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Australia: The gig (economy) is up for ride-sharing giant Uber and online platforms | ruggia | PerthNow (14.05.2018) Ride-sharing giant Uber and online platforms like food delivery app Deliveroo will face government regulation to protect workers’ rights, Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston has vowed. Mr Johnston said players in the so-called gig economy were guilty of “driving wages down and reducing benefits for workers”, and predicted government regulation was inevitable. The WA Government is now considering whether the sector needs to be brought under the State’s industrial relations system. That would force Uber, food-delivery apps Uber Eats and Deliveroo, and local services marketplace Airtasker to pay insurance, workers’ compensation and, potentially, award wages. The platforms and others like them have sparked a boom in temporary, contract and part-time work, allowing people to work when, where and how it suits them. But they operate outside normal workplace laws, and those who sign up are not considered employees, instead classified as independent contractors — meaning they have few rights. |
digital platforms | Employment | australia |
Europe: Youth Guarantee - latest data shows progress but more work is needed | fabbri | Europa (18.05.2018) The Youth Guarantee, supported by the Youth Employment Initiative, has helped make a dent in youth unemployment and inactivity. |
Employment policies | european union | |
Occupational Safety Improves in Latin America, Except Among Young People | fabbri | Inter Press Service (27.04.2018) Despite progress achieved in occupational safety in Latin America, the rates of work-related accidents and diseases are still worrying, especially among young people, more vulnerable in a context of labour flexibility and unemployment. |
OSH | Occupational accidents and diseases | latin america |
Austria ‘declares war’ on social fraud | fabbri | EurActiv (17.05.2018) Freedom of services belongs to the four freedoms of the EU. Austria wants to fight its abuse with the help of digitisation. EURACTIV Germany reports from Vienna. The fight against “social fraud, in particular organised illegal work” is one of the main tasks laid down in the work program of the Austrian government. Of course, this is not just an issue that concerns Austria. In fact, in this case, the EU is challenged to lay the foundations for intergovernmental data exchange. The considerations made in this regard in Austria could become a European role model – and there is even a project waiting on “standby”. |
Error, evasion and fraud | austria | |
European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) | ruggia | Health, Family benefits, Pensions, Return to work | Europe | ||
The Future of Work | fabbri | Emerging-Europe (19.05.2018) The labour market is tightening, meaning that attracting the right talent will become an increasingly important issue for businesses. Many factors are affecting the demand for jobs and skills, such as the digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes (including high migration flows). Besides, the financial and economic crisis crushed the Lisbon Strategy’s willingness to increase the EU’s employment rate to 70 per cent by 2010. |
Employment | Europe | |
Kyrgyzstan: labor migrants need social protection, investment incentives | fabbri | The Times of Central Asia (19.05.2018) There are about 100 thousand Kyrgyz labor migrants in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan’s State Migration Service says. Some of them work legally in the regions closer to Kyrgyzstan — the South-Kazakhstan, Karaganda and Almaty oblasts and Almaty city. |
Extension of coverage, Migration | kyrgyz republic | |
France: Journée de solidarité et lundi de Pentecôte | fabbri | .journaldunet (30.04.2018) La journée de solidarité est une journée de travail supplémentaire non rémunérée pour les salariés et une contribution financière pour les employeurs en faveur des personnes âgées ou handicapées. Initialement fixée au lundi de Pentecôte, la journée de solidarité peut désormais être déterminée par les entreprises elles-mêmes selon différentes modalités. |
Disability, Old-age pensions | france | |
[Report] WHO: Organization and financing of public health services in Europe: country reports (2018) | fabbri | WHO/Europe (May 2018) What are “public health services”? Countries across Europe understand what they are, or what they should include, differently. This study describes the experiences of nine countries, detailing the ways they have opted to organize and finance public health services and train and employ their public health workforce. It covers England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Poland and the Republic of Moldova, and aims to give insights into current practice that will support decision-makers in their efforts to strengthen public health capacities and services. |
Health promotion, Financing | european union | |
France: Prestations sociales : le grand ménage ? | massetti | francetvinfo.fr (09.05.2018) Le gouvernement prévoit de rationaliser les prestations sociales, de modifier leur mode de calcul, de surveiller leur cumul, quitte à verser une allocation unique. |
Family benefits, Social assistance | france | |
Social protection: Maternity protection at work: It matters to everyone | fabbri | ILO (11.05.2018) Maternity Protection is a fundamental right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is defined in ILO international labour standards. Listen to why maternity protection is everyone’s business |
family | Family benefits | |
[Report] Social Protection in Madagascar - The case of Cash Transfers: Capacity to respond to shocks and options for harmonization | fabbri | ReliefWeb (02.95.2018) The report has been prepared as commissioned by the Government of Madagascar (Ministry of Population, Social protection and Women’s Promotion and the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management) in coordination with the members of the emergency cash group and with UNICEF’s funding and technical support. The results of this report have been presented and discussed with the Government and the members of the emergency cash group. |
climate change | Conditional cash transfers | madagascar |
First healthcare regulatory sandbox launched in Singapore for telemedicine services | massetti | OpenGovAsia (19 april 2018) This is part of the Ministry of Health's new Licensing Experimentation and Adaptation Programme which seeks to enable new and innovative healthcare models and services to be developed and refined in a safe and controlled environment. |
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Department of Labour hosts first BRICS Labour and Employment Working Group | fabbri | MILE (08.05.2018) The First Meeting of the BRICS Labour and Employment Working Group (LEWG) took place in Mbombela, Mpumalanga Province from 7th-10th May 2018. Hosted by the Department of Labour and facilitated by the Municipal Insitutute of Learning (MILE), the theme for the Working Group Session was “BRICS in Africa: Developing Countries for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the New Industrial Revolution. |
brics, issa | Employment | |
OECD Policy Brief: Putting faces to the jobs at risk of automation | massetti | OECD (March 2018) Key facts about the risk of job automation in OECD countries |
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OECD Policy Brief: The Future of Social Protection: What works for non-standard workers? | massetti | oecd.org (May 2018) Non-standard work is not a marginal phenomenon: one in six workers is self-employed across the OECD on average, and a further one in eight is on a temporary contract. The number of online platform workers, while still small overall, is growing rapidly. |
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L'Autriche va diminuer les allocations familiales pour certains | fabbri | Le Figaro (02.05.2018) La coalition gouvernementale des conservateurs et de l'extrême droite au pouvoir à Vienne a présenté mercredi une réforme diminuant les allocations familiales versées pour certains enfants vivant à l'étranger, qui touchera notamment la main d'oeuvre des pays de l'Est travaillant en Autrich |
Family benefits | austria | |
[Opinion] Neurodata shows investing in workplace safety pays off | fabbri | The National (15.05.2018() Safety and wellness should be at the top of the list of every executive and head of human resources when it comes to talent attraction, care and retention. |
OSH | Occupational accidents and diseases, Prevention of occupational risks | |
Sizing the potential value of AI and advanced analytics | massetti | McKinsey & Company (April 2018) An analysis of more than 400 use cases across 19 industries and nine business functions highlights the broad use and significant economic potential of advanced AI techniques. |
Information and communication technology | ||
Belgique: Bruxelles: le transfert effectif des matières de la sécurité sociale à Iriscare est lancé | fabbri | La DH (15.05.2018) Le transfert effectif des matières comme l'aide aux personnes âgées et aux personnes atteintes d'un handicap, les maisons de repos et de soins, les soins de première ligne, les allocations familiales, etc. au nouvel Organisme bruxellois d'Intérêt Public (OIP) Iriscare, est lancé. |
Old-age pensions | belgium | |
France: En Marche for pension reform | massetti | ipe.com (May 2018) President Emmanuel Macron’s promised pension system reform is a work in progress |
Pensions | france | |
E-Health Reporter - Latin America & other countries | ruggia | Health, Information and communication technology | latin america | ||
[Analyse] Digitalisierung: Die Arbeitswelt der Zukunft | fabbri | WirtschaftsWoche (03.05.2018) Wir haben eine Vorstellung davon, wie die Digitalisierung und neue Technologien Geschäftsmodelle verändern. Nun gilt es darüber nachzudenken, wie unsere Arbeitswelt aussehen wird und welche Rolle Menschen darin spielen. |
Information and communication technology | ||
Panorama de la migración internacional en el Caribe | Publicación | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe | ruggia | El presente documento es un examen del panorama de la migración internacional en la subregión del Caribe, y es uno de los insumos que la CEPAL entrega como contribución al Pacto Mundial para una migración segura, ordenada y regular (PMM). Junto con una delimitación necesaria de la subregión, se abordan primero los aspectos destacados y tendencias de la migración internacional, con información sobre “stocks” y sobre algunos flujos. Luego se describe la problemática de la gestión y gobernanza de las migraciones, revisando los espacios multilaterales, el papel de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y las posibilidades próximas de una gobernanza migratoria. A continuación se analizan varios temas del debate global desde la mirada subregional. Finalmente, se examinan las especificidades de las problemáticas subregionales, en donde se abordan situaciones que pueden favorecer o complicar la atención que requiere del Caribe dentro del pacto. |
migration | Migration | Americas |
Panorama de la migración internacional en América del Sur | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe | ruggia | En este documento e analizan las tendencias migratorias de América del Sur en el contexto de distintos factores determinantes y según diversas fuentes de información. Se establecen los grandes patrones migratorios y algunas de sus especificidades, teniendo presente los cambios en las dinámicas migratorias. Se destaca que en los países de esta subregión la protección de los derechos de los migrantes constituye un horizonte normativo que adquiere vigencia y centralidad en la agenda política así como en la institucionalidad migratoria. |
migration | Migration | latin america |