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Zimbabwe: Include informal sector on safety data, NSSA urged | The Herald zimbabwe

The Herald (05.10.2017) Government has urged the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to include the informal sector when gathering data on occupational health and safety. Speaking at the official opening of the NSSA National Conference on Safety and Health at Work in Harare yesterday,…

Occupational accidents and diseases http://www.herald.co.zw/include-informal-sector-on-safety-data-nssa-urged monitor
Suisse: Les syndicats veulent encadrer la numérisation du monde du travail switzerland

RTS (02.10.2017) Avec la numérisation de la société, la moitié des emplois actuels pourrait disparaître d'ici vingt ans, selon une étude de l'Université d'Oxford. L’USS demande que les travailleurs bénéficient davantage des progrès de la numérisation du travail.

Employment, Employment of young workers digital economy, labour markets, published Published_SS_Monitor https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/8966912-les-syndicats-veulent-encadrer-la-nume… monitor
Romania spends little on social protection related to housing romania

romania-insider (03.10.2017) Romania was among the last countries in European Union for the expenditure allocated from the national GDP for social protection related to housing. Romania spent less than 0.1% of its GDP, similar to other countries such as Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus or…

Financing Published_SS_Monitor https://www.romania-insider.com/spending-social-protection-related-housing monitor
[Opinión] Argentina: Las nuevas tecnologías impulsarán la reforma laboral integral | El Cronista argentina

El Cronista (03.10.2017) La introducción de las nuevas tecnologías provocan inexorablemente la reformulación del modelo de relaciones laborales para adaptar el trabajo humano a las nuevas formas de organizar, de realizar y de desarrollar la producción o la investigación sobre la producción de…

Employment digital economy, labour markets Published_SS_Monitor https://www.cronista.com/columnistas/Las-nuevas-tecnologias-impulsaran-la-refor… monitor
[Report] Extending coverage: Social protection and the informal economy

European Commission (2017) Many of the workers in the formal economy can take certain things for granted: a regular income, health insurance, unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs, and a pension when they retire. Such things are a distant dream for workers in the informal economy, who in…

Extension of coverage extending coverage, poverty, published Published_SS_Monitor http://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/extending-coverage-social-pro… monitor
France: Maladies professionnelles - le gouvernement annonce une amélioration du mécanisme d'indemnisation france

actu-environnement (02.10.2017) "A partir du 1er juillet 2018, la victime d'une maladie professionnelle sera indemnisée dès les premiers symptômes de la maladie", annonce le gouvernement. Jusqu'à présent, cette indemnisation débutait au moment où un médecin établissait un…

Occupational accidents and diseases https://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/maladies-professionnelles-indemnisat… monitor
Occupational pensions, a hidden Swiss treasure switzerland

swissinfo.ch (15.09.2017) Occupational pension plans, obligatory since 1985, have considerable economic and social significance in Switzerland. The savings, which are now managed by pension funds and insurance companies, far exceed gross domestic product (GDP) and the reserves of the Swiss…

Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/second-pillar-of-the-community_occupation… monitor
Die Schweiz hinkt Europa beim Rentenalter hinterher switzerland

NZZ (30.09.2017) Die meisten europäischen Staaten haben das gleiche nsionsalter für Frauen und Männer eingeführt. Das Rentenalter 67 gilt bald überall. Die Schweiz kommt um diese Diskussion nicht herum

published https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/die-schweiz-hinkt-europa-hinterher-ld.1319353 monitor
[Blog] France: Macronisme, l’ubérisation de la protection sociale et l’Etat plateforme france

Le Club de Mediapart (01.10.2017) Macronisme, l’ubérisation de la protection sociale et l’Etat plateforme : Les dessous d’une disruption à la française. Analyse proposée par Matthieu Montalban, membre du comité d'animation des Économistes atterrés.

Employment, Social policies & programmes digital economy, published https://blogs.mediapart.fr/les-economistes-atterres/blog/011017/macronisme-l-ub… monitor
Impact of the digital healthcare revolution on health insurance

European Economic and Social Committee (20.09.2017) The EESC believes that equal access to healthcare, one of the main objectives of health policies, can benefit from digital support provided certain conditions are met: equal geographical coverage; bridging the digital divide; interoperability…

Health, Service quality digital economy Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions/dig… monitor
Macronisme, l’ubérisation de la protection sociale et l’Etat plateforme | Le Club de Mediapart france

Mediapart (01.10.2017) Macronisme, l’ubérisation de la protection sociale et l’Etat plateforme : Les dessous d’une disruption à la française. Analyse proposée par Matthieu Montalban, membre du comité d'animation des Économistes atterrés.

Employment policies, Human resource management, Social policies & programmes digital economy Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR https://blogs.mediapart.fr/les-economistes-atterres/blog/011017/macronisme-l-ub… -filhon
Frontier issues: Artificial intelligence and development - YouTube Employment, Technological transition digital platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1l4Mx-ZiiQ -filhon
Elefante en la cristalería: ¿Cómo abordar la irrupción de las plataformas colaborativas? latin america

(BID/IADB, September 2017) Luego de generar una conmoción parecida a la de un elefante entrando en una cristalería, las plataformas colaborativas como Uber o Airbnb han pasado a ser parte de nuestra vida cotidiana. Millones han utilizado ya este tipo de estructuras digitales para facilitar su…

Employment, Information and communication technology digital platforms Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR https://blogs.iadb.org/puntossobrelai/2017/09/14/como-abordar-irrupcion-de-las-… ruggia
El papel de las plataformas en la revolución del mercado laboral spain

(GOVUP, July 2017) La plataformización del trabajo es un concepto que, si bien es relativamente reciente, ha irrumpido con fuerza en el mercado laboral a nivel global. Si bien es cierto que nuestro marco normativo dista mucho de otras regulaciones, como la estadounidense, con distintos…

Employment, Information and communication technology digital platforms Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR http://www.gov-up.com/blog/el-papel-de-las-plataformas-p2p-en-la-revolucion-del… ruggia
After Falcon Funds - Big PPM changes expected by June - Investment Europe sweden

Pension funds fraud in Swedish Premium pension framework

Pensions, Population ageing, Investment, Financing, Error, evasion and fraud managing reforms Proposition_SS_Monitor http://www.investmenteurope.net/regions/swedendenmarkfinlandnorway/falcon-funds… -filhon
India: Savings via DBT cross Rs 58k cr mark: Ravi Shankar Prasad india

 The Economic Times (28.09.2017)  Government has saved Rs 58,000 crore through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme used in various subsidy programmes, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. The electronics and IT minister said the government is utilising digital technology…

Technological transition, Service delivery Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/savings-via-dbt-cr… massetti
Observatoire de l'Ubérisation et de l'Economie Collaborative | Observatoire de l'Ubérisation et de l'Economie Collaborative https://www.uberisation.org/fr massetti
France: Présentation du PLFSS - Ce qui va changer dans les prestations familiales à la garde d'enfants france

20minutes (02.10.2017) Que l’on ait recours à une assistante maternelle ou que l’on place ses enfants en crèche : les modes de gardes des tout-petits ont un coût qui pèse sérieusement sur le budget des parents, un coût que nombre d’entre eux financent grâce aux prestations familiales. Mais le…

Family benefits managing reforms Published_SS_Monitor http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2141483-20170928-presentation-plfss-va-changer-… monitor
The Netherlands: Still brooding on a new system netherlands

ipe.com (September 2017) All stakeholders continue to work on creating a sustainable Dutch pension system 

Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ipe.com/reports/special-reports/top-1000-pension-funds/the-netherla… monitor
Uber tells tribunal self-employed drivers not ‘novel or unusual’ united kingdom

ft.com (27.09.2017) Ride-hailing app seeks to overturn ruling on status of UK workers

digital platforms Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR https://www.ft.com/content/ebb2adea-a387-11e7-b797-b61809486fe2 massetti
Designierter ISSA-Construction Präsident Karl-Heinz Noetel: "Wir brauchen international mehr Transparenz im Arbeitsschutz"

Finanzen (29.09.2017) Laut der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO) erleiden weltweit jedes Jahr mehr als eine Millionen Beschäftigte tödliche Arbeitsunfälle. Und gerade in der Baubranche gibt es viele Risiken. "Deshalb brauchen wir eine weltweite Datenbank mit guten Beispielen

Occupational accidents and diseases http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/designierter-issa-construction-praesid… monitor
Des milliers de robots s’activent chez les géants du commerce en ligne

Des milliers de robots s’activent dans les entrepôts du géant chinois du commerce en ligne, Alibaba, comme chez son concurrent américain, Amazon. Quasiment sans présence humaine.

Selon la Banque mondiale, entre 1990 et 2007, le déploiement des robots aura eu un effet massif sur l’emploi…

http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/video/2017/09/29/des-milliers-de-robots-s-ac… massetti
Maneka Gandhi Clashes With NITI Aayog on Replacing Food With Cash Transfers india

The Wire (21.09.2017) The government is finalising a pilot project in line with NITI Aayog’s recent suggestion that children and mothers be given cash transfers instead of cooked or uncooked food.

Conditional cash transfers, Inequalities published, cct https://thewire.in/179894/maneka-gandhi-niti-aayog-cash-transfers monitor
Colombia: La Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Financieras (Anif) propone ampliar la edad de pensión en 5 años colombia

portafolio (28.09.2017) Para evitar activar una ‘bomba fiscal’ que resultaría de aplicar los exagerados y regresivos subsidios pensionales hoy vigentes, la Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Financieras (Anif) propone en un estudio una reforma estructural al sistema pensional, que incluye…

Pensions managing reforms, published http://www.portafolio.co/mis-finanzas/jubilacion/anif-propone-ampliar-la-edad-d… monitor
Youth and Employment in North Africa: YENA Conference 2017: The Future on Youth and Employment in North Africa Africa

ILO (27.09.2017) The International Labour Organization (ILO) will host a High-Level Conference on Youth and Employment in North Africa with participants from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia, as well as development partners and major stakeholders to agree on a five-…

Employment of young workers published, youth employment http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/events-and-meetings/WCMS_574491/lang--en/index.htm monitor