labour markets

ADB study: government action needed to ensure Asia’s workforce benefit from new technologies |

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OpenGovAsia (12.04.2018) To ensure that everyone can benefit from new technologies, policymakers will need to pursue education reforms that promote lifelong learning, maintain labour market flexibility, strengthen social protection systems, and reduce income inequality, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) issued its latest report yesterday on the impact of technological advances on labour markets in Asia.

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Asia
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Schweiz: Mitarbeiter 4.0: Startklar für die digitale Welt

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myjob (09.04.2018) Vor dem Hintergrund der Digitalisierung kommt es in der Arbeitswelt zu einem tief greifenden Wandel, der Unternehmen wie Mitarbeiter gleichermassen betrifft. Für beide gilt: Wer morgen noch erfolgreich sein will, muss umdenken. So hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren die Einstellung junger Menschen zur Arbeit grundlegend verändert

 

 

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switzerland
Topics
Employment of young workers
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
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Digital economy and automation to impact Malaysian labour market

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Digital News Asia (18.03.2018) Individuals at all levels will need to actively develop their skills and stay relevant. Many sectors being reshaped by technology, creating new roles and different demands

 

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malaysia
Global challenges
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Employment
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Labour market
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Suisse: Ces chômeurs en fin de droits qui basculent dans l'aide sociale 

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Le Temps (23.03.2018) Alors que l'économie se porte au mieux, le nombre de demandeurs d’emploi qui se retrouvent à l’aide sociale a doublé en une décennie. Leur sort cause une préoccupation croissante dans le cadre du débat sur la libre circulation

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switzerland
Topics
Unemployment
Social assistance
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[Analyse] Dans 20 ans, les robots feront le sale boulot

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Le Temps (18.03.2018) Ces prochaines années, les robots vont prendre une place considérable dans un monde du travail bouleversé. «Le Temps» a sondé trois experts, qui imaginent chacun à leur façon un nouveau paradigme qui questionne notre relation à l’emploi

Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Economic impact
Labour market
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Work 4.0 – opportunities and risks

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EurActiv (02.03.2018) Digitisation is on everyone’s lips and it will change the working world in the next couple of years. For employers, this poses a range of risks – but could also create some opportunities, as a recent analysis shows. EURACTIV Germany reports. Up to 60% of today’s jobs can potentially be replaced by computers or robots through digitisation, studies say. At the same time, numerous new jobs are being created in the digital industry.

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Europe
Global challenges
Topics
Employment policies
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Suisse: Les androïdes payeront-ils leurs cotisations sociales?

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Le Temps (13.02.2018) Le salariat s’effiloche et c’est tout notre système social qui devra être revu pour protéger les travailleurs vulnérables de la «gig economy». A l’ère du travail indépendant et des robots collaboratifs, il faudra trouver le moyen d’asseoir une solidarité 4.0

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switzerland
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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[Opinión] La tecnología y el trabajo

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La Prensa (21.02.2018) En mayo 2017, el McKinsey Global Institute se sumó al creciente número de organizaciones que se pronuncian con respecto al impacto de la tecnología sobre el futuro del trabajo.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Acuerdo tripartito facilitará transición de economía informal hacia economía formal en Costa Rica

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Diario Digital Nuestro País (20.02.2018) Representantes de los sectores sociales en la Mesa de Diálogo que aborda el tema de la informalidad en el mercado de trabajo, firmaron este 20 de febrero el acuerdo de implementación de la Estrategia Integral de Transición a la Economía Formal en Costa Rica, que tiene como objetivo facilitar la transición de las personas trabajadoras y las unidades económicas de la economía informal a la economía formal.

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costa rica
Global challenges
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Difficult-to-cover groups
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