El Consejo Consultivo del Trabajo (LAB, por sus siglas en inglés) de Hong Kong ha aceptado flexibilizar el requisito «418», utilizando las horas de trabajo agregadas de cuatro semanas con un umbral de 68 horas.
Esta revisión es parte de las iniciativas de apoyo al trabajo del Discurso Político de 2023 del Jefe Ejecutivo.
El 21 de febrero de 2024, México introdujo nuevas disposiciones para el proceso de registro y renovación de personas físicas y jurídicas que presten servicios especializados o ejecuten obras especializadas.
Las últimas enmiendas a la Ley Federal del Trabajo de México, concretamente el artículo 15, están diseñadas para intensificar la supervisión de los servicios y las obras especializados en el país.
On 16 December 2021, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU announced that they had reached a provisional agreement on the revised texts of the European social security coordination regulations.
The agreement facilitates labour mobility within the EU and, at the same time, safeguards workers’ social rights in cross-border situations.
Flexicurity is an integrated strategy for enhancing, at the same time, flexibility and security in the labour market. It attempts to reconcile employers' need for a flexible workforce with workers' need for security.
The “Hilfr agreement”, signed by the cleaning platform Hilfr and the United Federation of Danish Workers, is one of the first examples for collective bargaining and of attempt in flexicurity terms in the platform economy.
On 20 September 2021, the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Indian Supreme Court seeking to classify gig workers as ‘wage workers’ with better social security and employment benefits.
The petition demands that gig workers be declared as unorganised workers and be entitled to social security benefits under the Unorganised Workers Act 2008, that provides social security and welfare to unorganized workers with no employment contracts.
Decree 493/21, published in the Official Gazette on 6 August 2021, provides for a benefit of reduction of an employer's social security contributions for the case of new hiring of personnel who participate, or have participated, in Educational, Vocational Training or Labour Intermediation Programs of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.
The decree became effective on 1 September 2021, applying to labour relationships that begin during the following 12 months.
The 2021 ILC will first discuss topics such as the impact of Covid-19 on the world of work and the ILO’s response, social protection and the application of international Labour Standards.
A second part of the Conference to be held in November 2021 will discuss the topics of inequalities and skills.