France: Professionnels libéraux : vers une protection sociale renforcée ?

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Les Echos (08.10.2016) Avec le projet de loi de financement de la Sécurité sociale pour 2017, la couverture sociale obligatoire des artisans et commerçants serait étendue aux professions libérales non réglementées.

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france
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Employment
Extension of coverage
Social policies & programmes

Europe’s health systems on life support

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Politico (06.10.2016) Europe’s health care systems aren’t feeling very well. Doctors have been threatening massive strikes in Britain to protest pay and conditions. Italian regions are going bankrupt trying to fund medicines. Drugmakers are pulling diabetes drugs from Germany, blaming government-set prices that don’t let them recoup their investment.

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european union
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Health

Bangladesh: Experts for adaptive social protection plans to deal with disasters

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The Financial Express (02.10.2016) Experts have underscored the need for taking community-based adaptive social protection schemes in Bangladesh aiming to address poverty and cope with the aftermath of any disaster.

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bangladesh
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Social assistance
Shocks & extreme events
Natural disasters

Côte d'Ivoire: Salon de l'emploi, l'absence de protection sociale pour le plus grand nombre des ivoiriens déplorée

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Koaci Infos (04.10.2016( Plusieurs jeunes diplômés en quête d’emploi ont pris d’assaut l’Hôtel ivoire pour être témoin de cet important évènement qui a selon la Directrice générale, fondatrice de la maison des chefs d’entreprises organisatrice de ce salon, Yolande Canon, une vision et des ambitions engagées.

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côte d'ivoire
Topics
Employment of young workers

France: La réforme des retraites occasionnera aussi des surcoûts

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Reuters (12.10.2016) Le recul de 60 à 62 ans de l'âge légal de la retraite occasionnera des surcoûts allant jusqu'à 2,1 milliards d'euros par an sous la forme de suppléments de pensions d'invalidité et de minima sociaux, selon la direction des études (Drees) du ministère des Affaires sociales.

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france
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Pensions

US: Why Men Are Scared to Take Paternity Leave

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Bloomberg (10.10.2016) One would think that if given the paid time off to care for their newborns, men would take it. But even at the rarified companies that offer paternity or parental leave, new dads don't often take advantage of the benefit. Why not? Sure, there's the cultural stigma and the (legitimate) fear of losing out on job opportunities. But giving men less time off than women might also have something to do with it.

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United States
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Family benefits