On 15 September 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection amended the rules governing the city's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA), which requires employers to provide safe and sick leave to eligible employees working in New York City in an amount depending on employer size.
The new rules provide essential clarifications and guidelines to comply with the Act, including how to determine the employer's size and count remote workers in light of increasing digitisation.
A new reportpublished by the ILO in August 2023 presents a global analysis of tasks and occupations implications to generative Artificial Intelligence.
According to the study, technology is likely to automate some tasks within an occupation while leaving time for other duties, as opposed to fully automating occupations.
This study disregards the widespread concern that such technology could lead to job displacement. Lost jobs and industries are only partially exposed to automation and will be augmented and not replaced by generative AI.
The Canadian government announced the launch of the new Recognised Employer Pilot (REP) programme in September 2023 to ease administrative burdens for Canadian companies to hire foreign workers for specific roles.
It will provide employers with simpler and more predictable access to labour and more flexibility for the labour market.
On 11 July 2023, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released the Employment Outlook 2023, which shows the latest labour market developments in OECD countries.
It focuses on wage developments and the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the labour market (an OECD first-ever study in this area).
Assuming an imminent technological revolution that could radically change the workplace, the report states that there are no signs of slowing labour demand, in the short-term, but possible changes in job quality and tasks.
EU Member States have drawn up a new framework agreement to regulate cross-border teleworkers' social security position.
This agreement clarifies which conditions workers working in another Member State other than the one in which their employer’s premises can still be covered under the employer’s country social security system.
It enters into force from 1 July 2023, for a period of 5 years and shall be automatically extended each time for another 5 years.
To date, the Member States that have either signed the agreement, or have indicated they will sign, are Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Slovakia, Ireland, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, Malta, Portugal, and Poland.
It provides employers with information on assessing the potential adverse impact of artificial intelligence-based selection procedures on protected groups.
On 12 April 2023, Eurofound published a new research paper on the impact of climate change and policies to manage the transition to a carbon-neutral economy on employment, working conditions, social dialogue, and living conditions.
It also identifies the opportunities and risks climate change policies bring to European labour markets.