Find here the reports and analysis on the trends of ICT-enabled benefits for public services, including studies on eGovernment and eHealth provided by the European Commission. Moreover, you will find also external studies conducted at the request of the European Commission.

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.

.journaldunet (30.04.2018) La journée de solidarité est une journée de travail supplémentaire non rémunérée pour les salariés et une contribution financière pour les employeurs en faveur des personnes âgées ou handicapées. Initialement fixée au lundi de Pentecôte, la journée de solidarité peut désormais être déterminée par les entreprises elles-mêmes selon différentes modalités.

WHO/Europe  (May 2018) What are “public health services”? Countries across Europe understand what they are, or what they should include, differently. This study describes the experiences of nine countries, detailing the ways they have opted to organize and finance public health services and train and employ their public health workforce.

francetvinfo.fr (09.05.2018) Le gouvernement prévoit de rationaliser les prestations sociales, de modifier leur mode de calcul, de surveiller leur cumul, quitte à verser une allocation unique.

ILO (11.05.2018) Maternity Protection is a fundamental right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is defined in ILO international labour standards. Listen to why maternity protection is everyone’s business

ReliefWeb (02.95.2018) The report has been prepared as commissioned by the Government of Madagascar (Ministry of Population, Social protection and Women’s Promotion and the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management) in coordination with the members of the emergency cash group and with UNICEF’s funding and technical support. The results of this report have been presented and discussed with the Government and the members of the emergency cash group.

OpenGovAsia (19 april 2018) This is part of the Ministry of Health's new Licensing Experimentation and Adaptation Programme which seeks to enable new and innovative healthcare models and services to be developed and refined in a safe and controlled environment.

MILE (08.05.2018) The First Meeting of the BRICS Labour and Employment Working Group (LEWG) took place in Mbombela, Mpumalanga Province from 7th-10th May 2018. Hosted by the Department of Labour and facilitated by the Municipal Insitutute of Learning (MILE), the theme for the Working Group Session was “BRICS  in  Africa: Developing Countries for Inclusive  Growth  and Shared Prosperity  in  the  New  Industrial  Revolution.

OECD  (March 2018) Key facts about the risk of job automation in OECD countries

oecd.org (May 2018) Non-standard work is not a marginal phenomenon: one in six workers is self-employed across the OECD on average, and a further one in eight is on a temporary contract. The number of online platform workers, while still small overall, is growing rapidly.

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 Autrich

The National (15.05.2018() Safety and wellness should be at the top of the list of every executive and head of human resources when it comes to talent attraction, care and retention.

McKinsey & Company (April 2018) An analysis of more than 400 use cases across 19 industries and nine business functions highlights the broad use and significant economic potential of advanced AI techniques.

La DH (15.05.2018) Le transfert effectif des matières comme l'aide aux personnes âgées et aux personnes atteintes d'un handicap, les maisons de repos et de soins, les soins de première ligne, les allocations familiales, etc. au nouvel Organisme bruxellois d'Intérêt Public (OIP) Iriscare, est lancé.