President Rousseff Proposes Social Security Reform in Brazil

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 01/08/2016 - 15:11

The Rio Times (08.01.2016) With Brazilian population getting older and life-expectancy increasing, Rousseff says the country must face social security reform 'head on’.

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brazil
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Old-age pensions
Pensions
Governance and administration
Social policies & programmes

Deutschland: 125 Jahre Rentenversicherung - Eine Grundfeste des Sozialstaats

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 01/08/2016 - 14:31

Deutschlandfunk (01.01.2016) Am 1. Januar 1891 trat im Deutschen Kaiserreich das "Gesetz betreffend die Invaliditäts- und Altersversicherung" in Kraft. Von hier bis zur gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung der Bundesrepublik war es ein weiter Weg. Bis heute bildet sie eine wichtige Säule des deutschen Sozialstaats.

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germany

Bruselas estudia "en detalle" la reforma del sistema de pensiones presentada por Grecia

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 01/08/2016 - 14:08

El Exonomista (07.01.2016) La Comisión Europea ha afirmado este jueves que está analizando "en detalle" la propuesta de reforma del sistema de pensiones que el Gobierno de Grecia presentó el lunes a los acreedores internacionales en el marco del tercer programa de rescate, uno de los puntos más controvertidos del mismo y que más críticas ha levantado entre la oposición "Recibimos el borrador la noche del lunes.

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greece
Topics
Old-age pensions
Pensions
Governance and administration

Tunisie: Sécurité sociale le premier défi de Mahmoud Ben Romdhane

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 01/08/2016 - 13:29

L'economiste maghrébin (07.01.2016) Khaled Sdiri, spécialiste en sécurité sociale, a estimé que la priorité pour le nouveau ministre des Affaires sociales, Mahmoud Ben Romdhane, est l’ouverture du dossier des caisses de sécurité sociale, afin de trouver des solutions adéquates à leur équilibre, surtout celui de la CNRPS dont le déficit ne cesse de se creuser.

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tunisia

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How Sweden’s “daddy quota” parental leave helps with equal parenting

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 01/07/2016 - 08:51

Quartz (06.01.2016) Sweden really wants dads to take paternity leave. Sweden became the first country in the world to replace maternity leave with parental leave in 1974, with time off that either parent could take. While the onus was no longer on women to take time off work for childcare, the new law didn’t dramatically change gender roles with childcare. Mothers were still taking the vast majority of leave and the few men who did take it were nicknamed “velvet dads.”

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sweden
Topics
Family benefits

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