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Qué significarán los próximos 20 años para el empleo, y cómo prepararse

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Foro Económico Mundial  (28.01.2019) Las próximas dos décadas prometen una revolución a gran escala en nuestras vidas laborales. Antes de estudiar los próximos 20 años, echemos un vistazo rápido al presente, y a algo que alguna vez se consideró paradójico.

Global challenges
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Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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EU: Let’s make posted workers feel really secure

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EurActiv (03.02.2019) Marek Benio, who will chair the 6th European Labour Mobility Congress in Krakow on 14-15 March, offers his commentary regarding the European Parliament’s proposals for the revision of regulations affecting social security schemes for posted workers.

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european union
Global challenges
Topics
Migration
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Deutschland: Was ändert sich 2019 bei der Rente?

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n-tv (01.02.2019) Ab dem 1. Juli sollen die Renten im Westen um 3,18 und im Osten um 3,91 Prozent steigen. So steht es im Entwurf des Rentenversicherungsberichts 2018 der Bundesregierung. Die Anpassung gilt für alle Altersrenten, für Erwerbsminderungs- und Hinterbliebenenrenten, für gesetzliche Unfallrenten sowie für die Renten der Landwirte aus der landwirtschaftlichen Rentenkasse. Zugleich sollen Rentenniveau und Beitrag bis 2025 stabil bleiben.

Regions / Country
germany
Topics
Pensions
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European Union: Closing the gender digital gap, a priority for Commissioner Gabriel

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EurActiv (31.01.2019) Digital Economy Commissioner Mariya Gabriel defended the need for a collective response to the digital gender gap on Tuesday (29 January), at a conference on gender equality organized by the Martens Centre in Brussels.

Regions / Country
european union
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Protecting workers against cancer-causing chemicals: third agreement between EU institutions

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European Commission (29.01.2019) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached a provisional agreement on the Commission's third proposal to broaden the list of recognised cancer-causing chemicals in the workplace.

Regions / Country
Europe
Topics
Prevention of occupational risks

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[Report] Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Inventory of non-contributory programmes

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socialprotection.org (January 2019) The report presents an inventory of non-contributory social protection programmes in South and East Asian countries and the Pacific Islands. It is based on an extensive review of official government documents and websites, reports and relevant documents produced by international organisations, and academic papers.

Regions / Country
Asia
Topics
Social assistance
Conditional cash transfers

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Malta: Ten days of paternity leave are ‘just the beginning’

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timesofmalta (28.01.2019) The current one-day paternity leave is a huge injustice, according to the Association for Equality, welcoming an EU directive increasing the entitlement to 10 days and noting it is “the least fathers should be granted”. Though, by Maltese law, mothers can benefit from up to 18 weeks leave, fathers only enjoy a single day of birth leave.

Regions / Country
malta
Topics
Family benefits
Parental leave