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Rire au travail rend-il les salariés plus performants?

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Le Temps (18.10.2017) L’humour est un baromètre de l’état de santé d’une entreprise. Bien manié, il permet de motiver les troupes et renforce la cohésion d’équipe

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Occupational accidents and diseases
Workplace health promotion

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Zimbabwe: NSSA launches Vision Zero Campaign

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The Herald (10.10.2017) The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has launched the Vision Zero Campaign aimed at reducing occupational injuries, fatalities and diseases. The campaign is running under the theme “Reinforcing occupational safety and health preventative culture through optimum gathering and utilisation of data”.

Speaking at the launch in Harare last week, NSSA board chairperson Mr Robin Vela said the campaign was triggered by an increase in occupational diseases.

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zimbabwe
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Occupational accidents and diseases

Zimbabwe: Include informal sector on safety data, NSSA urged

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The Herald (05.10.2017) Government has urged the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to include the informal sector when gathering data on occupational health and safety. Speaking at the official opening of the NSSA National Conference on Safety and Health at Work in Harare yesterday, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira said the informal sector needed to be included in all programmes as they contributed significantly to the country’s economy.

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zimbabwe
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Occupational accidents and diseases

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Maroc: La CNSS s'apprête à gérer la couverture sociale et médicale des Travailleurs non salariés

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H24info (07.10.2017) La Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS) s'apprête à gérer la couverture sociale et médicale des Travailleurs non salariés (TNS), une catégorie sociale qui représente 5,86 millions de personnes, soit 55% de la population active occupée, a affirmé samedi, à Marrakech, le directeur général de cet établissement public, Saïd Ahmidouch.

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morocco
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Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage

[Opinión] Argentina: Las nuevas tecnologías impulsarán la reforma laboral integral | El Cronista

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El Cronista (03.10.2017) La introducción de las nuevas tecnologías provocan inexorablemente la reformulación del modelo de relaciones laborales para adaptar el trabajo humano a las nuevas formas de organizar, de realizar y de desarrollar la producción o la investigación sobre la producción de bienes y servicios.

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argentina
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Employment

Romania spends little on social protection related to housing

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romania-insider (03.10.2017) Romania was among the last countries in European Union for the expenditure allocated from the national GDP for social protection related to housing. Romania spent less than 0.1% of its GDP, similar to other countries such as Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus or Slovakia.

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romania
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Financing

Suisse: Les syndicats veulent encadrer la numérisation du monde du travail

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RTS (02.10.2017) Avec la numérisation de la société, la moitié des emplois actuels pourrait disparaître d'ici vingt ans, selon une étude de l'Université d'Oxford. L’USS demande que les travailleurs bénéficient davantage des progrès de la numérisation du travail.

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switzerland
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Employment
Employment of young workers

[Report] Extending coverage: Social protection and the informal economy

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European Commission (2017) Many of the workers in the formal economy can take certain things for granted: a regular income, health insurance, unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs, and a pension when they retire. Such things are a distant dream for workers in the informal economy, who in many countries make up most of the workforce.

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Extension of coverage