Labour market

Labour market

  • Transnational worker
  • Young employment
  • Self-employed
  • Fragmentation
  • Formalization / Des-formalization

Uber tells tribunal self-employed drivers not ‘novel or unusual’

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

Regions / Country
united kingdom
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Document Type

América Latina: ¿Estamos preparados para los trabajos del futuro?

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El País (13.02.2017) Este cambio tiene más que ver con unos frenéticos avances tecnológicos que están provocando transformaciones profundas en la naturaleza del trabajo y que, al mismo tiempo, hacen tambalear a muchas ocupaciones actuales. De hecho, algunas estimaciones aventuran que cerca de la mitad de los empleos que hoy existen serán ocupados por máquinas y que esta sustitución podría ser aún más acentuada en América Latina.

Regions / Country
latin america
Topics
Employment
Employment policies
Employment of young workers
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Document Type

¿Los millennials ven a los robots como una amenaza para sus empleos o profesiones?

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Merca20 (26.09.2017) El tema de la presencia de los robots y bots en la industria reporta un crecimiento importante desde hace varios años, sectores como el automotriz, farmacéutico, manufacturero, el de seguridad, incluso los hemos visto en periodismo y publicidad. Esto ha hecho surgir la pregunta si en algún momento sustituiría a los humanos.

Topics
Employment of young workers
Technological transition
Old_Global Challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Document Type

Driven to despair — the hidden costs of the gig economy

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ft.com (22.09.2017) Signing up with the likes of Uber or Deliveroo offers flexibility, but the isolation and stress can take their toll

Topics
Employment
Employment of young workers
Occupational accidents and diseases
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Document Type

EU seeks more protection for Uber-style jobs

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Reuters (25.09.2017) The European Commission wants more social protection and rights for casual workers, such as those in the “gig economy”, and others with non-standard contracts to try to tackle growing social inequality.

Regions / Country
european union
Topics
Employment policies
Employment of young workers
Extension of coverage
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

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.

Regions / Country
Africa
Topics
Employment policies
Extension of coverage
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Digital revolution forces rethink of labour and welfare

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euractiv.com (15.09.2017) The transformation of jobs in the digital era will force governments to review their welfare systems and workers to constantly update their skills, senior European officials, experts and ministers agreed during a conference held in the Estonian capital Tallinn this week (13-14 September).

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market

[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?

Regions / Country
colombia
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Societal Impact
Document Type

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.

Regions / Country
switzerland
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Document Type

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