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| 62% of working-age Malaysians not covered by any formal social protection, says EPF | malaysia | The Edge Markets (08.08.2018) The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has revealed that out of Malaysia's 22 million working-age population, 62% are self-employed, outside the formal labour force, and not covered by any form of social protection such as the EPF or government pension scheme. |
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has revealed that out of Malaysia's 22 million working-age population, 62% are self-employed, outside the formal labour force, and not covered by any form of social protection such as the EPF or government pension scheme. "As a social protection agency, |
Difficult-to-cover groups | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/62-workingage-msians-not-covered-any-form… | dfabbri | ||
| Workers in summer heat need far better protections, groups say | Canadian Occupational Safety (06.08.2018) Outdoor workers must be better protected from extreme heat with nationwide regulations to fill a dangerous lack of safety measures, environmental and labour groups in the United States said. Mandatory rest breaks and access to shade should be… |
Outdoor workers must be better protected from extreme heat with nationwide regulations to fill a dangerous lack of safety measures, environmental and labour groups in the United States said. Mandatory rest breaks and access to shade should be required and enforced under a national ef |
Prevention of occupational risks | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.cos-mag.com/occupational-hygiene/37632-workers-in-summer-heat-need-… | dfabbri | |||
| [Opinion] Workers' rights in the digital age | european union | Euronews (01.08.2018) A new industrial revolution is predicted. The digitalisation of the economy is expected to disrupt production processes, the world of work and society at large. But we still don’t have a clear idea of what this so-called digitalisation entails and its likely social… |
new industrial revolution is predicted. The digitalisation of the economy is expected to disrupt production processes, the world of work and society at large. But we still don’t have a clear idea of what this so-called digitalisation entails and its likely social impacts. Will employees b |
Employment | digital economy, labour markets, robotization | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/31/workers-rights-in-the-digital-age-view | dfabbri | ||
| France: Canicule - l'employeur doit protéger ses salariés | france | Les Echos (07.08.2018) L'employeur a l'obligation de préserver la santé et la sécurité de ses salariés. L'Assurance-maladie préconise l'évacuation au-delà de 34° C. |
Cette année, à Nantes, les chauffeurs de bus qui le souhaitent peuvent porter un bermuda au travail. Quand il fait 50° derrière le pare-brise, cette liberté vestimentaire est bienvenue. Elle a pourtant été acquise de haute lutte. Pas de liberté de se vêtirTous les ans depu |
Occupational accidents and diseases | climate change, OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/0302072924056-canicule-lemployeu… | dfabbri | ||
| New Zealand: Pressures of an ageing population a big challenge for the regions | new zealand | NZ Herald (07.08.2018) It is very common to hear population ageing discussed in terms of those aged 65+ years (currently just over 15 per cent of New Zealanders) and its projected rise to around 23 per cent within two decades. |
It is very common to hear population ageing discussed in terms of those aged 65+ years (currently just over 15 per cent of New Zealanders) and its projected rise to around 23 per cent within two decades. This "structural ageing" of the population conjures up a picture of greater numbers o |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/ageing/news/article.cfm?c_id=15&objectid=12101941 | dfabbri | ||||
| France: Fusion des aides sociales : 3,5 millions de ménages subiraient une baisse, selon un rapport | france | Nouvel Obs (03.08.2018) Le passage à l'allocation sociale unique (ASU) ferait plus de "perdants" que de "gagnants", souligne une étude interne. |
Le dossier s'annonce déjà explosif pour le gouvernement. Un rapport confidentiel, que "le Monde" s'est procuré, montre que le regroupement |
Social assistance | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20180803.OBS0531/fusion-des-aides-sociales-… | dfabbri | ||
| The case for increasing Peru’s private pension system investment limit | peru | World Finance (01.08.2018) Prima AFP is offering a compelling argument for the need to increase the limit for foreign investments in Peru’s intrinsically important private pension system |
Since its creation in 1993, the Peruvian private pension system (PPS) has gained importance at a national level. In 2017, all the investment companies within the PPS, which are otherwise known as Administradoras de Fondo de Pensiones (AFP), managed a total of approximately PEN 140bn ($43bn) in as |
Pensions, Investment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.worldfinance.com/wealth-management/the-case-for-increasing-perus-pr… | dfabbri | |||
| Sweden: Fathers with more education more likely to take paternity leave | sweden | ScienceNordic (23.07.2018) Swedish doctors and lawyers take twice as much parental leave as their less well-educated peers. But the trend is the opposite for well-educated women. |
Swedish men who potentially have the most to lose, both in terms of income and in developing their careers, are also more likely to take paternity leave than their less well-paid and educated peers, according to new research. Helen Eriksson, a researcher at the Linnaeus Center on Social P |
Parental leave | family_gender_society | Published_SS_Monitor | http://sciencenordic.com/fathers-more-education-more-likely-take-paternity-leave | dfabbri | ||
| Comment remédier aux insuffisances des systèmes de sécurité et d’assistance sociales au Maroc | morocco | Le Matin (01.08.2018) Le Souverain appelle le gouvernement à entreprendre une restructuration globale et profonde des programmes d’appui et de protection sociale |
Dans son Discours, adressé à la Nation à l'occasion du 19e anniversaire de la Fête du Trône, S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI a invité le gouvernement et tous les acteurs concernés à entreprendre une restructuration globale et profonde des programmes et des politiques nationales d’appui et de protection s |
Extension of coverage | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://lematin.ma/journal/2018/remedier-aux-insuffisances-syste-securite-dassi… | dfabbri | ||
| Access to social protection for people working on non-standard contracts and as self-employed in Europe - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion - European Commission | european union | Economic and labour market transformations in Europe have led to an increase in non-standard work and new forms of self-employment as well as an upsurge in transitions from one labour market status to another — with great variations between countries, sectors, age groups and gender. In this… |
Extension of coverage, Difficult-to-cover groups, Social policies & programmes | digital platforms | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=7993&furtherPubs=… | rruggia | ||||
| Access to social protection for workers and the self-employed: six case studies - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion - European Commission | european union | These case studies support the impact assessment on the European Commission initiative "Access to social protection for workers and the self-employed". They examine gaps in access to social protection for specific types of non-standard forms of employment in Germany, Italy, the… |
Employment, Extension of coverage, Difficult-to-cover groups, Social policies & programmes | (des)formalization, adequacy, coverage, digital economy, self-employed | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=8070 | rruggia | ||||
| Prestaciones laborales, anhelo de los trabajadores independientes | El Economista | mexico | FREELANCERS DESEAN SEGURIDAD SOCIAL Prestaciones laborales, anhelo de los trabajadores independientes Tanto asalariados como quienes trabajan por su cuenta coinciden en que deben hacer algo en lo que se refiere al ahorro para su retiro. |
Employment, Extension of coverage | digital platforms | https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/finanzaspersonales/Prestaciones-laborales-anhel… | rruggia | ||||
| Why tax day is a nightmare for freelancers | United States | By SARA HOROWITZ APR 18, 2017 For the 55 million Americans who make their living as freelance workers, tax day is more than just a headache. It's an annual fleecing. Freelancers now constitute a third of the American workforce, and over the past decade, 94% of new jobs added to the… |
Contribution collection and compliance | digital platforms | http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-horowitz-taxes-tax-day-freelancers-g… | rruggia | ||||
| [Blog] Invertir en las personas para triunfar en la era de los robots (BID/IADB) | latin america | IADB (24.03.2018) El futuro del trabajo es un tema cada vez más presente. El interés es creciente, a medida que constatamos cómo se intensifican algunas tendencias, como la automatización o la economía gig, de las que venimos hablando desde hace ya tres años en este mismo blog. Así que es de… |
El futuro del trabajo es un tema cada vez más presente. El interés es creciente, a medida que constatamos cómo se intensifican algunas tendencias, como la automatización o la economía gig, de las que venimos hablando desde hace ya tres años en este mismo blog. Así que es de esperar que, este 2018 |
Employment policies | digital economy, robotization | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://blogs.iadb.org/trabajo/2018/03/24/invertir-en-las-personas-para-triunfa… | rruggia | ||
| Los 'freelancers' de la región | BBVA | latin america | Cada vez más profesionales de América Latina trabajan ‘online’ para compañías globalizadas, cobran muy bien en moneda dura aunque a costa de resignar condiciones laborales. Los argentinos son los mejor pagados, por encima de los mexicanos y brasileños, aunque éstos representan el 50% de la… |
Employment | digital platforms, digital economy, freelance | https://www.bbva.com/es/freelancers-argentinos-mejor-pagados-region/ | rruggia | ||||
| Los uruguayos que eligen trabajar para el mundo | Empresas, Mercado laboral, OIT, Uruguay XXI | uruguay | Los uruguayos que eligen trabajar para el mundo Por María Noel Durán Julio 6, 2016 Diferentes sectores proponen la regulación del teletrabajo, una opción cada vez más elegida por los empresarios y trabajadores uruguayos Teclear desde la rambla, el Parque Rodó o el sofá de… |
Employment policies | digital platforms | https://www.elobservador.com.uy/los-uruguayos-que-eligen-trabajar-el-mundo-n936… | rruggia | ||||
| Impuestos para freelancers – Mi Vida Freelance | latin america | Reuisitos administrativos de formalización para freelancers en América Latina |
Employment, Extension of coverage, Contribution collection and compliance | digital platforms | https://www.mividafreelance.com/supervivencia/impuestos-para-freelancers/ | rruggia | ||||
| Reporte DE TRABAJO REMOTO Y EMPRENDIMIENTO DE WORKANA | latin america | EL REPORTE DE TRABAJO REMOTO Y EMPRENDIMIENTO DE WORKANA ES REALIZADO ANUALMENTE PARA DESCUBRIR CÓMO ESTÁ EL MERCADO DE TRABAJO EN TODA AMÉRICA LATINA Y MEDIR EL CRECIMIENTO DE LA MODALIDAD FREELANCEY DEL MUNDO EMPRENDEDOR. ¡CONOCE LOS RESULTADOS! |
Employment | digital platforms | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.hechoenamericalatina.org/ | rruggia | |||
| The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption by Juho Hamari, Mimmi Sjöklint, Antti Ukkonen :: SSRN | The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption Juho Hamari School of Information Science, University of Tampere Mimmi Sjöklint Copenhagen Business School Antti Ukkonen Helsinki Institute for Information Technology Information and… |
digital platforms | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2271971&rec=1&srcabs=278477… | rruggia | ||||||
| AsISSSTE es la nueva app del ISSSTE para atender infartos : Su Médico | mexico | ISSSTE lanza app para atender infartos. Cuando se active la alerta por infarto, AsISSSTE dará aviso a centros de salud u hospitales para brindar atención. 01/09/2017 . AsISSSTE brindará atención a derechohabientes y no derechohacientes. El infarto al miocardio es uno de los… |
Health promotion, Medical care, Information and communication technology | mobile technologies, universal health care | https://sumedico.com/asissste-app-atender-infartos/ | rruggia | ||||
| Centro Nacional de Telemedicina de EsSalud brindó más de 62 mil atenciones durante 28 meses | EsSalud | peru | Centro Nacional de Telemedicina de EsSalud brindó más de 62 mil atenciones durante 28 meses Publicado el 21 Enero, 2016 Atenciones especializadas a distancia permitieron el ahorro de más de diez millones 558 mil soles en lecturas de placas La mayor parte de asegurados beneficiados corresponden a… |
Medical care, Information and communication technology | universal health care | http://www.essalud.gob.pe/centro-nacional-de-telemedicina-de-essalud-brindo-mas… | rruggia | ||||
| France: Retraite à 62 ans - le coût des arrêts maladie en hausse | france | L'Express (01.08.2018) Un rapport de l'Assurance maladie dévoilé par Les Echos, mardi, explique que le montant des arrêts maladies a connu une hausse de 13,4% entre 2013 et 2016. |
Un rapport de l'Assurance maladie dévoilé par Les Echos, mardi, explique que le montant des arrêts maladies a connu une hausse de 13,4% entre 2013 et 2016.Dans son rapport "Charges et produits", publié par |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/retraite-a-62-ans-le-cout-d… | dfabbri | |||
| [Report] ILO: Social protection - More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by contributory social security | latin america | ILO (27.07.2018) More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by a contributory social security system covering them against risks related to illness, unemployment and old age, a new ILO report says. The report calls for decisive action to close existing and future gaps in social… |
More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by a contributory social security system covering them against risks related to illness, unemployment and old age, a new ILO report says. The report calls for decisive action to close existing and future gaps in social security coverage. |
Difficult-to-cover groups | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_635319/lang--en/ind… | dfabbri | ||
| [Report] Social protection: More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by contributory social security: ILO | latin america | ILO (27.07.2018) More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by a contributory social security system covering them against risks related to illness, unemployment and old age, a new ILO report says. The report calls for decisive action to close existing and future gaps in… |
More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by a contributory social security system covering them against risks related to illness, unemployment and old age, a new ILO report says. The report calls for decisive action to close existing and future gaps in social security coverage. |
Difficult-to-cover groups | poverty | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_635319/lang--en/ind… | dfabbri | ||
| España: Creación récord de empleo en primavera: 469.900 puestos de trabajo | spain | El País (27.07.2018) El mercado laboral ha sorprendido en primavera. La recuperación del empleo ha acelerado más de los previsto. En solo tres meses se han creado 469.900 empleos. Nunca hasta ahora se había alcanzado semejante cifra en un trimestre. Con este aumento, el número total de ocupados… |
Primavera es la mejor estación para el mercado laboral español: arranque de la temporada alta turística, obras que empiezan por el buen tiempo, contratos para las sustituciones veraniegas y, en ocasiones, Semana Santa. Esa combinación impulsa siempre el empleo. Aunque hasta ahora no se había elev |
Employment policies | labour markets | Published_SS_Monitor | https://elpais.com/economia/2018/07/26/actualidad/1532587810_001735.html | fabbri |