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[Opinion] Emploi: pourquoi l’Allemagne fait mieux que la France | france, germany | Les Echos (25.04.2017) Ce ne sont ni les bas salaires ni les inégalités qui expliquent le plein-emploi en Allemagne. La performance allemande vient de la santé de son industrie manufacturière. |
https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/0212012594760-emploi-pourquoi-lalle… | monitor | ||||||
Accurate occupational data vital to save lives, says UN labour agency on World Day | United Nations News Centre (28.04.2017) Even though more than 2.3 million fatalities and 300 million accidents resulting in injuries are estimated to occur in workplaces around the globe each year, the actual impact remains largely unknown, the United Nations International Labour Organization… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56649#.WQsivnpGTrl | monitor | ||||||
The head of the World Bank is pushing a terrifying prediction for jobs in developing countries | Business Insider (01.05.2017) World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said about two-thirds of jobs in the developing world may be lost to automation. |
Unemployment | digital economy, published | http://uk.businessinsider.com/jim-yong-kim-world-bank-milken-conference-2017-5?… | monitor | |||||
US: 80 years into Social Security, Trump faces overburdened system | UPI.com (27.04.2017) More than eight decades after President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced Social Security to the United States, the country's principal retirement and disability assistance program is again facing an uncertain future. |
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/04/27/80-years-into-Social-Security-Trump-f… | monitor | |||||||
Sénégal: Couverture maladie universelle - La campagne nationale d’adhésion aux mutuelles de santé lancée | senegal | Le Soleil (08.05.2017) Couverture maladie universelle : La campagne nationale d’adhésion aux mutuelles de santé lancée |
Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://www.lesoleil.sn/actualites/item/64337-couverture-maladie-universelle-la-… | monitor | ||||
France: Un embryon de protection sociale pour les travailleurs ubérisés | france | Libération (07.05.2017) Un décret prévoit que les sites cotiseront pour les accidents du travail et la formation des indépendants qui travaillent pour eux. La disposition est loin de soulever l'enthousiasme des principaux concernés. |
Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | extending coverage, digital economy | http://www.liberation.fr/futurs/2017/05/07/un-embryon-de-protection-sociale-pou… | monitor | ||||
UK: Jobs hold fast in shadow of Brexit … for now | EurActiv (24.04.2017) Britain’s labour market has so far been resilient, but salaries could fall as a result of increased competition after the country exits the EU. |
http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/jobs-hold-fast-in-shadow-of-brex… | monitor | |||||||
Asia Development Bank to promote universal health care in Asia-Pacific | Asia | Japan Times (04.05.2017) In response to rapidly aging populations in Asia and the Pacific, the government and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to cooperate on strengthening efforts to boost universal health coverage in the regions based on Japan’s health system. |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/04/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-a… | monitor | ||||
Le chômage a baissé dans 23 pays européens... mais pas en France | france | Le Figaro (02.05.2017) Entre mars 2016 et mars 2017, le taux de chômage s'est établi à 8 % dans l'Union européenne : c'est son taux le plus faible depuis janvier 2009. |
Unemployment | http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2017/05/02/20002-20170502ARTFIG00142-le-chom… | monitor | |||||
Health system 'failing' obese Australians | australia | News.com (06.05.2017) The Australian health system is failing people struggling with obesity, a conference of physicians will hear this week. |
Health | http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/health-system-failing-obese-austr… | monitor | |||||
UK: The gig economy: “Free-riding on the welfare state” | united kingdom | jdsupra.com (10.05.2017) Due to the calling of a snap general election, the Work and Pensions Committee has curtailed its inquiry and has now published its report on the gig economy and its use of self-employment. The report is somewhat damning of companies that utilise the gig economy model.… |
Employment, Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | digital economy, published | http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-gig-economy-free-riding-on-the-28878 | monitor | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago: Health care system in crisis | latin america, trinidad and tobago | Trinidad Express Newspapers (06.05.2017) Billions spent by successive administrations have not addressed fundamental problems that have plagued the country's hospitals and health centres for decades. |
Health | http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20170506/news/healthcare-system-in-crisis | monitor | |||||
Suisse: Droit d'option - Frontaliers et assurance-maladie, il faut choisir. Et vite! | switzerland | TDG (11.05.2017) Ceux qui n'auront pas encore choisi au 30 septembre pour le système suisse ou le français seront affiliés à une assurance suisse. |
Health insurance, Migration | migration | http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/frontaliers-assurancemaladie-faut-chois… | monitor | ||||
Asia Pacific lags in social protection spending – UN survey | Asia | rappler.com (09.05.2017) A study by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific notes that enhanced social protection is among the mechanisms to implement inclusive growth |
http://www.rappler.com/nation/169382-economic-social-survey-asia-pacific-report… | monitor | ||||||
[Book] Healthcare fraud, corruption and waste in Europe | ehfcn (09.05.2017) Nobody can deny that fraud, corruption and waste are a major threat to the sustainability of healthcare systems in Europe. The book Healthcare Fraud, Corruption and Waste in Europe. National and Academic Perspectives, coordinated by the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption… |
Health, Governance and administration | http://www.ehfcn.org/ehfcn-nza-book-healthcare-fraud-corruption-waste-europe | monitor | ||||||
Rwanda: Govt Wants Medical Examination for Mining, Industrial Workers | rwanda | AllAfrica (30.04.2017) The Government is considering extending medical screening to all mining and factory workers in the country deemed to be exposed to particular health hazards, the Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Public Service and Labour has said. |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://allafrica.com/stories/201705010024.html | monitor | ||||
En busca de pruebas para garantizar que el VIH forma parte de la protección social | | ONUSIDA (08.05.2017) La protección social, ampliamente utilizada en los países desarrollados para mantener los estándares de vida y hacer frente a la pobreza transitoria, se ha convertido en un elemento esencial de los esfuerzos de desarrollo modernos. En los países desarrollados, la protección… |
Health | http://www.unaids.org/es/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2017/may/20170504… | monitor | ||||||
EU proposes four months’ paid parental leave | european union | Irish Times (07.05.2017) Irish workers could gain the right to four months of paid parentalleave for the first time under a proposal from Brussels that aims to encourage fathers to take on more parenting responsibilities. The Sunday Times reports that Ireland is one of only six EU countries… |
Family benefits | http://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/eu-proposes-four-months-… | monitor | |||||
Jordan: Steering committee to update anti-poverty, social protection strategy | jordan | Jordan Times /10.05.2017) Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury on Monday chaired the steering committee’s first preparatory meeting to update the Strategy for Combating Poverty and Enhancing Social Protection, according to a statement from the Ministry of Planning and… |
poverty | http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/steering-committee-update-anti-poverty-so… | monitor | |||||
Cómo es la aplicación de la AFIP para operar el monotributo desde el celular - TN.com.ar | argentina | Information and communication technology, Extension of coverage | mobile contribution-collection self-employed | ruggia | ||||||
Fraud and error surveys - Ireland | ireland | The Department of Social Protection undertakes fraud and error surveys to identify the level of risk associated with particular schemes. The surveys highlight the risk of non-compliance with the rules of the schemes being surveyed at a particular point in time. The survey results allow the… |
Error, evasion and fraud | http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Department-of-Social-Protection---Fraud-_-Error-… | massetti | |||||
KEY ISSUES FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE G20 - OECD | Employment, Information and communication technology | http://www.oecd.org/G20/key-issues-for-digital-transformation-in-the-G20.pdf | ruggia | |||||||
EHFCN | European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network | Europe | Error, evasion and fraud, Health | http://www.ehfcn.org/ | ruggia | ||||||
EHFCN | EHFCN-NZa Book on Healthcare fraud, corruption and waste in Europe - EHFCN | Europe | Error, evasion and fraud, Health | http://www.ehfcn.org/ehfcn-nza-book-healthcare-fraud-corruption-waste-europe/ | ruggia | ||||||
Leyes para el futuro del trabajo: ¿estamos preparados? - Factor Trabajo | Americas | Employment | digital platforms | https://blogs.iadb.org/trabajo/2017/04/18/leyes-para-el-futuro-del-trabajo-esta… | ruggia |