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Ireland: Minister for Social Protection to open consultation on future of State pension

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Irish Times (27.05.2018) A consultation on the future of pensions and provision for retirement will be launched by Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty on Monday. It will help inform the design of a new approach to the State contributory pension from 2020. Under a new so-called total contributions approach (TCA), a person’s contributory pension will be proportionate to the contributions they make. The aim is that this should have fair regard for periods of child-rearing, full-time caring and periods in receipt of social protection payments.

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ireland
Topics
Pensions
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[Point de vue] France: La fusion Agirc-Arrco va pénaliser les cadres les moins bien payés

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Les Echos (24.05.2018) Avec la fusion des deux caisses de retraite complémentaire Agirc et Arrco, les cadres rémunérés en dessous de certains seuils risquent de se retrouver lésés.

 

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france
Topics
Pensions
Governance and administration
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Piñera reformará la Constitución de Chile para garantizar la igualdad de género

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El País (24.05.2018) En medio de la nueva ola feminista, el presidente presenta ambiciosas medidas para corregir las disparidades y hace un 'mea culpa' por el machismo: “Yo también he cometido errores”

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chile
Global challenges

UK: Uber to give drivers and couriers sickness and maternity cover

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The Guardian (23.05.2018) Workers across Europe, including 70,000 in UK, to be offered pay protections under new insurance policy The ride-hailing service said a new insurance policy, to be provided free to its drivers, would give them “peace of mind while preserving the flexibility they value”.

Regions / Country
european union
united kingdom
Topics
Extension of coverage
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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France: Comment financer la dépendance des personnes âgées?

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BfmTV (21.05.2018) Comment financer le cinquième risque, le financement des personnes âgées dépendantes, qu'Emmanuel Macron envisage de créer? Décryptage avec Marie-Anne Montchamp, présidente de la caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie.

Regions / Country
france
Global challenges
Topics
Health promotion
Old-age pensions
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Europe: Youth Guarantee - latest data shows progress but more work is needed

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Europa (18.05.2018) The Youth Guarantee, supported by the Youth Employment Initiative, has helped make a dent in youth unemployment and inactivity.

Regions / Country
european union
Global challenges
Topics
Employment policies
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Occupational Safety Improves in Latin America, Except Among Young People

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Inter Press Service (27.04.2018) Despite progress achieved in occupational safety in Latin America, the rates of work-related accidents and diseases are still worrying, especially among young people, more vulnerable in a context of labour flexibility and unemployment.

Regions / Country
latin america
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases

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Austria ‘declares war’ on social fraud

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EurActiv (17.05.2018) Freedom of services belongs to the four freedoms of the EU. Austria wants to fight its abuse with the help of digitisation. EURACTIV Germany reports from Vienna. The fight against “social fraud, in particular organised illegal work” is one of the main tasks laid down in the work program of the Austrian government. Of course, this is not just an issue that concerns Austria. In fact, in this case, the EU is challenged to lay the foundations for intergovernmental data exchange.

Regions / Country
austria
Topics
Error, evasion and fraud
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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The Future of Work

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 Emerging-Europe (19.05.2018) The labour market is tightening, meaning that attracting the right talent will become an increasingly important issue for businesses. Many factors are affecting the demand for jobs and skills, such as the digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes (including high migration flows). Besides, the financial and economic crisis crushed the Lisbon Strategy’s willingness to increase the EU’s employment rate to 70 per cent by 2010.

Regions / Country
Europe
Topics
Employment
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Kyrgyzstan: labor migrants need social protection, investment incentives

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The Times of Central Asia (19.05.2018) There are about 100 thousand Kyrgyz labor migrants in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan’s State Migration Service says. Some of them work legally in the regions closer to Kyrgyzstan — the South-Kazakhstan, Karaganda and Almaty oblasts and Almaty city.

Regions / Country
kyrgyz republic
Global challenges
Topics
Extension of coverage
Migration
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