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Sickness, Disability and Work (Vol. 1): Norway, Poland and Switzerland

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07-Nov-2006

This first report in a new OECD series on sickness, disability and work explores the possible factors behind this paradox. It looks specifically at the cases of Norway, Poland and Switzerland, and highlights the role of institutions and policies. A range of reform recommendations is put forward.

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

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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.

Further reform would strengthen Switzerland's benefits system, finds OECD

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07-Nov-2006

 Switzerland should make sickness insurance mandatory for workers and introduce systematic sickness absence monitoring and management to help people stay in the labour market, according to a new OECD report.

Peer-to-peer visit of senior Tunisian officials to Switzerland: Exchange on best practices in multilingual legal drafting & the training of jurilinguists

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27-Oct-2006

A peer-to-peer study visit of senior Tunisian delegates was organised  in the framework of the GfD Working Group IV on Regulatory Reform to Switzerland from 5-7 November 2006.

OECD Reviews of Health Systems - Switzerland

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19-Oct-2006

The Swiss population enjoys good health and universal access to a comprehensive range of modern health services, with unconstrained choice of provider. Nonetheless, policy makers are faced with considerable policy challenges.

OECD and WHO survey of Switzerland’s health system

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19-Oct-2006

Switzerland’s health system meets the important goals of good health outcomes and universal health coverage, but these successes come at a high financial cost. The OECD and the WHO, in a new report on ...

OECD Health Survey of Switzerland 2006 - Pressemitteilung

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19-Oct-2006

Das Gesundheitssystem der Schweiz gewährleistet gute Gesundheitsstandards und eine umfassende Versorgung der Bevölkerung, allerdings haben diese Erfolge ihren Preis. 

From Immigration to Integration: Local Solutions to a Global Challenge

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11-Oct-2006

Today the battle for talent is as important as the battle for capital. In the knowledge economy, skilled migrants can offer a significant comparative advantage to local economies. Unskilled migrants are also in demand, particularly where demographic...

OECD Ambassadors

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04-Aug-2006

Photos and CVs of Ambassadors to the OECD.

OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance: Switzerland

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02-Aug-2006

This site contains a list of key references on Switzerland. The documentary database includes documents on partnership and local governance that have been published by governments, universities and other organisations.