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Juanita Rodríguez (Ministerio de Trabajo) habla sobre Trabajo Autónomo Económicamente Dependiente - YouTube

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Juanita Rodríguez,Gerente de contenidos Digitales, habla del proyecto de ley de Trabajo Autónomo Económicamente Dependiente de autoría del Representante Rodrigo Lara, en la comisión VII del Senado el día 1 de Diciembre de 2016.

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colombia
Topics
Employment
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Où sont les gisements d'économies de la Sécurité sociale - Le Parisien

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Les différentes sources d'économie ouvertes au sein de la protection sociale sont liées à une meilleur gestion des processes internes et une utilisation plus poussée des moyens ouverts par les technologies de l'information et de la communication, notamment pour les profils spécifiques comme les travailleurs migrants, ou les réseaux des médicaments, ou encore la répartition des centres chirurgicaux...

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france
Topics
Migration
International agreements
Social policies & programmes
Old_Global Challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
Business processes
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Why the Digital Economy is Key to Formalizing Africa's Informal Sector

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 allAfrica.com (14.09.2017) With the commodities crisis crippling the economies of countries like South Africa and Nigeria, it's become more important than ever that Africans develop the blueprint for their own start-up nations. While industrialization is an appealing path to growth for countries like Ethiopia, more nations should value the developmental potential sitting in front of them: Africa's large informal sector.

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Africa
Topics
Employment policies
Extension of coverage
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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[Entrevista] Así estamos llevando a los colombianos a la economía digital

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El Espectador (19.09.2017) Lo cuenta Juanita Rodríguez Kattah, la gerente de Colombia 4.0, el evento digital más importante del año. Es la cumbre de industrias creativas digitales, el evento más grande que tiene el Mintic, que todos los años ha venido creciendo y que nos cuenta las últimas tendencias en contenidos digitales. ¿Qué es todo eso en realidad?

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colombia
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
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Schweiz: Digitalisierung - Bessere Arbeitsbedingungen für digitale Jobs

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luzernerzeitung (13.09.2017) DIGITALISIERUNG ⋅ Der Erfolg von Online-Plattformen wie AirB&B und Uber haben auch Auswirkungen auf die Schweizer Arbeitswelt: Hunderttausende Personen gehen inzwischen einer Arbeit über eine Online-Plattform nach. Syndicom pocht auf die Einhaltung der Arbeitsrechte.

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switzerland
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Protecting Poor Thai Families from Economic Hardship

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worldbank.org (31.08.2017) Thailand recently announced that it will put into action a national social assistance program for poor families. Such a program can help reduce poverty significantly. It would also move Thailand into the growing ranks of middle-income countries, such as China, Malaysia, Brazil, Turkey and the Philippines, that provide the poor with a ‘safety net’.

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thailand
Topics
Extension of coverage
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German minister: ‘Platforms have to pay social security in the future’

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Euractiv (14.09.2017)  Thorben Albrecht is responsible for addressing the impact of the digital revolution on the labour sector and preparing Germany workers for the future. The minister presented his Work 4.0 white paper at the Future of Work conference hosted by Estonia’s rotating presidency of the EU.

Regions / Country
germany
Topics
Contribution collection and compliance
Social policies & programmes
Financing
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Qué es la "economía gig", por qué está creciendo tan rápido y cuáles son sus riesgos

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BBC Mundo (06.09.2017) El nombre gig proviene, según una de las versiones más difundidas, de la época en que los músicos de jazz se ganaban la vida con el dinero recibido en cada presentación. Algo que persiste hasta el día de hoy en el mundo artístico y que se ha hecho extensivo al resto de los sectores laborales.

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Employment
Employment of young workers
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Europe: App economy jobs come under Commission scrutiny

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euractiv.com (26.04.2017) The European Commission will change an EU law on employment contracts by the end of the year in a move to create standards for precarious jobs created by online apps like Uber and Deliveroo.

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european union
Topics
Employment
Inequalities
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Au-delà des fantasmes, quels sont les problèmes concrets que pose l’intelligence artificielle ?

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lemonde.fr (03.08.2017) Les récents progrès de ces technologies posent, dès à présent, des questions moins spectaculaires, mais bien plus concrètes.

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Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Large-scale automation
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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