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BENEFICIO SOCIAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Labour and Employment
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

A form of social security in which benefits are payable, as of legal right, from public funds in prescribed cases of need ...

CONT

This agency is responsible for social aid in the region. It deals with Inuit offenders insofar as they access the agency when they have no money, no income and no employment.

OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Travail et emploi
  • Services sociaux et travail social
DEF

Ensemble des allocations ou aides en nature ou en espèces accordées à titre gratuit aux personnes dont les ressources sont insuffisantes.

OBS

aide sociale : Terme et définition normalisés par l'OLF.

OBS

aide sociale, assistance sociale. Équivalents adoptés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
DEF

Ayuda exterior facilitada a aquellos grupos de población que están cerca o por debajo del nivel de subsistencia.

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Record 2 1998-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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