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ILO: EXTENDING SOCIAL SECURITY TO WORKERS IN THE PLATFORM ECONOMY | 2023-02-13 | This module stresses specific challenges for the extension of social security to workers in new forms of employment, particularly platform workers, and explores some policy options, based on international experience and guided by ILO social security standards. |
Part of - This ILO policy resource package “Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience” |
digital platforms | https://www.social-protection.org/gimi/Emodule.action;jsessionid=TRLxXu3kUWhRXY… | pmassetti | ||||
Balanced deal on platform workers rules reached, leading MEP says – EURACTIV.com | 2023-02-13 | european union | The European Parliament reached a deal on the platform workers’ directive, pending confirmation by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee on 12 December. The deal is the outcome of months of lengthy negotiations on the platform workers’ directive, which seeks for… |
digital platforms | https://www.euractiv.com/section/sharing-economy/interview/balanced-deal-on-pla… | pmassetti | ||||
Platform work | Eurofound | 2023-02-13 | european union |
Platform work is the matching of demand and supply of paid work through an online platform using an algorithm. Three parties are involved in the matching process: the client demanding work, the platform which manages the algorithm and the person who provides the work through the… |
eurofound page for update about Platform work |
digital platforms | https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/topic/platform-work | pmassetti | |||
Kenya: Models of Social Payments through Inua Jamii | 2023-02-10 | kenya | Center for Global Development (19.02.2023) Kenya moved towards electronic payments of social benefits in 2013. In 2018 the payments system for its premier social protection program, Inua Jamii, was restructured to offer most, but not all, beneficiaries a choice between several payment service… |
E-services | epayment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.cgdev.org/publication/models-social-payments-through-inua-jamii | pmassetti | ||
China to offer free fertility treatment in bid to boost record low birth rate | 2023-02-10 | china | Pension Policy International (08.02.2023) China is planning to offer free fertility treatment to citizens under its national insurance scheme in a bid to reverse its plummeting birth rate. The National Healthcare Security Administration said on Friday it would extend its coverage to help… |
Medical care | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/china-to-offer-free-fertility-treatm… | pmassetti | |||
Thailand urges informal workers to prepare for their retirement | 2023-02-09 | thailand | vietnamplus.vn (07.02.2023) More than 16 million informal workers in Thailand have not participated in any savings scheme to prepare for their life during retirement even though the country is expected to become an aged society in the next two years. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://en.vietnamplus.vn/thailand-urges-informal-workers-to-prepare-for-their-… | pmassetti | |||
Social Europe: Eurobarometer survey shows Europeans support stronger social policies and more social spending | 2023-02-09 | european union | European Commission (06.02.2023) A newly released Eurobarometer survey shows that an overwhelming majority of EU citizens support strong action at EU and national level as well as more social spending. |
Programme & evaluation | Published_SS_Monitor | https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&%3BcatId=89&%3BfurtherNews… | pmassetti | |||
First G-20 Employment Working Group concludes in Jodhpur | 2023-02-06 | india | Indiablooms (04.02.2023) The 1st G-20 Employment Working Group concluded in Jodhpur today on a positive note with all G20 countries showing interest and commitment in constructively working towards the objective of the three priority areas of Addressing Global Skills Gaps, Gig & platform… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.indiablooms.com/news-details/N/87155/first-g-20-employment-working-… | pmassetti | ||||
Improving conditions for gig workers splits MEPs | 2023-02-06 | european union | euobserver.com (19.01.2023) Self-employed or employed? This question is at the heart of the negotiations of the proposal for an EU directive on improving the conditions of platform workers. Home-delivery riders, or Uber-style app drivers are some of those who compose a sector estimated… |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://euobserver.com/health-and-society/156621 | pmassetti | |||
EU Parliament adopts position on platform workers directive | 2023-02-06 | european union | EURACTIV.com (02.02.2023) After months of arduous negotiations, the much-debated and politically sensitive platform workers’ file was finally approved in plenary on Thursday (2 February), with 376 in favour and 212 against. The text enshrines a legal presumption of employment for self-employed… |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.euractiv.com/section/gig-economy/news/eu-parliament-adopts-position… | pmassetti | |||
Bangladesh : Universal pension scheme: What it is and how it will work | 2023-02-03 | bangladesh | The Daily Star (31.01.2023) Bangladesh made a major step towards a universal pension scheme when parliament passed the Universal Pension Management Bill-2022 on January 24 with a view to bringing the country's growing elderly population under a social security system. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/universal-pension-scheme-wha… | pmassetti | |||
AI legal cases are increasing: how can we prepare? - OECD.AI | 2023-02-02 | Europe | Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to promote global economic growth by more than 15 trillion USD. Additionally, it can advance social good by helping to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, reduce human trafficking, improve healthcare, and support achieving the UN… |
Artificial intelligence | artificial intelligence | https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/increasing-legal-cases | ebrodersohn | |||
Report: World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 | 2023-01-31 | The report covers the extent and consequences of the labour market disruption caused by overlapping economic and geopolitical crises and analyzes global patterns, regional differences and outcomes across groups of workers. The report pays particular attention to the impact of the different… |
https://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/weso/WCMS_865332/lang--en/in… | pmassetti | ||||||
How slow global employment growth undermines social justice | 2023-01-31 | guardian.ng (31.01.2023) A new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report, World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 (WESO trends), has raised concerns about inequality and effects of the global economic slowdown on the quality of employment. It warned that if left unaddressed, the… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://guardian.ng/appointments/how-slow-global-employment-growth-undermines-s… | pmassetti | |||||
EU: Council adopts recommendation on adequate minimum income | 2023-01-31 | Europe | consilium.europa.eu (30.01.2023) Council adopts recommendation on adequate minimum income This Council recommendation aims to combat poverty and social exclusion, and to pursue high levels of employment by promoting adequate income support by means of minimum income, effective access to enabling… |
Employment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/01/30/council-adop… | pmassetti | |||
G20 India | 1st Employment Working Group Meeting to focus on balanced and job-rich growth for all | | 2023-01-31 | india | G20 member nations consist of 2/3rd of the global population with 80% of global economic output. In this context, deliberation on the enhancement of labour holds significant relevancy. The 1st Employment Working Group (EWG)Meeting under the Sherpa track of the G20 will be held from the 2nd to… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://newsonair.com/2023/01/31/g20-india-1st-employment-working-group-meeting… | pmassetti | ||||
Migration could prevent a looming population crisis. But there are catches | 2023-01-30 | NPR (27.01.2023) To developmental economist Lant Pritchett, "population decline" is a mild way to describe what could be a global demographic crisis. "The reaction is often 'ho-hum' as the rates [of population decline] are slow and hence the issue seems small and in the future," he told NPR in… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151734308/immigration-economy-birth-rate-popula… | pmassetti | |||||
Drawing lessons from China’s healthcare development | 2023-01-30 | china | East Asia Forum (18.01.2023) China has translated its economic development into improved social welfare. China’s quest for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all while lifting 800 million people out of poverty is an example. Its experience in healthcare development provides transferrable… |
Health | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/01/18/drawing-lessons-from-chinas-healthcare… | pmassetti | |||
The future of telemedicine after COVID-19 | 2023-01-27 | The use of telemedicine, or remote clinical consultations, was limited in most OECD countries before the COVID‑19 pandemic, held back by regulatory barriers and hesitancy from patients and providers. In early 2020, as COVID‑19 massively disrupted in-person care, governments moved quickly to… |
Medical care | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-future-of-telemedicine-af… | pmassetti | |||
BRICS Meeting In South Africa To Prioritise Social Security Issues | 2023-01-27 | ndtv.com (27.01.2023) Social security issues will be on top of the agenda at the BRICS countries meeting to be hosted next month by South Africa, which over the Presidency of the five-nation bloc from China on January 1 this year. South African Department of Employment and Labour's Acting Deputy… |
brics | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/brics-meeting-in-south-africa-to-prioritise-soc… | pmassetti | ||||
Surviving Old Age Is Getting Harder in Japan | 2023-01-26 | The Diplomat (19.01.2023) Seniors living in poverty or working to supplement their income are on the rise as Japan’s public pension system cracks under a super aging society. |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/surviving-old-age-is-getting-harder-in-japan/ | pmassetti | |||||
The state of social protection for agrifood systems workers in West Africa | 2023-01-24 | Africa | fao.org (2022) The report analyses the state of social protection for agri-food systems workers in the region. Specifically, it provides an overview about existing social assistance and social insurance programmes, analyses their sensitivity to agri-food systems workers’ needs and… |
rural world | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.fao.org/publications/card/fr/c/CC3310EN | pmassetti | |||
The Social Protection Indicator for the Pacific: Tracking Developments in Social Protection | 2023-01-20 | Asia | Asian Development Bank (Dec 2022) It uses the bank’s Social Protection Indicator to assess the level of resources invested in social protection, the extent of coverage, and the benefit levels of social protection programs. Further data disaggregation provides the distribution of social… |
Programme & evaluation | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.adb.org/publications/social-protection-indicator-pacific-tracking-d… | pmassetti | |||
Understanding informality through new data | 2023-01-20 | worldbank.org (17.01.2023) The informal business sector is a source of livelihood for millions of people around the world. Despite its size and importance, business-level data that provide an in-depth understanding and cross-country analysis of the sector are lacking. To fill this gap, the World… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/understanding-informality-through-n… | pmassetti | |||||
France hit by nationwide strikes as unions fight Macron’s pension reform | 2023-01-20 | france | EURACTIV.com (19.01.2023) French train drivers, teachers and refinery workers were among those who walked off their jobs on Thursday (19 January) in a nationwide day of strikes against government plans to raise the retirement age by two years to 64. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/france-hit-by-nationwide-str… | pmassetti |