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Too many workers leave the labour market through sickness and disability benefits, says OECD

07-Nov-2006

Norway, Poland and Switzerland should do more to reduce the number of people claiming sickness benefits and help more disabled people to get jobs, according to a new OECD report.

Presentation of preliminary lessons from the OECD draft report "Sickness, Disability and Work: Improving opportunities in Norway, Poland and Switzerland"

12-Jun-2006

In June 2006 in Oslo took place a discussion of the draft report and some general policy issues on sickness, disability and work in Norway, Poland and Switzerland. See Agenda of the seminar and issues for discussion . See also Presentation of preliminary results in Warsaw.

“Breaking the barrier”: Framework Paper for OECD Thematic Review on Reforming Disability Policies to Improve Work Incentives

12-Jun-2006

This project aims to follow up on the OECD study Transforming Disability into Ability (published in early 2003) and will examine in more depth national policies to manage and reduce the inflow into sickness and disability benefit programmes and to assist those beneficiaries who want to reintegrate into the labour market. The objective is to reach a better understanding of the mechanisms and policies that lead a person with a health problem or a disability to withdraw from the labour market,
temporarily or permanently.

Launch of a new thematic review

31-Aug-2005

A new thematic review on "Reforming Sickness and Disability Policies to Improve Work Incentives" has been launched. Its goal is to reach a better understanding of the mechanisms and policies that lead a person with a health problem to withdraw from the labour market. It examines national policies to control and reduce the inflow into sickness and disability benefit programmes, and to assist those beneficiaries who want to reintegrate the labour market. The first round of the review, covering Norway, Poland and Switzerland, has started in June 2005.

Ageing Populations: High Time for Action --background paper prepared by the OECD for the meeting of G8 Employment and Labour Ministers, London 10-11-March, 2005

18-Mar-2005

Over the past decade, there has been heated debate on the socio-economic consequences of population ageing. The trends are clear. People are living longer and longevity will continue to improve in coming decades, while fertility has declined and is likely to remain below reproduction rates in the predictable future. As a result,  the number of elderly people will rise significantly relatively to the number of people of working age.

Transforming Disability into Ability: Policies to Promote Work and Income Security

19-Feb-2003

How OECD countries can reconcile the twin, but potentially contradictory, goals of disability policy has yet to be resolved.

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