Data protection is social protection

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ejinsight.com (17.04.2019) Rising pressure to apply biometric technology to verify beneficiaries’ identities, and to integrate information systems ranging from civil registries to law-enforcement databases, means that social programs could create new risks for those who depend on them.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
New risks
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Les Marocains, deuxième communauté étrangère à être la plus affiliée à la sécurité sociale espagnole

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Al HuffPost Maghreb (23.04.2019)  Ce 23 avril, le ministère espagnol du Travail, des Migrations et de la Sécurité sociale a dévoilé le nombre total d’étrangers affiliés à la sécurité sociale dans le pays. Sur plus de 2 millions d’employés étrangers, les Marocains se positionnent en seconde place du classement. Ils étaient 259.893 à y être affiliés au mois de mars.

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How Ireland's spending on welfare compares to the rest of Europe

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RTE (17.04.2019) Is Ireland a generous welfare state? In the main, state spending on things like welfare and health are measured by calculating their percentage contribution to gross domestic product or GDP. GDP in its modern usage was developed by Nobel prize winning economist, Simon Kuznets, who did, in fact, warn against its use as a measure of a country’s overall welfare or progress.

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Social assistance
Financing
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Recent social policy developments in Luxembourg, Portugal and Turkey

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Europa (17.04.2019) Three new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on the increase in the minimum wage by the new government in Luxembourg, the effort to lower the cost of public transport for users in Portugal, and social assistance programmes recently introduced in Turkey.

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turkey
luxembourg
portugal
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Social assistance
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[Report] ILO: Occupational safety and health: New safety and health issues emerge as work changes

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ILO (18.04.2019) A new report on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), published ahead of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, reviews the ILO’s 100 years of achievements, and reveals some of the emerging challenges and opportunities in creating better working environments.

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Metinvest group is Ukraine's first organisation to receive Vision Zero certificate

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steelguru (23.04.2019)  On 18 April, a business breakfast titled 'Zero Accident Strategy: Benefits and Opportunities for Business' took place in the run-up to the World Day For Safety and Health at Work.

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ukraine
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Prevention of occupational risks

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Putting Europe’s invisible precariat in the spotlight

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Social Europe (18.04.2019) The European Commission’s latest Employment and Social Developments in Europe report reveals record employment in the EU, with nearly 240 million Europeans in employment in 2018. Yet, there is little reason to celebrate this much-touted number: both high-paying and low-paying jobs are on the rise, while the availability of medium-earning jobs is shrinking rapidly.

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european union
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Unemployment
Difficult-to-cover groups
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What We Know and Don’t Know About the International Cyberattack - The New York Times

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Hospitals in Britain, several companies in Spain and 11 other countries have confirmed attacks to their systems. Patient information does not appear to have been stolen or compromised, according to the National Health Service of Britain.

By Russell Goldman May 12, 2017

Right Now: Security experts warned that the full impact of the audacious cyberattack that crippled 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries might be truly felt in the new workweek as workers return to their offices and turn back on their computers.

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united kingdom
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Security
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Deutsche Arbeitnehmer sind besonders unzufrieden

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EurActiv (12.04.2019) Überforderung, andere Gehaltsvorstellungen und ungenügende Flexibilität – trotz gut laufender Wirtschaft sinkt die Zufriedenheit der Mitarbeiter in deutschen Unternehmen wie in keinem anderen europäischen Land.

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germany
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Employment
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