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Les « pensions de ghetto » accordées par l’Allemagne.Errements d’une indemnisation, 1997‑2015

open access: yesYod, 2018
The article examines German compensation politics at the beginning of the 21st century on the example of the so‑called Ghetto labour pensions. Basis are documents acquired via the Freedom of Information Act.
Stephan Lehnstaedt
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical Concerns of School Closures for Low-Income School Aged Children

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2020
Photo by Jeremy Alford on Unsplash INTRODUCTION  COVID-19 is the latest threat to educational equity.1 The use of technology for work, school, and social interaction has increased for many Americans yet not all have access to technology necessary to ...
Shami-Iyabo Mitchell
doaj   +1 more source

High‐Throughput Screening of REBCO Superconducting Thin Films Fabricated Via Combinatorial Inkjet Printing and TLAG Process

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A methodological framework is presented for combinatorial REBCO thin films fabricated by drop‐on‐demand inkjet printing with controlled Rare Earth composition gradients. Automated, synchrotron‐based, and local characterization techniques produce comprehensive property maps that correlate composition and TLAG process parameters with superconducting ...
Emma Ghiara   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Could the Pension Funds Adjudicator Get it so Wrong? A Critique of Smith v Eskom Pension and Provident Fund [PDF]

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2010
In this case note the judgment in the Smith case is criticized for being inconsistent with the landmark ruling in Volks. It is argued that the Adjudicator ought to have remanded the matter in Smith to the Board and ought to have ordered it to re-examine
N Dyani, M Mhango
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REGULATION 28 OF THE PENSION FUNDS ACT: REGULATING PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT

open access: yesPretoria Student Law Review, 2013
On 23 February 2011, the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, announced that there would be changes made to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act (the 1998 regulation). In terms of this amendment, the objectives of the new regulation would be to ensure that contributions made by South Africans towards their retirement savings would be invested in a ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Analysis of Challenges for Improvements on Process Management in the Perception of Professionals Acting in a Pension Fund in Brazil

open access: yesProcedia Technology, 2012
AbstractThis work was performed in a pension fund as part of the construction of a method for evaluating the performance improvements of business processes, whose goal is to raise the vision of the future perceived by professionals working in the organization to check the “desirable” status and make gap analysis in relation to academic studies on the ...
Jorge, Marco Antonio Garcia   +1 more
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The Financial Health of the Pension Guaranty Benefit Corporation (PBGC) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
[Excerpt] The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is a federal government agency created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to protect the pensions of participants covered by most private sector, defined benefit ...
Klunk, William J.
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
[Excerpt] The Former Presidents Act (FPA; 3 U.S.C. §102 note) charges the General Services Administration (GSA) with providing former Presidents a pension, support staff, office support, travel funds, and mailing privileges.
Ginsberg, Wendy
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Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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