This short paper provides interesting examples on how social partners have been able to include the informal sector during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
G20 Ministries of Labour and Employment provided unconditional support to prioritising decent jobs for all and a robust and adaptive social protection system.
The B20 released its recommendations on the Future of Work and Education.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, addressed the business community during the IOE Centenary Summit.
The meeting focused on the role of social partners within the multilateral system, the importance of social dialogue and the private sector led economic growth recovery from the pandemic
The OECD Employment Protection Legislation is a publication to be commended.
Chapter 3 elaborates on how job protection matters for labour market and economic outcomes with a recently updated methodology and indicators.
One key outcome: open-ended contracts have loosened, while fixed term contracts have been evenly loosened and restricted across OECD member countries.
Chapter 3 outcomes are key for employers’ organisations and companies when advocating for policies in support of innovation, agility of the labour market, and productivity.
Employers’ representatives presented 10 key messages articulating the private sector needs and perspectives for a fast, sustainable and inclusive recovery.
Private sector led economic growth, a conducive environment for businesses development and resilience; tackling informality with innovative approaches; investment in skills and the role of the private sector within the multilateral system were highlighted as particularly relevant.
Workers’ representatives expressed their 4 priorities, mainly focusing on extended health and safety and social protection.
Governments stressed on the value of the Centenary Declaration as the framework for the recovery.
The OECD Employment Outlook 2020 focuses on Worker security and Covid-19 crisis.
Chapter 1 provides valuable insights and data on the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market and the policy responses in OECD countries.
The following chapters furnish information on the access to unemployment benefits, a comparative review of employment protection legislation (EPL) across OECD countries, the situation of middle-skilled workers, and the consequences of the pandemic on vocational education and training graduates.
European social partners demonstrated how to provide practical solutions to deal with the challenges related to the digital transformation in the world of work and to optimise the benefits for enterprises and workers.
They presented a dynamic circular process as well as solutions for different issues linked to digitalisation.
ILO Constituents will virtually meet to discuss the challenges and responses of countries still in the midst of the pandemic, as well as those that have started the recovery phase.
WEC presented its three areas of priorities to recovery, namely developing the conditions for going back to work, facilitating activation and transition of agency workers, and allowing the access to social protection.
CEOs from three global HR services companies join forces in an Alliance to pool health and safety guidelines, processes and protocols across sectors and countries that help prepare for the “new normal” in the world of work.
The initiative is a global call for companies, employers’ organisations, workers, trade unions and institutions and governments to join the Alliance.
WEC-Europe and Uni-Europe published joint recommendations for the temporary agency work industry to mitigate the impact of the crisis and prepare for the recovery.
This joint effort is addressed to employment agencies and their user undertakings, as well as governments and policymakers.
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