Friday, August 20, 2021
Many Americans have trouble covering their costs of living with income solely from Social Security. Now, a bill has been reintroduced in Congress aimed at reducing the risk that older Americans, women and people of color will live in poverty despite...
Monday, May 24, 2021
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Monday, January 13, 2020
The Hong Kong government published the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Gazette on December 27, 2019, which implements changes in relation to statutory maternity benefits. The bill was introduced to the Legislative Council on January 8, 2020 for...
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Hong Kong S.A.R., China, Asia
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Friday, January 10, 2020
After two years of consultations and weeks of union-led strikes the French government has finally published its pension reform bill. Here's a look at some of the main points in it including the controversial "pivot age" of 64. The text, described as...
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Citing the need to reverse Armenia’s falling birthrate, the government approved on Thursday sharp increases in child benefits which will come into force in July. In particular, parents will receive a one-off payment of 300,000 drams ($625) in cash for...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry plans to introduce stricter rules for job applicants as of July within its effort to reduce long-term unemployment and find jobs for handicapped job applicants, according to the draft amendment to the law on...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
BLOG: The 2010-decade was a challenging period for the world. Latin America’s economy was doing relatively well at the beginning of the decade. However, the region’s economy is stagnated. The European Union has been struggling too. Besides economic...
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Brazil, Chile, France, America, Europe
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
OPINION: Earlier this month, the Trump administration approved a new rule for SNAP that will cut an estimated 700,000 unemployed people from the program. The administration argues that cutting people who are out of work off of SNAP will nudge them into...
Thursday, December 12, 2019
BLOG: The way the system functions now, workers choose an age between 62 to 70 to begin receiving benefits. Those under age 66 (at present) or age 67 (after the final phase in of the retirement age increase in 2027) will see benefit cuts of between 25% (...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Workers in more physically demanding professions could retire earlier after the year 2023, the Czech News Agency (CTK) reported, quoting a draft legislation. The Ministry of Labor plans to submit a new amendment to current legislation within six...