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.

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.

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.

defenseurdesdroits.fr (03.08.2017) Le Défenseur des droits, Jacques Toubon publie aujourd’hui un rapport intitulé « Lutte contre la fraude aux prestations sociales : à quel prix pour les droits des usagers ? » dans lequel il a identifié et évalué les effets des dispositifs de lutte contre la fraude aux prestations sociales sur les droits des usagers des services publics. Il relève que l’usager est pris en tenaille entre une procédure déclarative d’accès aux prestations sociales, simplifiée mais propice aux erreurs et un dispositif de lutte contre la fraude de plus en plus étoffé.

irishtimes.com (01.09.2017) Proposed legislation would remove restrictions on using the card as proof of identity

developmentpathways.co.uk (10.09.2017) A craze sweeping the social protection world for Social Registries is systematically depriving some of the world’s poorest not only of social protection but also of access to vital services. So argues our latest publication, ‘Anti-Social Registries: How have they become so popular?

blogs.worldbank.org (23.08.2017) There is no denying that the country has suffered major losses due to climatic shocks as well as the civil war that had a huge impact on its social, economic and financial well-being.

euractiv.com (31.08.2017) There needs to be an EU-wide solution to precarious app economy jobs, said Estonian Labour and Health Minister Jevgeni Ossinovski.

Straits Times (02.09.2017) A $2 million government fund has been set up to pay for research into technologies that can help reduce the number of wic accidents were the top cause of workplace fatalities between 2013 and last year, claiming 82 lives. More than half, or 57 per cent, of the accidents happened in worksites while the rest occurred on public roads.

IRES (février 2017) Depuis les années 1990, les réformes du marché du travail n’ont pas cessé aux Pays-Bas, accentuant la flexibilité du marché du travail.