Irish Times (27.05.2018) A consultation on the future of pensions and provision for retirement will be launched by Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty on Monday. It will help inform the design of a new approach to the State contributory pension from 2020. Under a new so-called total contributions approach (TCA), a person’s contributory pension will be proportionate to the contributions they make. The aim is that this should have fair regard for periods of child-rearing, full-time caring and periods in receipt of social protection payments.

Les Echos (24.05.2018) Avec la fusion des deux caisses de retraite complémentaire Agirc et Arrco, les cadres rémunérés en dessous de certains seuils risquent de se retrouver lésés.

The Guardian (23.05.2018) Workers across Europe, including 70,000 in UK, to be offered pay protections under new insurance policy The ride-hailing service said a new insurance policy, to be provided free to its drivers, would give them “peace of mind while preserving the flexibility they value”.

BfmTV (21.05.2018) Comment financer le cinquième risque, le financement des personnes âgées dépendantes, qu'Emmanuel Macron envisage de créer? Décryptage avec Marie-Anne Montchamp, présidente de la caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie.

PerthNow (14.05.2018) Ride-sharing giant Uber and online platforms like food delivery app Deliveroo will face government regulation to protect workers’ rights, Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston has vowed. Mr Johnston said players in the so-called gig economy were guilty of “driving wages down and reducing benefits for workers”, and predicted government regulation was inevitable. The WA Government is now considering whether the sector needs to be brought under the State’s industrial relations system.

Europa (18.05.2018) The Youth Guarantee, supported by the Youth Employment Initiative, has helped make a dent in youth unemployment and inactivity.

Inter Press Service (27.04.2018) Despite progress achieved in occupational safety in Latin America, the rates of work-related accidents and diseases are still worrying, especially among young people, more vulnerable in a context of labour flexibility and unemployment.

EurActiv (17.05.2018) Freedom of services belongs to the four freedoms of the EU. Austria wants to fight its abuse with the help of digitisation. EURACTIV Germany reports from Vienna. The fight against “social fraud, in particular organised illegal work” is one of the main tasks laid down in the work program of the Austrian government. Of course, this is not just an issue that concerns Austria. In fact, in this case, the EU is challenged to lay the foundations for intergovernmental data exchange.

 Emerging-Europe (19.05.2018) The labour market is tightening, meaning that attracting the right talent will become an increasingly important issue for businesses. Many factors are affecting the demand for jobs and skills, such as the digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes (including high migration flows). Besides, the financial and economic crisis crushed the Lisbon Strategy’s willingness to increase the EU’s employment rate to 70 per cent by 2010.

The Times of Central Asia (19.05.2018) There are about 100 thousand Kyrgyz labor migrants in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan’s State Migration Service says. Some of them work legally in the regions closer to Kyrgyzstan — the South-Kazakhstan, Karaganda and Almaty oblasts and Almaty city.