Often, the interests of workers and employers are not the same, so addressing absenteeism as it relates to the health and safety of workers is an ethical and social commitment.

This good practice aims to reduce absenteeism arising from respiratory, musculoskeletal, mental and cardiac diseases, which are among the most frequent conditions among workers of the Catholic Workers’ Circle of the Uruguay Mutual Fund (Círculo Católico de Obreros del Uruguay Mutualista – CCOUM).

The National Control and Reaction Center (Centro Nacional de Mando y Reacción – CENMAR)  for security in residential facilities for child welfare and development (Estancias de Bienestar y Desarrollo Infantil – EBDIs) is a monitoring system by video-surveillance interconnected via sensors by means of more than 8,700 devices, including intrusion, motion, temperature, smoke and gas sensors, the latter being the most important because once triggered, the gas supply is automatically shut off until the incident is resolved.

To be more effective and efficient in the administration of economic benefits, the Social Insurance Bank (Banco de Previsión Social – BPS) has implemented an automated solution to manage benefits based on the processing of information and current regulations, and providing access to benefits without requiring beneficiaries to go to customer care centers.

To obtain a benefit, the process begins with the authorized benefit provider completing the requisite information through the available Web functionalities. 

Technical aid or support products are among the most important factors in terms of human development for disabled and elderly persons. The objective is to mitigate or compensate for limitations when performing various activities of daily living such as eating, dressing, personal hygiene, mobility for the bedridden, play and leisure time, productivity and work activities as well as improving independence and quality of life.

The national reference center for birth defects and rare diseases (Centro de Referencia Nacional de Defectos Congénitos y Enfermedades Raras – CRENADECER) is a unit of the Social Insurance Bank (Banco de Previsión Social – BPS). The center for access to assistive technologies (Centro de Acceso a Tecnologías de Apoyo – CATA) is located therein, and its goal is to approach disability in a way that promotes equal opportunities in relation to technology, using computers to assist with rehabilitation.

This is about a platform for data exploration and analysis which aims to allow large quantities of data to be visualized, filtered and categorized so as to inform organizational decisions affecting society at large.

This good practice comprises a workflow platform which automates a series of actions, activities and tasks performed by users when executing certain established processes. This allows work on the implementation and improvement of routine processes to be coordinated and organized. The platform integrates workflows, the requisite documentation, and internal and external services throughout the organization and allows processes to feed into one another which otherwise would be carried out in isolation. 

An application was launched to facilitate access to the information and services of the National Social Security Administration (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social – ANSES) through mobile phones, which are widespread among the population.

Return to work is often not seen as a primary function of workers’ compensation systems, particularly in the United States. The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions (IAIABC) is making a concerted effort to create a movement to help system stakeholders not only understand the value and benefits of return to work programs, but support them within their own organizations and in partnership with other system stakeholders.

The Social Health Insurance Institute (Seguro Social de Salud – EsSalud) consists of 10,978,635 members (one third of the Peruvian population), 30 highly and medium specialized assistance networks, various specialized institutions and others. With an annual budget of 411,401,032.93 US Dollars (USD), it carries out 28,079,260 hospital interventions annually.

This innovative program was implemented to improve the quality of care provided by the State Employees’ Social Security and Social Services Institute (Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado – ISSSTE) with the aim of strengthening interpersonal relationships by promoting proper treatment within the organization. The hypothesis is that the absence of quality in work life can result in negative consequences for workers, including work and psychological stress, anxiety, depression or health problems.

Single tax is an option designed for self-employed workers to pay contributions and taxes in a simplified way. Social security (retirement and health) and tax (VAT and income tax) contributions are collected together as a fixed monthly fee. To join the scheme, one has to comply with billing parameters including business surface area, electricity consumed and rental.

There are 3,373,712 single-tax contributors registered in Argentina.

Since 1993, the Bank Employees’ Pension Fund (Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones Bancarias – CJPB) has been providing “Support Sessions for the Retirement Process” with the participation of thousands of members.

The event targets members and their partners who have recently retired or are approaching the end of their working life, in order to help them in their retirement process and assist in the development of a “Second Life Plan” through workshops that promote personal development and generate rewarding, productive and healthy daily routines.