Euronews (18.01.2018)  Advances in technology are having a big impact on a broad range of industries, provoking intense debate about the future of work.  Workers across the world are increasingly aware of what many consider an existential threat to a wide array of jobs. Safe and efficient autonomous vehicles, for example, may make truck drivers obsolete in the not too distant future.

developmentpathways.co.uk (16.01.2018) In April 2018, a new law will enter into force in Kyrgyzstan which abolishes its main poor relief scheme and replaces it with a system of universal child benefits. This is a major step forward in Kyrgyzstan’s attempt to build an inclusive, lifecycle social protection system, since the nation already offers universal old age pension coverage and disability benefits.

worldbank.org ( 2017) This paper makes several contributions. First, it presents a ‘guidance note’ on the framework for Social Registries, anchoring the definition of these systems in their functions along the Delivery Chain and their social policy role as inclusion systems, while clarifying terminology in a manner that is consistent with IT standards in the discussion of their architecture as information systems.

EuBulletin. (02.01.2018) Over the past 20 years, digitalization has been transforming the contemporary job market, unleashing fear among workers for the future of their jobs. Many day-to-day activities have been likewise transformed by technology and digital economy – ranging from Uber replacing taxi, Airbnb replacing hotels or robots replacing blue-collar manufacturing. Some predictions suggest that digitalization and robotization will cause job losses of as much as 50% of all jobs over the next few decades.

Euractiv (10.01.2018) Labour markets have undergone significant change over the past decade and all indications are that this will accelerate in the future. In order to respond to these shifts and make labour markets fit for the realities of life and work in the 21st century we need a complete overhaul of the social structure underpinning the way that we organise, classify, support and regulate work. Only by creating open, enabling, inclusive and sustainable labour markets can we drive the growth and competitiveness needed for our economies to flourish.

 LaRepublica (16.01.2018) La falta de empleo en América Latina se mantuvo en aumento durante 2017 y fueron los jóvenes los que más sintieron esta realidad. Es así que la tasa de desocupación, entre los 15 y 24 años, en América Latina aumentó de 18,9% en 2016 a 19,5% en 2017, según el informe "Panorama Laboral" publicado por la Organización Internacional de Trabajo (OIT).

 South China Morning Post (16.01.2018) Government trials in 26 cities will have Tencent’s WeChat replace traditional state-issued social security cards with digital version tied to users’ accounts  WeChat, the popular mobile messaging, social media and payments platform run by Tencent Holdings, is poised to become further entrenched in everyday life in China under a new programme that adapts it as a user’s electronic social security card.

Le Monde (16.01.2018) Le bilan de la CNAM publié mardi fait état de plus de 10 000 accidents du travail et 596 maladies professionnelles pour 2016. Les femmes sont les premières victimes Déressions, troubles anxieux… Plus de 10 000 affections psychiques ont été reconnues comme accidents du travail en 2016, 596 l’ont été comme maladies professionnelles, indique l’Assurance-maladie.

newindianexpress (14.01.2018) When it comes to issues concerning industrial and construction workers, the health and safety aspects should receive top priority, said Labour Commissioner K Biju.

Le Matin (14.01.2018) Jusqu'à ce jour, 70.519 personnes ont manifesté leur souhait d’adhérer au régime d’auto-entrepreneur ; 83% de ces demandes ont été validées, 58.693 porteurs de projet ayant décroché ce statut, près de 1.000 auto-entrepreneurs étrangers sont inscrits au régime, 1.000 AE et porteurs de projet ont été accompagnés… Tels sont les chiffres fournis lors des journées d’information dédiées au Statut de l’auto-entrepreneur organisées sous forme d’une caravane qui a sillonné 5 régions du Royaume.