The Government is being urged to close loopholes around the treatment of self-employed workers following intense scrutiny of gig-economy companies such as Deliveroo and Uber. A joint draft bill from the Work and Pensions and Business Committees has argued that there should be a new “worker by default” status, which requires companies to provide basic standards and benefits.

The New Times (07.11.2017) Currently, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are guiding the long-term development strategy of developed and developing countries. Goal 8 of SDGs aims at promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

euractiv.com (24.10.2017) After lengthy negotiations, EU member states found a compromise on Monday (23 October) on the reform of posted workers, one of the pivotal issues for the EU reform pushed by Emmanuel Macron. 

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.

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.

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.

 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.

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.

ilo.org (21.08.2017) This event launched the Global Commission on the Future of Work, a body of 20 experts who will come together to tackle the fundamental question of how a rapidly transforming world of work should be organized so that it responds to the values of social justice. During the event, the names of the Commission members  were announced by the Commission's co-chairpeople: President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven

INCLUDE Platform (22.05.2017) Summary of the synthesis report ‘Boosting youth employment in Africa: what works and why?’