freelance

Belgique: Coronavirus : lancement du deuxième volet du Plan fédéral de protection sociale et économique

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Belgium.be (20.03.2020) Le chômage temporaire sera à la fois automatique, étendu et renforcé, ainsi qu'un soutien aux indépendants fermés ou en difficulté.

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belgium
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Unemployment
Social assistance
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Impulsan medidas de protección social para el trabajo freelance

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iproup (17.09.2019) A partir de la aceleración del cambio tecnológico, la globalización y los cambios culturales, la norma parece girar alrededor de trabajadores que mantienen más cantidad de trabajos por períodos más cortos, muchas veces con intermitencias y modalidades diferentes de contratación.

Global challenges
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France: Les chauffeurs Uber sous "contrat de travail" pour la cour d'appel

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lesnumeriques.com (11.01.2019) Dans un arrêt rendu le 10 janvier 2019, la cour d'appel de Paris a estimé que le contrat qui liait un ancien chauffeur Uber à la célèbre plateforme de VTC était bien un "contrat de travail". Le lien de subordination entre le chauffeur et la plateforme a pu être caractérisé aux yeux de la justice, ce qui est une première en France.

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france
Topics
Employment
Employment policies
Employment of young workers
Error, evasion and fraud
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Digital Platforms
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[Kommentar] Freelancer sind die Angestellten der Zukunft

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NZZ (09.11.2018) Immer mehr Menschen arbeiten via Internetplattformen. Um die Innovationskraft des digitalen Arbeitsmodells auszuschöpfen, sollte man die wachsende Flexibilität mit sozialer Sicherheit kombinieren. Es drängen sich neue Formen der Absicherung auf.

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US: This startup aims to fill a major gap in the financial life of freelancers

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marketwatch.com (04.08.2018) The company, called Trupo, is launching a new short-term disability insurance product. A broken leg can spell financial disaster for a freelancer.

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United States
Global challenges
Topics
Disability
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
New risks
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Why tax day is a nightmare for freelancers

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By SARA HOROWITZ APR 18, 2017 

For the 55 million Americans who make their living as freelance workers, tax day is more than just a headache. It's an annual fleecing. Freelancers now constitute a third of the American workforce, and over the past decade, 94% of new jobs added to the U.S. economy were created in the so-called gig economy. Yet freelancers must retrofit themselves into an archaic system designed for the industrial era, one that taxes independent workers disproportionately even as they benefit less from the social safety net.

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United States
Topics
Contribution collection and compliance
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Digital Platforms
Labour market
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Los 'freelancers' de la región | BBVA

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Cada vez más profesionales de América Latina trabajan ‘online’ para compañías globalizadas, cobran muy bien en moneda dura aunque a costa de resignar condiciones laborales. Los argentinos son los mejor pagados, por encima de los mexicanos y brasileños, aunque éstos representan el 50% de la oferta regional al mayor mercado global de trabajo independiente del mundo: la tercerización en ‘freelancers’.

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latin america
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Employment
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Los uruguayos que eligen trabajar para el mundo | Empresas, Mercado laboral, OIT, Uruguay XXI

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Los uruguayos que eligen trabajar para el mundo

Por María Noel Durán Julio 6, 2016

Diferentes sectores proponen la regulación del teletrabajo, una opción cada vez más elegida por los empresarios y trabajadores uruguayos

Teclear desde la rambla, el Parque Rodó o el sofá de su casa es una posibilidad cada vez más factible para los uruguayos que eligen trabajar para el mundo.

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uruguay
Global challenges
Topics
Employment policies
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Digital Platforms
Labour market
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UK: Auto-enrolment ‘not a solution for self-employed workers’

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ipe.com (26.06.2018) The UK’s auto-enrolment system for workplace pensions should not be extended to include self-employed people, a lobby group for independent workers has said

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united kingdom
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Labour market
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Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy

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McKinsey & Company (Oct 2016) The McKinsey Global Institute examines all the ways people are earning income, as well as the challenges independent work presents.

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Information and communication technology
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Digital Platforms
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