South China Morning Post (20.01.2019) Upside to row over setting new age threshold for welfare payments is chance it presents for city to look into where real job market lies for seniors Employers are becoming more flexible but changes in retirement age are never without controversy

UN News (21.01.2019) European authorities are “struggling” to meet the needs of irregular migrants and refugees who are wrongly accused of spreading sickness among host communities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, at the launch of its first report on the subject.

argusdelassurance (15.01.2019) L’un des principaux chantiers de l’année 2019 sur le front du marché de la complémentaire santé est la fusion à venir de l’ACS au sein de la CMU-C à l’échéance du dispositif ACS actuel, à savoir au 1er novembre 2019. Le nombre de bénéficiaires de ces deux dispositifs a toutefois continué d’augmenter en cette fin d’année 2018.

finance.yahoo (20.01.2019) One common piece of advice on Social Security is that if you want to get larger monthly payments, it pays to wait. Many older Americans take Social Security at their earliest opportunity when they turn 62, and that results in a big pay cut compared to what they'd get if they waited until full retirement age.

opengovasia.com (16.01.2019) Find out what technology projects the organisation has taken on and is exploring.

France Bleu (17.01.2019) Un cabinet des Côtes d’Armor a aidé des centaines de commerçants et artisans français à ne pas payer leurs cotisations de sécurité sociale en leur créant une société outre-Manche. Une combine illégale mais qui dure depuis plus de 20 ans.

Social Europe (17.01.2019) Sweden used to be revered for stemming inequality through progressive taxation and universal welfare. Now tax breaks for the wealthy and ‘free choice’ in public goods such as education cocoon the rich from the rest.

Le Temps (16.01.2019) En Suisse, comme en Europe, une grande majorité des personnes dans le besoin ne réclament pas les aides sociales auxquelles elles ont droit. Une économie pour l’Etat? Au contraire

Social Europe (15.01.2019) Official EU statistics mask the alarming extent of poverty and inequality in Europe. Despite slight recent easing, its dangerous scale threatens Europe’s social and political cohesion.

ejinsight (10.01.2019) Much has been written about the “future of work,” and much of it makes for gloomy reading. Study after study predicts that automation will upend entire industries and leave millions unemployed. A 2013 paper by two Oxford professors even suggested that machines could replace 47 percent of jobs in the United States within “a decade or two.”