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Iceland: Ensuring wages to employees and the self-employed + Child supplements

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government.is (21.03.2020) The authorities, in cooperation with the Icelandic Federation of Labour and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers, have ensured that quarantined individuals will receive pay while they are in quarantine; however, during that time, other rights, such as sick days provided for in wage agreements, do not apply. This applies to the period from 1 February through 30 April 2020, and it applies to those who are unable to work while they are in quarantine.

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iceland
Global challenges
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Family benefits
Children
Pensions
Unemployment
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Coronavirus : les prestations sociales payées deux jours plus tôt en avril - L'Express

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Cette avance permet de "s'assurer que tout le monde pourra bien percevoir ses aides à temps" et anticiper les déplacements dans les banques pour éviter l'attente.

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france
Topics
Family benefits
Pensions

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Le krach boursier menace les retraites dans de nombreux pays

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Selon le Congressional Budget Office (CBO), les fonds auraient perdu au total 2 000 milliards de dollars en quinze mois (20 % de leur valeur). Les célèbres CalPERS et CalSTRS, dédiés au financement des retraites des fonctionnaires et professeurs de Californie, ont fondu de 26 % et 10 % depuis fin juin.

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Old-age pensions
Pensions
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Ireland: The State pension 'mess': Can we afford to roll back on the pension age?

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thejournal.ie (22.01.2020) The pension age increase has been a long time coming, and has caught the government and the media off-guard in how it’s led the election debate this week.

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ireland
Global challenges
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Pensions
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[CSE] L'actualité Protection sociale : "Les trois réformes systémiques de l'avant-projet de loi sur les retraites"

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Pierre Mayeur, directeur de l'organisme commun des institutions de rente et de prévoyance (OCIRP) et ancien directeur de la Caisse nationale d'assurance vieillesse, donne sa lecture "personnelle et objective" des avant-projets de loi réformant les retraites.

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Africa
Europe
Global challenges
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Old-age pensions
Pensions
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How the youth in Uttar Pradesh are helping the elderly access government welfare schemes, benefits

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yourstory.com (17.01.2020) Lack of literacy and complicated documents often hamper financially dependent elderly from accessing government welfare schemes and benefits.

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india
Global challenges
Topics
Pensions

Brazil senate approves pension reform in first-round vote after savings hit

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Reuters (02.10.2019) Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved a landmark pension reform bill in a first round of voting, in a relief for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, although senators voted down an amendment in a move that dilutes the reform’s projected savings.

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brazil
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Pensions
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