de salariés travaillant en France ne cotisent plus à nos caisses obligatoires.

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france
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Employment
Migration

France: Passé 60 ans, le travail se raréfie rapidement

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Les Echos (16.08.2016) La part des 55-64 ans en emploi ne cesse de croître, mais chute vite à 60 ans. Augmenter le taux d'emploi des seniors. C'est un impératif pour financer les systèmes de retraite de nations vieillissantes - c'est pourquoi l'Europe a fixé comme objectif qu'au moins la moitié des 55-64 ans travaillent. En France, où l'espérance de vie à la retraite bat des records (23 ans pour un homme et 27,2 ans pour une femme, selon l'OCDE), on s'en rapproche rapidement.

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france
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Old-age pensions

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Chile: Bachelet unveils new pension reform

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Buenos Aires Herald (10.08.2016) After a wave of public protests, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has announced a series of propsed reforms to the country’s private pension system. The alternatives, however, may face opposition as they would require heftier contributions from employers and independent workers, in order to boost payments for retirees, setting the scene for further battles.

Votation du 25 septembre - Les Suisses sont tentés par une hausse des rentes AVS

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TDG (12.08.2016) Les trois objets soumis en votation le 25 septembre font la course en tête. A six semaines du scrutin et en pleine période estivale, les résultats sont bien sûr à prendre avec des pincettes. Le premier sondage Tamedia permet toutefois de dégager certaines tendances. Tour d’horizon.

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switzerland

Thailand: Mandatory provident fund considered by cabinet

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Bangkok Post (08.08.2016) A long-awaited mandatory provident fund scheme will be on the cabinet's agenda tomorrow as part of efforts to provide a retirement safety net as the country's demographic trend keeps edging older.

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thailand
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Extension of coverage

Urgent need for Malaysian Social Protection Council, says EPF

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New Straits Times (10.08.2016) There is an urgent need to establish the Malaysian Social Protection Council to suggest new laws and formulate a comprehensive government policy to address the needs of an aging society, ranging from healthcare, housing, transport to financial planning, said the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

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Why countries need better social protection programs — rich or not

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Devex (09.08.2016) Countries don't need to be wealthy and developed to implement an effective and stable social protection program that fits the needs of citizens, according to Bart Édes, director of the Asian Development Bank’s poverty reduction, gender and social development division.

UK’s ‘hidden disgrace’: mental health problems can lead to 42% pay gap

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The Guardian (06.08.2016) People suffering from mental health problems such as depression and panic attacks earn up to 42% less than their peers, prompting the government’s equalities watchdog to brand the pay gap “a disgrace”.

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Disability
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