derStandard (07.07.2017) Die Reform der Invaliditätspension hat weder die erhofften Einsparungen gebracht noch Menschen in ausreichendem Maß wieder zurück ins Arbeitsleben geführt. Das hat eine Rechnungshof-Prüfung ergeben. Dieser zu Folge wird das Budget in den Jahren 2014 bis 2018 nicht wie angekündigt um knapp 649 Millionen entlastet sondern es werden Mehrkosten zwischen 100 und 200 Millionen entstehen.

Gabonreview (13.07.2017) La prise en charge des personnes du troisième âge et son mode de financement sont au cœur du forum national sur la retraite, dont les travaux ont été lancés le 13 juillet à Libreville.

La Nacion (11.07.2017) Un estudio preparado para la Anses afirma que la Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH) no tiene impacto negativo sobre el mercado laboral.

Zilient - Reuteur (21.07.2017) Thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan's Azraq camp don't pay for their food with cash but by a scan of their eyes. Purchases are then recorded on a computing platform based on blockchain - the technology behind bitcoin. The U.N. agency launched the futuristic system in May as a one-month pilot involving 10,000 of Azraq's more than 50,000 inhabitants in a bid to explore blockchain's potential to cut costs and bottlenecks.

Eurofound (13.07.2017) This report examines developments in non-standard employment over the last decade. It looks at trends in the main categories of non-standard employment – temporary, temporary agency and part-time work and self-employment – based mainly on data from the European Union Labour Force Survey. The report includes a specific focus on work mediated by digital platforms, which is the most innovative of the new forms of employment that have emerged in the past decade.

INCLUDE Platform (22.05.2017) Summary of the synthesis report ‘Boosting youth employment in Africa: what works and why?’

Depending on who you ask, the gig economy, in which workers set their own schedules at companies such as Uber, either liberates employees from the grind of wage-slavery — or recreates the exploitation of earlier centuries by putting workers at the mercy of capricious and exploitative companies.

ILOblog (30.06.2017) During an economic crisis, Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) are one way that governments can use to protect vulnerable people from falling into poverty. Between 2001 and 2002, Argentina suffered one of the worst economic crises in its history. Unemployment rose, the share of people living below the poverty line increased and political instability and social unrest ensued.

Overseas Development Institute - ODI (June 2017) This briefing considers the extent to which international labour migrants are covered by social protection, and the implications this has for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda).

Le Temps (05.07.2017) L’emploi total devrait augmenter de 2% par an d’ici 2025 au niveau suisse. Il faudra cependant veiller à adapter les qualifications aux nouvelles réalités économiques.