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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9305
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/oecd/social

13/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - An OECD report entitled Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers says that Poland, Norway and Switzerland should do more to reduce the number of people claiming sickness benefit and help more disabled people to get jobs. According to the report, government spending on sickness and disability accounted for 2.4% of GDP across OECD countries in 2004, nearly double the spending on unemployment benefits, which accounted for 1.3% of GDP in the same year....

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