Monday, November 30, 2020
The supports to which new mothers - and fathers - are entitled lag far behind the realities of life in 21st century Ireland, writes Elaine Loughlin. Work practices and family life have changed drastically in recent years but maternity leave has...
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Monday, March 23, 2020
The current crisis caused by the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) could see a large number of women with reduced hours or unemployed, Estonia's equal opportunities commissioner Liisa Pakosta said on Monday, Equal Pay Day in Estonia. Due to the...
Friday, March 20, 2020
The Government approved the support measure for workers and employers to mitigate the economic difficulties due to the restrictions of the effects of the corona virus.
“I consider it right that at a difficult time, the state comes to the aid of...
Monday, January 27, 2020
The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs has forwarded to partners a package of proposals to create a more flexible system of benefits to take into account changes in the labor market and labor relationships, see to better coping on the part of the...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
While globalisation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution have benefited the world greatly, it has a number of far-reaching consequences that include exacerbating inequalities across societies, with inequality rising even in some countries where economic...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Several changes to laws and regulations have taken effect, reorganizing the work of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Baltic News Service reports, as well as providing new services, or boosting the funding of existing ones. These range from changes to...
Friday, December 6, 2019
BLOG: Since 2009, federal legislation has awarded billions of dollars to physicians and hospitals that make health information technology part of their practice. While many highlighted the downsides of digitization, the providers who unlock its full...
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Friday, November 22, 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is forecasting 3.2 percent economic growth in Estonia in 2019, and is advising the Estonian government to rethink its planned pension reform, as allowing people to withdraw their second-...
Monday, October 7, 2019
Estonia is ready to help the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine in digitalization issues, creating simple and transparent services for people. Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Kaimo Kuusk said this at a meeting with Ukrainian Social Policy Minister Yulia...
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Funding for the Estonian Health Insurance Fund is set to increase by €144 million next year as the state will continue investing money in cutting patient waiting times and developing primary healthcare. In addition, disabled child allowances will...