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.

Le Monde (07.07.2017) Le jour de carence pour les arrêts maladie dans la fonction publique sera rétabli dès 2018, a annoncé jeudi 6 juillet le ministre de l’action et des comptes publics, Gérald Darmanin. Et ce « conformément à l’engagement du président de la République », qui avait fait de sa restauration une promesse de campagne.

2M (07.07.2017) Enjeu majeur pour les politiques publiques, les systèmes de protection sociale accusent toutefois des défaillances à plusieurs niveaux, notamment celui relatif à leur généralisation. Dans le cadre d'un séminaire international organisé récemment à Rabat, le Président du Conseil Economique Social et Environnemental, Nizar Baraka, déplore des lacunes et insuffisances concernant les assurances retraites.

Progressive Governance (03.07.2017) This afternoon’s session on the digital economy begins with the critical question of whether the progressive left should aim to emulate and advance the successes of digital economy, or focus more on protecting citizens from the negative excesses of this developing sector.

Les Echos (09.07.2017) Edouard Philippe annonce les critères de simplification de ce qui devient le « compte de prévention ». Le patronat applaudit, la CFDT regrette l’abandon du principe pollueur-payeur.