Pensions

France: Retraites - Agnès Buzyn évoque un "allongement de la durée de travail"

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Nouvel Obs (18.03.2019) "Je pense qu'un jour, nous serons obligés de travailler plus longtemps sinon notre système de retraite ne pourra pas tenir", a déclaré la ministre de la Santé.

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Suisse: Age de la retraite - les femmes jouent à pile ou face

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Le Temps (18.03.2019) La droite pousse depuis des années pour un relèvement de l’âge de la retraite des femmes. Le compromis qui lie réforme fiscale et AVS, en vote le 19 mai, promet d’atténuer la pression. Mais la question reviendra sur la table

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switzerland
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Brazil pension reform chief sticks to savings target and May vote

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Reuters (11.03.2019) Brazil’s government is sticking to its goal of having its pension reform bill, with promised public savings of more than 1 trillion reais ($262.5 billion) over the next decade, ready for a vote in the lower house of Congress by the end of May.

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Suisse: Le projet AVS-fiscalité est aussi favorable aux collectivités

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Le Temps (13.03.2019) La loi relative à la réforme fiscale et au financement de l’AVS (RFFA), soumise au vote le 19 mai prochain, fait l’objet d’un consensus assez large dans le canton de Vaud, même si certaines communes peinent à adhérer au projet. Ce dernier est pourtant indispensable.

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switzerland
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UK: Men and women will BOTH start collecting their state pension aged 65 from today

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Daily Mail Online (06.03.2019) Historically, women could collect state pension at age 60 and men at age 65 By October 2020 the age when both sexes can claim state pension will be 66 Former pensions minister said 'fixed dates no longer apply to anyone'

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España: El Gobierno renuncia a hacer cambios en pensiones por decreto y demora los ajustes de la reforma laboral

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El País (26.02.2019) Este viernes el Gobierno no tiene previsto aprobar decretos con cambios en la reforma laboral ni en el sistema de pensiones. Hoy estaba planeada una reunión con sindicatos y empresarios para abordar los cambios en el mercado de trabajo. Pero finalmente el encuentro se ha aplazado. La causa oficial que aducen en el Ministerio de Trabajo es "motivos de agenda" y añaden que para este viernes este departamento no llevará nada al Consejo de Ministros, como estaba previsto inicialmente.

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spain
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Pensions

Social Protection for Older Women

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HelpAge (20.02.2019) While women's disadvantage in older age is mainly a result of discrimination throughout the life-course, the design of gender-sensitive pension systems is essential. Gender equality and women's empowerment are increasingly prominent themes on the international policy agenda. The empowerment of women is essential for realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, agreed by all countries at the United Nations in 2015.

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Brazil pension reform to boost economic growth: chief of staff

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Reuters (09.01.2019) The Brazilian government’s proposed social security reform will introduce individual contributions into private funds to ensure the pensions of future generations and help boost growth, Presidential Chief-of-Staff Onyx Lorenzoni said on Wednesday.

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Whisper it, but there’s good news on Brazilian pension reform

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Financial Times (08.02.2019) There was good news from Brazil this week when a draft emerged of the government’s plans to overhaul the country’s deficit-ridden pensions system. The reform, under new president Jair Bolsonaro, would be a big step in setting the country back on the path to growth after its crushing recession of 2015-2016, raising hopes of investors who have seen several attempts to get the changes through congress fail over the past quarter of a century.

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brazil
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