US News (21.09.2015) Poland's President Andrzej Duda said Monday he is asking the country's lawmakers to lower the retirement age, in a move that would reverse a recent reform by the government.
Independent.ie (01.09.2015) Managers at the Department of Social Protection (DSP) cannot or will not make decisions, according to a survey of workers.
Ilo.org (21.09.2015) As the international community gets ready to formally endorse the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ILO’s Isabel Ortiz explains why social protection is a key component of the new global development agenda.
El País (22.09..2015) Los jóvenes españoles tardan mucho en encontrar su primer trabajo y, cuando lo consiguen, se trata en muchos casos de un empleo por hora que no les convence, los tristemente célebres minijobs. España, a la cabeza de desempleo juvenil y de NiNis –uno de cada cinco jóvenes españoles ni estudia ni trabaja-, es también el país con la tasa más alta de ciudadanos de 15 a 24 años que aceptan obligatoriamente un contrato a tiempo parcial.
ilo (21.09.2015) Alors que la communauté internationale s’apprête à adopter officiellement les 17 Objectifs de développement durable (ODD), Isabel Ortiz explique pourquoi la protection sociale constitue un élément clé du nouvel agenda mondial du développement.
Le Monde (21.09.2015) Vers une éclaircie dans les nuages qui entourent le régime social des indépendants (RSI) ? Le gouvernement a reçu lundi 21 septembre un rapport évoquant des pistes de réforme de cet organisme de protection sociale des artisans, commerçants, chef d’entreprise et professions libérales.
These are physical spaces located in the workplace prepared and equipped to provide privacy, hygiene, and comfort to the employee during the breastfeeding stage. There, she can breastfeed the baby and/or express breast milk, to store it and extend its use. Several evidence-based scientific studies show the benefits of breastfeeding in the short, mid and long-term regarding the improvement of the population's health.
The Support programme for teenage and young mothers is aimed at helping young women that, due to maternity and vulnerable conditions, show difficulties to continue or resume their education.
The Social Insurance Bank (Banco de Previsión Social (BPS)), through the Health Services General Management, implements a system of benefits that covers over sixty young women annually, with the purpose of creating opportunities for them to develop a life project, integrating maternity, social, educational and labour inclusion.
The National Social Security Fund (Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS)) is considered to be the largest institution in Lebanon in terms of providing social services since it manages more than 1.3 million insured individuals across 37 local and regional offices throughout Lebanon.
The modular nature of the new Cloud infrastructure has enabled us to achieve exactly what we required rather than speculating with a cumbersome Information technology (IT) solution about a hypothetical increase in our activities across Lebanon.
In the face of the problem posed by the financial deficit of the Sickness and Maternity Insurance in terms of its coverage for affiliates and pensioners, we had to look for methodologies to assess the future trends of revenues and expenses.
To estimate the coverage expense for Medical Expenses for Pensioners (gastos médicos de pensionados (GMP)), in 2013 we developed an actuarial model with which we could estimate the sufficient leveled premium to settle the future expenses based on the results obtained.
On the grounds of the amendment of the Mexican Social Security Law of 1995, we discerned the need to implement a new actuarial model to valuate the financial situation of the Disability and Life Insurance (seguro de invalidez y vida (SIV)), according to the radical change in the pension scheme. Therefrom, we adjusted the existing actuarial models; however, eventually, the need and challenge of reconsidering the model arose in order to have a model that covered the changes taking place during the terms of the pension scheme.
This programme, implemented by Act No. 26970 (2014), consists of a moratorium on pensions and seeks to achieve universal pension coverage, promoting social inclusion and reducing poverty and indigence among the elderly.
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.
