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Who’s busiest: working hours and household chores across OECD

12-Apr-2011

Mexicans work longer days than anyone else in OECD countries while Belgians work the least. These are among the insights in latest Society at a Glance, which gives an overview of social trends and policy developments in OECD countries.

Spend early on children, says OECD

01-Sep-2009

Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD’s first ever report on child well-being in its 30 member countries.

Krankheit, Invalidität und Arbeit

15-Nov-2006

Die Schweiz sollte die Krankentagegeldversicherung für alle Arbeitnehmer obligatorisch machen und die Krankenständen systematisch messen und managen, um den Verbleib kranker Arbeitnehmer im Arbeitsmarkt ...

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.

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

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.

Economic Survey of Switzerland 2006: Reforming welfare programmes and raising the efficiency of government interventions

06-Jan-2006

While the increase in spending by all government levels has outpaced GDP growth, the sharpest rises occurred in the social domain. Deep structural reforms to the disability, health and pension insurance ...

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