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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Steigende Mindestlöhne in Europa gegen Sozial-Dumping | european union | EurActiv (10.02.2017) Die meisten EU-Länder haben ihren Mindestlohn im letzten Jahr erhöht, um gegen Sozial-Dumping vorzugehen, so das Ergebnis einer aktuelle Studie. EurActiv Brüssel berichtet. |
Employment | megatrends | http://www.euractiv.de/section/soziales-europa/news/steigende-mindestloehne-in-… | monitor | ||||
| Congo: Protection sociale - le Régime social des indépendants de France partage son expertise à la CNSS | congo | Adiac-congo (29.01.2017) L’accord a été signé le 28 janvier, à Brazzaville, entre le directeur général de la Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS), Evariste Ondongo, et son homologue de la Gestion des risques et l’action sociale, médecin conseils national du Régime social des indépendants(… |
Governance and administration | http://adiac-congo.com/content/protection-sociale-le-regime-social-des-independ… | monitor | |||||
| UK faces return to inequality of Thatcher years, says report | The Guardian (01.02.2017) Pressure on the government to help struggling Britons has intensified after a leading thinktank warned that falling living standards for the poor threatened the biggest rise in inequality since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister. |
Inequalities | megatrends, poverty | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/31/theresa-may-inequality-margare… | monitor | |||||
| [Análisis] ¿Cómo consigue Cuba una sanidad con índices de un país rico? | cuba | El País (09.02.2017) La isla cuenta con indicadores que son la envidia de la región, pero su sistema también tiene numerosas sombras |
Health | http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/01/12/planeta_futuro/1484236280_559243.html | monitor | |||||
| India: Govt mulls conditional cash transfer for pregnant women under ICDS | india | Hindustan Time (18.01.2017) The government is considering introducing conditional transfer of money to the accounts of pregnant women and lactating mothers instead of the current practice of giving them rations at aanganwadi centres to ensure that they get to eat healthy, nutritious food. |
Social assistance | http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-mulls-conditional-cash-transfer-f… | monitor | |||||
| Suisse: Parlement - Une session sous le signe de la prévoyance vieillesse | switzerland | TDG (07.02.2017) Conseil national et Conseil des Etats devront se mettre d'accord pour boucler la réforme sur la prévoyance 2020. Jeux d'argent et OGM seront aussi au menu. |
Old-age pensions | managing reforms | http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/session-prevoyance-vieillesse/story/20046835 | monitor | ||||
| France: Emploi - 53% des jeunes optimistes pour leur avenir professionnel | france | Le Figaro (02.02.2017) Un jeune sur cinq reste inquiet pour son avenir. Les garçons se montrent plus confiants que les filles. |
Employment of young workers | youth employment | http://www.lefigaro.fr/emploi/2017/02/02/09005-20170202ARTFIG00194-emploi-53-de… | monitor | ||||
| US: Obamacare enrollment: healthcare experts urge sign-up despite uncertainty | The Guardian (31.01.2017) People will be better off having entered marketplace exchanges even if options worsen under the Trump administration, experts say |
Health | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/31/obamacare-healthcare-exchanges-… | monitor | ||||||
| France: Du mieux sur le front de la Sécurité sociale | france | Alternatives Economiques (06.02.2017) Au cours de ce quinquennat, le gouvernement a quasiment comblé le trou de la Sécu. Les branches retraites et accidents du travail devraient être excédentaires l’an prochain. Quant au déficit de l’assurance maladie, il devrait être ramené à 2,6 milliards d’… |
http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/mieux-front-de-securite-sociale/00077225 | monitor | ||||||
| Austrian Chancellor Kern says breakthrough on posted workers ‘decisive’ | austria, european union | EurActiv (10.02.2017) Chancellor Christian Kern defended Austria’s push for a law against social dumping from poorer EU countries after his government’s demand to cut childcare benefits for EU foreigners took centre stage in a meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker. |
Family benefits | http://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/austrian-chancellor-ker… | monitor | |||||
| Cuba wants more babies, so it’s giving parental leave to grandparents, too | cuba | Washington Post (10.02.2017) Cuba is giving parental leave to the grandparents of newborns, the country's latest attempt to reverse its sagging birthrate and defuse a demographic time bomb. |
Family benefits, Demographic change, Population ageing | megatrends, managing reforms | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/10/cuba-wants-more-ba… | monitor | ||||
| France: La difficile reconnaissance du burn-out | france | La Tribune (06.02.2017) En matière de santé et de sécurité au travail, la principale préoccupation des employeurs était à l'origine la prévention d'accidents et de maladies portant atteinte à l'intégrité physique des salariés. L'émergence, ces dernières années, des "… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://acteursdeleconomie.latribune.fr/debats/expertise/2017-02-06/la-difficile… | monitor | |||||
| Analysis: UK targets radical aid for ‘just about managing’ schemes | united kingdom | IPE (02.02.2017) The UK’s “just about managing” pension funds need a radical rethink of how to tackle widening pension deficits, mounting costs, and volatile markets, according to leading industry experts. |
Pensions | https://www.ipe.com/countries/uk/analysis-uk-targets-radical-aid-for-just-about… | monitor | |||||
| Réforme de la protection sociale : comment font nos voisins européens ? | european union | Courrier international (17.02.2017) La sauvegarde ou non du système social français est l’un des enjeux majeurs de la campagne présidentielle. À l’étranger aussi, la question de ce changement s’impose, entre recherche d’économies et grogne des citoyens. Les exemples aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique et… |
Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/politique-reforme-de-la-protection… | monitor | ||||
| Costa Ricas Gesundheitswesen: 75-jähriger Sozialstaat in den Tropen | NZZ (06.02.2017) Im internationalen Vergleich sehr früh führte Costa Rica einen umfassenden öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst ein. Trotz Schwierigkeiten leistet dieser bis heute Erstaunliches. |
https://www.nzz.ch/international/costa-ricas-gesundheitswesen-75-jaehriger-sozi… | monitor | |||||||
| Espagne: La banque centrale veut repousser le départ à la retraite au-delà de 67 ans | spain | Courrier international (16.02.2017) Le gouverneur Luis María Linde propose de travailler plus longtemps et de développer les systèmes de retraites privés. |
Pensions | http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/espagne-la-banque-centrale-veut-re… | monitor | |||||
| Suisse: Nouvel essai pour réviser l’assurance invalidité | switzerland | Le Temps (15.02.2017) Après un précédent échec, Alain Berset repart au combat. Il veut augmenter les chances des jeunes de suivre une formation et de travailler. Les milieux patronaux exigent des économies |
Health insurance, Disability | managing reforms | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/02/15/nouvel-reviser-lassurance-invalidite | monitor | ||||
| Minimum wages soar across Europe in bid to curb social inequality | european union | EurActiv (10.02.2017) Minimum wages increased in most EU countries last year in an effort to redress social dumping, a new research has found |
Employment, Inequalities | megatrends | http://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/minimum-wages-soar-acro… | monitor | ||||
| Report: Work, family and social protection in Asia | Asia | HelpAge International - How does growing older affect a person’s income security in Asia? This question is becoming increasingly urgent in the context of rapid population ageing in the region, yet little has been done to answer it |
Pensions, Population ageing | http://www.helpage.org/what-we-do/work-family-and-social-protection-in-asia | monitor | |||||
| Luxembourg government moves on second pillar pension reform | luxembourg | IPE (08.02.2017) The Luxembourg cabinet has endorsed a long-awaited pension reforms bill that aims to expand second pillar access to the self-employed.The draft law was approved during a cabinet meeting on Friday, but has yet to be officially published. |
Pensions, Governance and administration, Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | https://www.ipe.com/news/pensions/luxembourg-government-moves-on-second-pillar-… | monitor | ||||
| English social care system for elderly facing 'complete collapse' | The Guardian (16.02.2017) Age UK report calls for urgent action, including cash injection in spring budget and development of long-term plan. Social care in England is at risk of imminent collapse in the worst affected areas unless urgent steps are taken to address the crisis engulfing the… |
Old-age pensions, Social assistance, Health | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/16/english-social-care-system-for-… | monitor | ||||||
| Canada: Les emplois les plus dangereux au Québec | canada | Journal de Montreal (06.02.2017) Travailler peut s’avérer dangereux. En effet, en 2015, 196 personnes ont perdu la vie à cause de leur travail, d’après le rapport de la Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST). |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/02/08/les-emplois-les-plus-dangereux-au-q… | monitor | |||||
| [Análisis] Europa: ¿Los robots tendrán seguro social? | european union | La Nación (17.02.2017) El Parlamento Europeo ha aprobado una resolución para que la Comisión Europea empiece a estudiar leyes sobre robótica. El informe, liderado por Mady Delvaux, del comité de Asuntos Legales, insta a la Unión Europea a sentar las bases de una legislación sobre inteligencia… |
Extension of coverage | digital economy | http://www.lanacion.com.py/2017/02/17/los-robots-tendran-seguro-social | monitor | ||||
| France: Chômage - la poursuite du plan 500.000 formations se dessine | france | Les Echos (20.02.2017) Les négociations avec les régions devraient être bouclées cette semaine. |
Unemployment | http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/0211809092232-chomage-la-poursuit… | monitor | |||||
| US: Occupational skin diseases - More common than you think | United States | Safety and Health Magazine (29.01.2017) Occupational skin diseases are the second-most common type of occupational disease. NIOSH estimates that more than 13 million U.S. workers are potentially exposed to chemicals that can be absorbed through their skin. Workers at risk of occupational skin… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/15195-occupational-skin-disease… | monitor |