Employment

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
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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
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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

France: Robotisation : 8 employeurs sur 10 prévoient une perte globale d’emplois

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Express (01.09.2017) Près d’un employeur sur deux pensent que l’impact de la robotisation et la numérisation se manifestera déjà d’ici trois à cinq ans, indique une enquête effectuée par le groupe de services RH ACERTA auprès de 469 CEO et membres de la direction.

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france
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Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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Futuro del trabajo: las perspectivas hasta 2030

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Mercado (25.08.2017) ¿Cómo creen los trabajadores que evolucionará su espacio laboral en los próximos diez años? ¿Y cómo entienden que esto afectará sus perspectivas de empleo?

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Employment
Employment of young workers
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market

Europe: Activation Into In-Work Poverty?

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Social Europe (01.09.2017) A job is the best way out of poverty. This is a widely held belief among European policy-makers. Therefore, labour market reforms in European countries during recent decades focused on creating jobs. Yet, job growth was not supposed to be achieved by demand-stimulating economic policies but by supply-sided labour market reforms. ‘Activation policy’, at European level often labelled as a ‘social investment’ approach, became the guiding principle of European labour market policy and many national reform paths.

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Millennials see robots as job creators rather than a threat

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EurActiv (28.08.2017) Young people remain optimistic about the impact of robots and artificial intelligence in the work place, as a large majority of them believe that more jobs will be created than will disappear, according to a global poll published on Monday (28 August).

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european union
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Employment
Employment of young workers

Uber, Airbnb… L'économie des plateformes, un défi pour la protection sociale

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Challenges (10.08.2017) "L'économie des plateformes peut donc faire voler en éclats le statut de salarié tel qu'il a été construit tout au long du XXe siècle" estime une étude diffusée par le ministère du Travail.

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france
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Employment
Extension of coverage
Social policies & programmes
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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