Qué es la "economía gig", por qué está creciendo tan rápido y cuáles son sus riesgos

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BBC Mundo (06.09.2017) El nombre gig proviene, según una de las versiones más difundidas, de la época en que los músicos de jazz se ganaban la vida con el dinero recibido en cada presentación. Algo que persiste hasta el día de hoy en el mundo artístico y que se ha hecho extensivo al resto de los sectores laborales.

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Employment
Employment of young workers
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Europe: App economy jobs come under Commission scrutiny

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euractiv.com (26.04.2017) The European Commission will change an EU law on employment contracts by the end of the year in a move to create standards for precarious jobs created by online apps like Uber and Deliveroo.

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european union
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Employment
Inequalities
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

France: Lutte contre la fraude aux prestations sociales : le Défenseur des droits alerte sur les atteintes aux droits des usagers

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defenseurdesdroits.fr (03.08.2017) Le Défenseur des droits, Jacques Toubon publie aujourd’hui un rapport intitulé « Lutte contre la fraude aux prestations sociales : à quel prix pour les droits des usagers ? » dans lequel il a identifié et évalué les effets des dispositifs de lutte contre la fraude aux prestations sociales sur les droits des usagers des services publics. Il relève que l’usager est pris en tenaille entre une procédure déclarative d’accès aux prestations sociales, simplifiée mais propice aux erreurs et un dispositif de lutte contre la fraude de plus en plus étoffé.

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france
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Error, evasion and fraud

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Anti-Social Registries: how a database excludes many from social protection

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developmentpathways.co.uk (10.09.2017) A craze sweeping the social protection world for Social Registries is systematically depriving some of the world’s poorest not only of social protection but also of access to vital services. So argues our latest publication, ‘Anti-Social Registries: How have they become so popular?

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Information and communication technology
Inequalities

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In Somalia, resilience can be strengthened through social protection

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blogs.worldbank.org (23.08.2017) There is no denying that the country has suffered major losses due to climatic shocks as well as the civil war that had a huge impact on its social, economic and financial well-being.

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somalia
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Inequalities
Shocks & extreme events

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Estonian minister: The digital economy needs more social Europe

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euractiv.com (31.08.2017) There needs to be an EU-wide solution to precarious app economy jobs, said Estonian Labour and Health Minister Jevgeni Ossinovski.

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european union
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Employment
Employment policies
Social policies & programmes
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Economic impact
Labour market

$2m fund to tackle traffic fatalities at work

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Straits Times (02.09.2017) A $2 million government fund has been set up to pay for research into technologies that can help reduce the number of wic accidents were the top cause of workplace fatalities between 2013 and last year, claiming 82 lives. More than half, or 57 per cent, of the accidents happened in worksites while the rest occurred on public roads.

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Occupational accidents and diseases

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Australian Company reveals new solution for Global Worker Risk

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Markets Insider (04.09.2017) Australian risk advisory firm, Manage Damage presented their innovative approach to reducing costs of worker insurance to global business today in Singapore at the 2017 World Congress on Safety & Health at Work. The Congress is jointly organised by the International Labour Organisation(ILO) and International Social Security Association (ISSA), bodies of the United Nations.

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australia
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Occupational accidents and diseases

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