McKinsey & Company (May 2018) Demand for technological, social and emotional, and higher cognitive skills will rise by 2030. How will workers and organizations adapt?
As machines increasingly complement human labor in the workplace, we will all need to adjust to reap the benefits.
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming businesses and will contribute to economic growth via contributions to productivity. They will also help address “moonshot” societal challenges in areas from health to climate change.
Le Temps (28.06.2018) Plutôt que de se focaliser sur une médecine de pointe, le débat sur le coût de la santé devrait davantage prendre en compte les dépenses de prévention, estime le médecin Julien Dupraz
TDG (28.06.2018) La nouvelle réforme de l'AVS fera grimper la TVA d'au plus 1,5%, mais elle n'épargnera pas les femmes. Dans le projet dévoilé jeudi, le Conseil fédéral confirme sa volonté de les faire travailler jusqu'à 65 ans, et ce sans compensation généreuse.
EL PAÍS (27.06.2018) La sanidad pública atenderá a todos los residentes en España por su condición de ciudadanos, no de asegurados que se han ganado la atención médica por cotizar a la Seguridad Social. Este es uno de los cambios fundamentales que prevé introducir el Ministerio de Sanidad en el real decreto por el que devolverá la atención sanitaria a los inmigrantes irregulares, según la documentación enviada por el departamento de la ministra Carmen Montón a las comunidades autónomas y a la que ha tenido acceso
Lrs Echos (22.06.2018) Les entreprises se mobilisent pour développer la culture de l'entraide et accompagner les collaborateurs les plus fragiles.
Development Pathways (May 2018) In their scope, and by the fact that they are legally required, the social audits in India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are an unparalleled collective social accountability mechanism. In the state of Andhra Pradesh, social audits have been institutionalised and implemented across the state. This report, downloadable below, identifies the lessons for elsewhere.
Articles on Platform Economy
ceps.eu (31.10.2017) The partnership between delivery platform Deliveroo and workers’ cooperative SMart has been terminated, sparking new debate over workers’ rights in the platform economy.
The collaborative economy (or “platform economy”), encompassing work-on-demand via apps like Uber and crowdwork like Amazon Mechanical Turk, has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks to the development of high-speed networks, the exploitation of big data and the availability of mobile devices, which have cut down transaction costs and allow for real-time effective matching of supply and demand.
