Temporary agricultural workers are affected by diverse vulnerability conditions: job insecurity, seasonality in their tasks, high turnover rates, internal and external migration, and the lack of registry that deprives them from social security. This situation is compounded by the weather contingencies that can threaten the crops and, hence, the revenue.
The need to maintain employment levels in order to avoid the social and economic consequences of massive unemployment was extrapolated in the creation of a Programme for employment support.
This Programme was created within the scope of the National Employment Emergency (in force since 2002) to support and promote genuine employment, in spite of the economic slowdown and the crisis experiences by certain geographic areas.
rtbf.be (18.09.2015) Le ministre des Pensions Daniel Bacquelaine a confirmé ce vendredi par voie de communiqué que les salariés ne pourront plus percevoir les revenus de leur pension complémentaire avant l'âge de la retraite.
maliweb.net (18.09.2015) La direction nationale de la Protection sociale a procédé hier à l’ouverture d’un séminaire de deux jours à l’intention du monde agricole et du secteur informel. La cérémonie était présidée par le secrétaire général du ministère de la Solidarité, de l’Action humanitaire et de la Ceconstruction du nord, M Samba Almamy Baby.
Bloomberg View (17.09.2015) People with relatively little education and comparatively low earnings don't live as long as those with higher levels of education and income. That much has been known for some time. But it turns out that this gap is widening significantly, and is starting to have big effects on Social Security, Medicare and other programs.
ec.europa/news (07.09.2015) A report commissioned by the European Commission from the European Social Policy Network of independent experts (ESPN) published today shows an inadequate response in the Member States regarding the reintegration of the long-term unemployed.
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (sept 2015) Despite starting out with one of the lowest levels of human development in the world in the 1990s, Ethiopia is one of the few African countries on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals.
In order to be more efficient and effective in detecting irregularities and fraud, the Social Insurance Bank (Banco de Previsión Social (BPS)) has built an integrated solution based on the use of modeling techniques and predictive analysis to select taxpayers to be audited (Integrated Solution for the Selection of Cases to Monitor or Solución Integral de Selección de Casos a Fiscalizar (SISCA)).
Center For Global Development (16.09.2015) Rigorous evaluations show giving poor people cash is a very effective policy. But polls show poor Tanzanians would rather have government services.
Les Echos (16.09.2015) Hormis les retraites, toutes les prestations seraient revalorisées dorénavant au 1er avril sur la base de l’inflation constatée sur les douze derniers mois. Une simplification qui permettrait à l’Etat d’économiser 500 millions d’euros.
latribune.fr (15.09.2015) Le déficit de l'assurance maladie sera de 7,2 milliards d'euros cette année. Ce montant, encore trop important, reporte le retour de l'équilibre financier au-delà de l'année 2020, estime la Cour des comptes, qui, dans son touffu rapport formule plusieurs recommandations pour réduire le trou de la Sécurité sociale.
boursorama.com (16.09.2015) Renoncer temporairement à la vie de retraité pour réintégrer son entreprise ? En Allemagne, ils sont nombreux à faire ce choix, qui leur assure une transition en douceur vers la retraite et, à leur employeur, la possibilité d'exploiter leur précieux savoir-faire.
The Guardian (16.09.2015) The number of employees speaking up about mental health problems is on the rise. More than two fifths of employers say they have seen an increase in cases reported by staff of conditions such as depression and anxiety, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The Jakarta Post (13.09.2015) The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region has called on member countries to focus their efforts on providing affordable and quality health services to all who need them, as nearly 400 million people still do not have access to essential health services globally.
Article 10 of the Constitution of Peru acknowledges and entitles the progressive and universal right of every person to social security. Within this scope, the Act Nº 26790 Modernizing Social Security for Health was enacted, based on the constitutional principles that acknowledge the right to welfare and entitles people to the free access to the services provided by public, private or mixed entities.
businessmirror.com.ph (15.09.2015) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Tuesday said that government spending on social protection, such as the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and calamity funds, hit record increase of 70 percent to P36.6 billion in July this year compared to spending on the same period in 2014.
EurActiv (15.09.2015) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday (15 September) ruled that a country can withhold basic benefits from EU migrants if they travel from another member country with no intention of finding a new job.
Le Monde (11.09.2015) La cour d’appel de Lyon a confirmé, jeudi 10 septembre, la responsabilité de Monsanto dans la maladie de Paul François, céréalier charentais intoxiqué par l’herbicide Lasso du géant américain des biotechnologies. Me François Lafforgue, avocat de l’agriculteur, analyse la portée d’une décision « sans précédent ». Même si Monsanto a annoncé, vendredi 11 septembre, son pourvoi en cassation, l’avocat estime que l’arrêt de la cour « ouvre une brèche pour d’autres agriculteurs malades qui peuvent aujourd’hui espérer être indemnisés ».
Le Temps (15.09.2015) La réforme d’Alain Berset franchit une première étape, mais le chemin est encore long et les obstacles nombreux. Les sacrifices qu’elle implique doivent être compensés et la hausse des rentes et des cotisations AVS ne fait pas l’unanimité
Medical committees issue decisions determining the percentage of disability caused by occupational accidents or diseases. Moreover they intervene in the cases of discrepancies over treatment or advice concerning return to work, and to determine the occupational nature of an accident. The management model used is entirely digital and provides a simple, effective and rapid tool for workers, reducing the time taken to process each step and offering the possibility of providing medical consultations when the application is made by the worker, thereby improving the service.
Les Echos (15.09.2015) La Cour des comptes a rendu ce mardi matin son volumineux rapport sur l’application des lois de financement de la Sécurité sociale.
The new software tool called "System of Social Security Obligations Calculation (Sistema de Cálculo de Obligaciones de la Seguridad Social (SiCOSS)) - Inspection Certificate Module" streamlines the collection and distribution of social security contributions debt from inspection.
This tool makes the processes of debt determination and notification, in the area of social security funds, faster and simpler.
Web application that allows salaried workers to obtain an official certificate of their incomes, validated by the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP)). Workers can use this certificate, issued by the national Government, as a proof of income, presenting it as a backup on loans, rent or warranty. Moreover, the receiving entity (business, bank, etc.) can check the certificate online at the AFIP website and confirm its veracity.
Following a labour court ruling, determining whether a work relationship truly existed based on certain contractual circumstances, it is necessary to record the data collected from such rulings in order to formalize the collection of the social security debt and record the social security history of the employment relationship for the benefit of the worker.
One of the main problems in our society is undeclared employment, with the consequences that it entails, especially in its impact on the most vulnerable sectors of society.
This problem raised the need to develop new auditing instruments to contribute effectively to the fight against informality and social exclusion. One of these instruments is the implementation of Minimum Worker Indicators (Indicadores Mínimos de Trabajadores (IMT)), which contributes to social inclusion.
