Europe: Workers' rights transformed: Ensuring social protection
Euronews (29.05.2018) Did you know that four out of 10 Europeans in the labour market are now self-employed or in part-time or full-time temporary work?
Euronews (29.05.2018) Did you know that four out of 10 Europeans in the labour market are now self-employed or in part-time or full-time temporary work?
The Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) has endeavored, since its establishment, to provide a better service to all its subscribers and clients, relying on an automated system in transferring its legal data, in order to implement its procedures, and to face the increasing number of subscribers.
opengovasia.com (31.05.2018) The 71st World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution on Digital Health initiated by India, to recognise the potential of digital technologies for the development of digital healthcare services and to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
Due to growth of heath costs, especially cost of medicine and in order to promote quality of health services, it is highly necessary to consider solutions such as strategic purchasing of health services aiming at cost control and shortening fiscal burden as well as preventing medical errors. In line with high level targets of the ISSO and facilitation and expedition of the processes, increasing system efficiency and meet the e-government goals, planning and implementing the “electronic prescription” scheme came on the agenda.
TDG (01.06.2018) Le Conseil fédéral a adopté vendredi son message destiné aux Chambres pour qu'elles rejettent l’initiative «Pour un congé de paternité raisonnable - en faveur de toute la famille».
grapevine (09.05.2018) Harpa Njálsdóttir, who has been analysing the development of the Icelandic welfare system for the past decade, recently told RÚV that Iceland is no longer following the Nordic welfare model.
Aiming to resolve the problems in construction industry, such as high work-related injury risks, flexible employment and high mobility of construction workers, China has implemented the “Tongzhou Program”, i.e. the specific social insurance expansion program for the construction industry workers. The program requires the construction industry to join the social insurance coverage in terms of each building project, exploring a new coverage pattern of dynamic real-name registration management.
In order to reduce the personal burden of medical expenses and improve the Chinese patients’ sense of acquisition, happiness and security, in 2017, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security organized the negotiation of National Medical Insurance Drug List.
In December 2016, Zhejiang Provincial Government made the decision to push forward the reform of “Running Errand, at Most Once”, actively forging a province with “least examination and approval matters, highest efficiency, optimal government environment and strongest sense of gains for the masses and enterprises”. Aiming at reducing the running errands of the insured, based on the “Internet+ E-government Service” and big data, Zhejiang province launched the reform from the aspects and matters closest to the production and livelihood of the enterprises and masses.
Targeting at building a social security system that covers the urban and rural residents in an all-round way, the Chinese government has formulated and implemented a universal social security enrolment programme focusing on the old-age insurance and medical insurance. By the end of 2017, the registration of all the targeted groups across China has been basically completed through the measures of policy optimizing, publicity, strict law enforcement, service improvement and registration at every address.
To fundamentally solve the two problems of “running errands for reimbursement” and “full prepayment by the patients”, in 2016 the Chinese government made the commitment that within two years, the direct settlements of hospitalization expenses will be fully portable across provinces. A nationwide network for basic health insurance and direct settlement network across provinces will be set up to achieve direct settlement of hospitalization expenses across provinces.
As part of the Social Security establishment, it is a statutory requirement that every qualified employee is to be registered by a registered and qualified employer. Apparently, there are still employers who fail to register their employees. The failure by employers to register their employees will result in the non-coverage of the employees. The unregistered qualified employees are unfairly deprived of any coverage of social security schemes and benefits in the event they become unfit to work or even worst if they are suffering from permanent disability or invalidity.
India has a federal structure of Governance, where Health is a provincial subject and the Social Security and Labour fall in the concurrent list. Healthcare, Cash Compensation for Employment Injury in the formal sector is provided by the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) whereas the Pension and Provident Fund by Employees Provident Fund. The employees of factories & establishments in the formal sector are entitled to benefits of Social Security through ESI Scheme.
Vietnam has about 80.9 million citizen participate in Healthcare Insurance that makes the coverage of over 86% of the population. VSS now faces big challenges in HI payment inspection: how to manage the huge amount of HI participant data (hundreds of million HI payment requests need inspection annually and increasing) as well as to provide timely resolutions for all HI policies and ensure the quality of social security. It was in this situation that VSS decide to build the HI Inspection Information System to connect with over 12,000 hospitals nationwide.
The authority pension fund is a long term investor with a cash-flow positive over the near term and a long-term horizon. Hence , the authority board believed the priority for the next five to Ten years should be to grow the investment portfolio in order to reduce the reliance of future contribution to pay for benefits . The authority assets were experiencing faster growth in 2014 due to increased cash inflow from monthly contribution by additional 3 per cent.
World Economic Forum (29.05.2018) Five years ago, when I first heard about it, the idea had been all but forgotten. Most people I talked to had never heard of it either. Now, suddenly, it’s everywhere. Finland conducted a major trial, Canada has just launched an even bigger experiment and a test in Kenya is the mother of them all.
Forum OECD (24.05.2018) The “operating system” of the Country, a series of fundamental blocks upon which services for citizens, the Public Administration, and enterprises are built.
NCBI (April 2018) The present study aimed to explore using popular technology that people already have/use as a health promotion tool, in a campus wide social media health promotion initiative, entitled #LancerHealth. During a two-week period the university community was asked to share photos on Twitter and Instagram of What does being healthy on campus look like to you?, while tagging the image with #LancerHealth.
OECD (2017) Digitalisation has already been under way for about half a century, yet it is only now that everyone is talking about a digital revolution. Why?
The Public Authority for Social Insurance seeks, to achieve it’s vision and mission by providing high quality conveniences to the insured and the business owners with speed and accuracy services at the lowest costs. In line with irresistible developments in information technology field, the Smart Inspection System was introduced in 2018. Work and occupational diseases is linked to several auxiliary systems developed in conjunction with the smart inspection system - which consists of several systems- such as : • Prohibition and lifting of the ban. • System alerts.
The Public Authority for Social Insurance launched a project aims to provide specialized offices to receive the insured persons who wish to get insurance advice. From well-trained staff will carry out the functions of the service of the main categories: early retirement and cases of lamp sum requests on grounds dedicate to family on full time basis.
Improving the data accuracy and simplifying the process of registration for the employers and their insured persons are always taking consideration by Public Authority for Social Insurance. Previously , Public Authority for Social Insurance was completely depending on the information submitting by the employers for new registration or updating information related to their employees , which has not achieved the accuracy of the required information.
The issues of inadequate savings faced by the EPF members, coupled with the low level of financial literacy demonstrate the urgent need to enhance the knowledge and skills in financial and retirement planning among Malaysians. To attain financial independence, EPF members are encouraged to take charge of their retirement through the utilisation of the Retirement Advisory Service (RAS) which was introduced in 2014. This advisory service serves as a platform for members to obtain personalised advice from EPF’s certified officers in the area of financial and retirement planning.
Le Monde (31.05.2018) Le haut commissaire Jean-Paul Delevoye défend dans « Le Parisien » un système par points. Il proposera en fin d’année ou début 2019 « les grandes orientations » de la réforme.
Public Authority for Social Insurance since its inception has assumed in its endeavour to proceeding with the strategic core of social security culture and responsibility. Public Authority for Social Insurance aims to raise social security awareness level and its importance to individuals, family and the society. There are communities with high levels of social welfare supported by the government.