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Argentina: Destacan la eficacia de la Asignación Universal por Hijo

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lacapital. (31.03.2018) En la sede central de la Ansés, su director ejecutivo, Emilio Basavilbaso, presentó el libro "Análisis y propuestas de mejoras para ampliar la Asignación Universal por Hijo" (AUH), junto con el representante del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef, por sus siglas en inglés) en la Argentina, Roberto Benes, y la secretaria ejecutiva del Consejo Nacional de Coordinación de Políticas Sociales (Cncps), Gabriela Agosto.

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France: Minimum vieillesse, allocations familiales, énergie… ce qui change au 1er avril

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Le Monde (31.03.2018) Hausse du minimum vieillesse, de la prime à la naissance et des allocations aux familles monoparentales ou nombreuses et modestes, baisse de l’allocation aux parents de jeunes enfants… Voici les principaux changements à compter du 1er avril 

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Zimbabwe: ‘Let’s strive to curb work-related injuries’

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The Herald (12.04.2018) Government has encouraged stakeholders to ensure that occupational safety and health management systems are ingrained within the industries to promote hazardous free working environment

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Commission takes action to better protect workers against cancer-causing chemicals

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Europa (05.04.2018) The Commission proposes to limit workers' exposure to five cancer-causing chemicals, in addition to the 21 substances that have already been limited or proposed to be limited since the beginning of this mandate. Estimates show that today's proposal would improve working conditions for over 1,000,000 EU workers and prevent over 22,000 cases of work-related illness.

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About 2.8 million people die at work every year

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Pravda (10.04.2018) About 2.8 million people die every year worldwide in the workplace, representatives of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) said. Economic losses, according to experts, reach up to four percent of global GDP.
 

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US: A Noisy Workplace Raises Risk of Heart Disease

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Corporate Wellness Magazine (29.03.2018) A study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published this month in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine has associated high cholesterol and high blood pressure with loud noise at the workplace. Nobel Prize Winner Robert Koch said in 1910 that “One day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and pest” and studies are beginning to prove this statement right

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Ireland: New two week paid parental leave plan will cost State €30m a year

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Irishtimes (10.04.2018) The introduction of two weeks paid parental leave in the next budget could cost the State about €30 million per year, Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has said.

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Schweiz: Mitarbeiter 4.0: Startklar für die digitale Welt

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myjob (09.04.2018) Vor dem Hintergrund der Digitalisierung kommt es in der Arbeitswelt zu einem tief greifenden Wandel, der Unternehmen wie Mitarbeiter gleichermassen betrifft. Für beide gilt: Wer morgen noch erfolgreich sein will, muss umdenken. So hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren die Einstellung junger Menschen zur Arbeit grundlegend verändert

 

 

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[Opinión] España: La edad de jubilación y las finanzas del sistema de pensiones

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El País (09.04.2018) La mitad de la gente se prejubila y cobra una pensión sensiblemente más alta que quien espera a la edad legal

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Côte d'Ivoire : un régime de retraite complémentaire pour les fonctionnaires

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Financial Afrik (06.04.2018) Le gouvernement ivoirien a annoncé ce 4 avril la mise en place d’un régime de retraite complémentaire par capitalisation au profit des fonctionnaires et agents de l’Etat.Le régime de retraite par capitalisation permet de constituer progressivement un capital (bonifié en fin d’année par des intérêts) qui est ensuite reversé selon différentes modalités au moment du départ à la retraite. Selon Bruno Koné, le porte-parole du gouvernement, les ressources pourront être reversées aux fonctionnaires au moment du départ à la retraite soit en totalité, soit mois aprè

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