Employment

A judicious adjustment to the gig economy

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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.

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united kingdom
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Employment
Employment of young workers
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Argentina: What have we learned about helping women with conditional cash transfers?

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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.

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argentina
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Employment
Social assistance

Au Royaume-Uni, des propositions controversées pour améliorer le statut des travailleurs précaires

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lemonde.fr (11.07.2017) Un rapport commandé par Theresa May préconise de lutter contre les abus de l’« économie des petits boulots ». Mais les premières réactions des syndicats ne sont pas tendres.

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united kingdom
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Employment
Employment of young workers
Social policies & programmes
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Labour market
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Gig economy workers need more choice not more flexibility

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Financial Times (11.07. 2017) Government should encourage companies to improve employment options. Some view the gig economy as a flexible working arrangement, while others see it, if not straightforwardly as a form of exploitation, then as one that allows for very little employment protection. But if companies like Deliveroo or Uber were mandated to offer their workers a choice of employment options, wouldn’t this help ensure workers were being treated fairly?

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united kingdom
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Employment
Employment of young workers
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[Rapport] Face aux nouvelles formes d'emplois, quelles réponses au plan européen?...des clés pour comprendre

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Miroir Social (04.07.2017) Depuis la fin des années 1980, les structures de l’emploi et les modes de production ont considérablement évolué, écartant certains travailleurs des systèmes traditionnels de protection sociale. Dans ce nouveau Cahier co-édité par SMart et POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ, Pascale Charhon interroge la question du travail atypique dans l’Union européenne et le rôle du décideur européen dans la réforme de la protection des travailleurs concernés en essayant de donner des clés pour comprendre.

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Malaysia : Self Employment Social Security Bill 2017 passed

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New Straits Times (06.04.2017) The Self Employment Social Security Bill 2017 which seeks to provide Social Security Organisation (Socso) protection to self employed persons has been passed by the Dewan Rakyat today. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said for a start, the new law would be enforced to provide Socso protection to self-employed taxi drivers and e-hailing service providers, including Uber and GrabCar, before being extended to other self-employment sectors.

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malaysia
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Abogados.com.ar - La Comunidad Líder de Abogados

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Resulta imposible querer  abarcar todas las situaciones existentes en el mundo económico actual con una ley laboral, cuya redacción ya quedo desactualizada, sin perjuicio de las extensiones pretorianas que fue realizando la jurisprudencia a través de los años.  

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argentina
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