Digital Platforms

Digital Platforms

  • Freelance work (e.g. Freelancers, etc.)
  • Service intermediaries (e.g. Uber).
  • Matching job offer and demand (e.g. LinkedIn).  = Job networking

Suisse: Thierry Weber: «La pratique de la médecine va vivre une révolution»

Submitted by dfabbri on

Le Temps (03.06.2019) Médecin-entrepreneur et spécialiste de la santé numérique, Thierry Weber considère le dossier électronique du patient comme une solution pour réduire les coûts de la santé. Les hôpitaux le proposeront dès 2020

Regions / Country
switzerland
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Suisse: En assurant ses chauffeurs, Uber prend ses responsabilités

Submitted by dfabbri on

Le Temps (29.05.2019) La multinationale californienne du transport met en place un système d'assurance accident pour ses chauffeurs et coursiers suisses, mais craint d'être reconnue comme leur employeur. Interview de son directeur pour la Suisse, Steve Salom

Regions / Country
switzerland
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Suisse: Gérer son diabète avec une application mobile: comment s’y retrouver?

Submitted by dfabbri on

Le Temps (17.05.2019) A l’ère de l’e-santé, de nombreuses applications mobiles se développent pour aider les malades à gérer leurs pathologies chroniques, notamment le diabète. Quelques précautions sont à observer, rappellent des experts

Regions / Country
switzerland
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type

La Belgique récompensée pour sa sécurité sociale -

Submitted by dfabbri on

LeVif (16.05.2019) L'Association internationale de la sécurité sociale (AISS) a remis son prix des bonnes pratiques en Europe aux institutions belges, pour la numérisation et l'automatisation de leurs services, indique-t-elle dans un communiqué mercredi soir

Regions / Country
belgium
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Brazil : Uber and Other "App" Drivers can Soon Register as Microentrepreneurs

Submitted by pmassetti on

 The Rio Times (05.05.2019) The Ministry of Economy has confirmed Friday (3rd) that it is studying a decree to regulate the requirement for the registration of drivers of “Apps” at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS).

Regions / Country
brazil
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Service delivery
Document Type

The EU social pillar: An answer to the challenge of the social protection of platform workers? - Paul Schoukens, Alberto Barrio, Saskia Montebovi, 2018

Submitted by pmassetti on

With atypical work gaining popularity, platform work seems to combine all the elements which, by deviating significantly from the standard employment relationship, challenge social security systems. After an overview of the features of the standard employment relationship and the different ways in which non-standard forms of work diverge from them, the article focuses on the nature of platform work. It then analyses how platform work is regulated in five European social security systems (i.e.

Regions / Country
Europe
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type

The Globotics Upheaval by Richard Baldwin — white-collar disruption | Financial Times

Submitted by yzhu on

When globalisation meshes with robotics, the losers will be the middle classes.

 

Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Large-scale automation
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Report: Policy Responses to New Forms of Work

Submitted by pmassetti on

OECD (21.03.2019) This report provides a snapshot of the policy actions being taken by OECD, EU and G20 countries in response to growing diversity in forms of employment, with the aim of encouraging peer learning where countries are facing similar issues. These changes are driving policy makers worldwide to review how policies in different areas – labour market, skills development, social protection – can best respond. How can policymakers balance the flexibility offered by a diversity of employment contracts, on the one hand, with protection for workers and businesses, on the other?

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Document Type

ISSA: New App for Workplace Safety

Submitted by dfabbri on

SUN News Report (01.03.2019) The app promotes ISSA’s “7 golden rules — for zero accidents and healthy work.” It shows the workplace safety and health status of an organization, according to the agency. The app offers interactive checklists, analyses the results, and gives an overview of the cu

Topics
Prevention of occupational risks
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Le nombre de travailleurs au noir estimé à 2,5 millions en France

Submitted by gfilhon on

Environ 2,5 millions de personnes pratiqueraient, pour tout ou partie, le travail non déclaré en France.

Regions / Country
Europe
france
Topics
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Error, evasion and fraud
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Societal Impact
Document Type