Polynésie française: Accidents du travail, maladies professionnelles : des ajustements en attendant...

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tahiti-infos (19.08.2015) Alors qu'il existe une branche spécifique du régime des salariés pour prendre en charge le coût des accidents du travail et de la maladie professionnelle, le plus souvent c'est l'assurance maladie qui le finance. Pour la deuxième fois en quatre ans, une loi du Pays tente d'équilibrer ces transferts de charge.

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france
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Occupational accidents and diseases

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Côte d'Ivoire: L’extension de la protection sociale va constituer "un élément fort" de la lutte contre la pauvreté (DG CNPS)

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abidjan.net (29.08.2015) Le directeur général de la Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS), Charles Kouassi, estime que sa structure joue un rôle central dans la lutte contre la pauvreté car "l’extension de la protection sociale va constituer un élément fort" dans cette bataille que mène le gouvernement.

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côte d'ivoire
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Extension of coverage
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities

Smiling Brazil initiative sets example to other nations to eliminate healthcare disparities

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news-medical.net (28.08.2015) Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a Discovery! article titled "10 Years of a National Oral Health Policy in Brazil: Innovation, Boldness and Numerous Challenges." In it, authors Gilberto Alfredo Pucca, Jr., University of Brasília; and Mariana Gabriel, Maria Ercilia de Araujo and Fernanda Campos Sousa de Almeida, University of São Paulo, discuss Brazil's National Policy of Oral Health, also known as "Smiling Brazil."

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brazil
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Health

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[Opinion] Paid Parental Leave Is Fueling Sweden's Start-Up Boom

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The New Republic (25.08.2015) Each week, Sweden’s national Twitter account allows a different Swede to take over tweeting and tell his or her story. Last week it was Louise Samet, a new mom and an employee of Swedish e-commerce giant Klarna. But unlike Amazon, where women only receive eight weeks of paid leave and men receive none, Klarna supplements  68 weeks of paid leave, which is split evenly between mothers and fathers.

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Family benefits
Parental leave

[Opinion] Belgique: 'Le tax shift est plus social qu'on ne le croit'

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Trends-Tendances.be (21.08.2015) "La réforme fiscale est également une réforme du financement de la sécurité sociale qui est historiquement surtout subsidiée par le travail", estime Marc De Vos, directeur d'Itinera et professeur à l'Université de Gand.

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belgium
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Financing

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Guyana: “Major reforms” in the pipeline to enhance social protection

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Kaieteur News (26.08.2015) Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes made it clear during her contribution to the recent budget debate that she intends to implement major reforms that will show more recognition of the importance of Guyanese.

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Extension of coverage
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes

Greece: Auxiliary pensions to suffer cuts

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ekathimerini.com (26.08.2015) Around 122,000 pensioners face reduced supplementary pensions, including freelancers, self-employed doctors, engineers and lawyers. Under a ministerial decision signed by Alternate Minister for Social Security Pavlos Haikalis as part of Greece’s third memorandum, 11 auxiliary funds will automatically be included in a single supplementary insurance fund, ETEA, for around 1.8 million pensioners.

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greece
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Pensions

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