Faut-il que les robots et les IA payent des cotisations sociales ?

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 13:56

Numerama (22.06.2016) Comment financer la sécurité sociale lorsque les employés mis aux chômage par les robots ne versent plus de cotisations ? Pour Mady Delvaux, auteure d'un projet de résolution qui sera débattu au Parlement européen, il est temps de faire cotiser les robots.

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España: INE - El número anual de muertes supera al de los nacimientos por primera vez

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 13:36

El País (23.06.2016) La tasa de natalidad siguió bajando en España en 2015 y por primera vez desde que se tienen datos del crecimiento vegetativo anual —diferencia entre nacimientos y defunciones— registró un saldo negativo. Durante el año pasado murieron 2.753 españoles más de los que nacieron. Según los datos publicados este jueves por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) disminuye también el número de mujeres que están en edad fértil, a raíz de la crisis de natalidad de los 80 y principios de los 90.

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US: Medicare and Social Security Trustees Warn of Shortfalls

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 13:23

New York Times (22.06-2016) The Obama administration said Wednesday that the financial outlook for Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund had deteriorated slightly in the last year and that Social Security still faced serious long-term financial problems.

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[Informe] OIT: Las políticas del mercado de trabajo en América Latina deben reorientarse para resguardar los logros sociales y enfrentar las brechas de productividad

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 13:15

ILO (21.06.2016) En un momento en que los gobiernos de la región se enfrentan al desafío de crear empleos de calidad y de resguardar los logros del pasado en términos de inclusión social y de calidad del trabajo de cara a la desaceleración económica, un informe de la OIT argumenta que es urgente adoptar un nuevo enfoque basado en políticas activas de mercado de trabajo.

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Americas
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Lessons for India in Thailand’s experience on universal healthcare

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 09:25

The Indian Express (22.06.2016) Recently, Thailand prime minister, accompanied by a high-level delegation, visited India to enhance partnership between the two countries in the areas of trade, defence, security, education, science and technology and people-to-people contacts. Although not included in this list, healthcare is an area where India has much to learn from Thailand.

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[Opinion] South Africa: All workers must fall under better compensation act

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 08:38

BDLive (09.06.2016) The compensation summit convened last month by the country’s deputy ministers of health, labour, and mineral resources was a critical step towards the establishment of a single integrated compensation system that meets the highest standards.

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Ireland: Department of Social Protection handed over woman’s personal information to her employer

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 14:25

newstalk.com (21.06.2016) The Department of Social Protection has been warned to ensure new staff are closely supervised in their work, after an employee mistakenly handed over a woman’s personal data to a third party.

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U.S. will spend $2.6 trillion less on health care than expected before Obamacare, study projects

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 13:52

The Washington Post (21.06.2016) A new study predicts that the federal forecast of national health care spending under President Obama's signature health law was a big overestimate — by $2.6 trillion over a five-year period.

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