The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority presented its draft guidance on the privacy aspects of monitoring remote work, offering clarifications and recommendations for the conduct of organisations on this issue.
Last December, the European Parliament voted on measures to improve conditions for workers on digital labour platforms, particularly on their employment status and automated systems monitoring their work.
The text, adopted with 41 votes to 12, will constitute a negotiating mandate and be subject to trialogue negotiations in 2023.
In 2020, Microsoft launched in Switzerland the Skills for Switzerland learning platform, aiming to help job seekers, students, and the wider Swiss workforce gain the foundational, role-based, and technical skills needed nowadays.
On 30 November 2022, Microsoft and LinkedIn announced the next step in the Skills for Jobs programme, providing people free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials Certificates for six of the most in-demand jobs in the digital economy (Administrative Professional, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Systems Administrator, Software Developer or Data Analyst).
On 18 October 2022, the European Commission adopted its 2023 work programme, setting out targeted action to further steer the Union towards a sustainable recovery.
The Commission aims at supporting people and businesses by reducing energy prices, securing the supplies critical for our industrial competitiveness and food security, or reinforcing our social market economy.
In 2022, La Poste created a data and artificial intelligence (AI) division that combines the knowledge of 400 experts in data and AI and constitutes one of the five main players in the sector in France.
Considering the growing shortage of candidates trained in these professions, La Poste recently launched its Data and AI School, based on two values: ethics and inclusion.
On 5 May 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched a new global report that highlights the role played by collective bargaining (CB) during the pandemic.
In the first of a series of flagship reports on Social Dialogue, it presents the role of CB in the advancement of equality and inclusion.
African companies are working on the digitalization of their activities to meet the needs of the international markets, and this is increasing the use of self-employed workers.