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Employment and Social Developments in Europe: 2018 review confirms positive trends but highlights the increasing need for skills and inclusion

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Europa (13.07.2018) This year's edition of the report aims to analyse opportunities and risks linked to technological innovation, demographic change, and globalisation. The review shows what needs to happen so that everybody can benefit from these developments.

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european union
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
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ISSA Technical Seminar on social security and the future world of work

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March 2018 - Brussels, Belgium - The main topics that will be addressed are the new forms of work and their impact on social security schemes as well as the need to achieve adequate coverage and levels of benefits and at the same time guarantee financial sustainability.

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
External impact
Labour market
Societal Impact
Internal impact

L'Autriche va diminuer les allocations familiales pour certains

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Le Figaro (02.05.2018) La coalition gouvernementale des conservateurs et de l'extrême droite au pouvoir à Vienne a présenté mercredi une réforme diminuant les allocations familiales versées pour certains enfants vivant à l'étranger, qui touchera notamment la main d'oeuvre des pays de l'Est travaillant en Autriche.

Regions / Country
austria
Topics
Family benefits
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Towards a Reskilling Revolution

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World Economic Forum (22.01.2018) As the types of skills needed in the labour market change rapidly, individual workers will have to engage in life-long learning if they are to achieve fulfilling and rewarding careers. Using big data analytics of online job postings, the methodology in this report demonstrates the power of a data-driven approach to discover reskilling pathways and job transition opportunities.

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Employment
Employment policies
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
New risks
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Digital Technologies for Government Innovation

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Accenture 2015 - Governments need to drive digital at depth to rebuild public accountability and boost their mission productivity. But that means instigating digital change, not just reacting to it. By becoming digital disruptors themselves, not just adding digital services but digitalizing to transform their operations, governments can seize the initiative from the nimble new entrants invading their traditional turf and greatly enhance their own competitiveness.

Topics
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Service quality
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Business processes
Service delivery
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[Report] Aspects of non-standard employment in Europe

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Eurofound (13.07.2017) This report examines developments in non-standard employment over the last decade. It looks at trends in the main categories of non-standard employment – temporary, temporary agency and part-time work and self-employment – based mainly on data from the European Union Labour Force Survey. The report includes a specific focus on work mediated by digital platforms, which is the most innovative of the new forms of employment that have emerged in the past decade.

Regions / Country
european union
Topics
Employment
Employment of young workers
Social policies & programmes
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market

Five Ways to Win with Digital Platforms

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accenture.com (2016) The platform economy is emerging as one of the most powerful manifestations of the digital revolution, which we also refer to as the “fourth industrial revolution.”

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
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Les enjeux des blockchains

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France Stratégie (22.06.2018) La technologie blockchain promet des transactions programmables sans intervention d’un tiers de confiance. Le potentiel disrupteur d’une telle innovation appelle une stratégie publique alliant régulation et soutien à l’innovation… sans attendre.

Regions / Country
france
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Large-scale automation
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