Washington Post (05.03.2018) Twenty-five years ago President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, which included a provision giving eligible workers 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a new child.
NPR (01.03.2018) Employees in South Korea work long hours: 2,069 hours per worker annually – the second-highest among the Economic Cooperation and Development states, after Mexico. In the United States, that figure is 1,783. Those long hours went hand-in-hand with the country's booming economy in the 1980s and '90s.
The world economy has strengthened as lingering fragilities related to the global financial crisis subside. In 2017, global economic growth reached 3 per cent—the highest growth rate since 2011—and growth is expected to remain steady for the coming year. The improved global economic situation provides an opportunity for countries to focus policy towards longer-term issues such as low carbon economic growth, reducing inequalities, economic diversification and eliminating deep-rooted barriers that hinder development.
socialprotection. (February 2018) his research investigates the barriers which low-income and vulnerable families with children face in accessing poverty-targeted social assistance (Targeted Social Assistance, TSA and the State Child Allowance, SCA2) and special social services. It focuses on children living in households, rather than those residing in institutions. Moreover, with respect to special social services, the study primarily covers children with disabilities and those with limited capacities.
irishtimes (05.02.2018) Pension reforms announced with fanfare by Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty will benefit far fewer women than campaigners had originally expected. The changes, announced last month, were designed to take account of the fact that many women had big gaps in their social-insurance contribution records because of time they had taken out of the workforce to raise a family or take care of older relatives. A lot of these women had seen their right to a pension disappear or the payment reduce under a tightening of the rules in September 2012.
EurActiv (01.02.2018) Témoin des énormes disparités de niveau de vie au sein de l’Union européenne, le montant du salaire minimum légal varie de 1 à 9 dans les 22 pays qui l’ont adopté, ce qui rend particulièrement complexe son harmonisation au niveau européen.
worldbank.org ( 2017) This paper makes several contributions. First, it presents a ‘guidance note’ on the framework for Social Registries, anchoring the definition of these systems in their functions along the Delivery Chain and their social policy role as inclusion systems, while clarifying terminology in a manner that is consistent with IT standards in the discussion of their architecture as information systems.
Euractiv (15.01.2018) L’UE reste confrontée à un taux d’investissement faible, à un chômage élevé chez les jeunes et à une fracture sociale croissante. Pour 2018, l’exécutif européen prévoit le taux de croissance le plus haut depuis la crise de 2007-2008.
Courrier international (09.01.2018) C’est une information exclusive de The Indian Express, annoncée en manchette lundi 8 janvier : “Le gouvernement Modi prépare une loi destinée à instaurer une sécurité sociale universelle” en Inde. Un an avant les élections générales du printemps 2019, le ministère du Travail souhaite mettre en place “un filet de sécurité” au profit de tous ceux qui exercent dans le secteur dit “informel”, soit 391 millions de personnes, représentant 83 % des travailleurs du pays.
lemonde.fr (14.12.2018) Selon un rapport, les 1 % les plus riches ont profité deux fois plus de la croissance des revenus que les 50 % les plus pauvres. Et entre les deux les revenus ont stagné ou baissé.
