Asia Monday, August 22, 2016
When it comes to financing social protection programs, taxes are seen as a major resource.
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Europe, Ireland Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (the “Act”) has been signed into law and will commence tomorrow, Thursday, 1 September 2016. Prior to the introduction of the Act, Ireland was one of the few countries in the European Union without statutory paternity...
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Africa, Ghana Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Almost eight years after the passage and subsequent implementation of the new three-tier pension scheme, set-up under a Pensions Regulatory Authority, with a special provision to include workers in the informal sector, it has emerged that the response of...
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Asia, India Saturday, August 20, 2016
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) introduced by the Government of India on Independence Day 1995 is a fully funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The NSAP has been introduced targeting the destitute, defined as any person who has little or no...
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Global Monday, August 22, 2016
Globalization and technology continue to change the very nature of employment, but social protection thinking and strategies are struggling to keep pace.
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Asia, Bangladesh Thursday, August 18, 2016
More than three years after the Rana Plaza collapse, a group comprising government, employer and trade union representatives has been set up in Bangaldesh to drive the development of an employment injury social protection scheme.
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