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.
The recently published Eurofund report analyses how social partners are increasingly adopting technological solutions to improve the services that they provide to their members and facilitate collective bargaining processes.
It shows that the way social partners use digital technologies varies greatly across the EU Member States, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK).
Law No. 21,327 (Labour Directorate Modernization Act), published in the Official Gazette on 30 April 2021, came into force on 1 October 2021.
It aims to modernise the Labour Department, also through the incorporation of new technologies and the digitalisation of procedures.
On 28 October 2021, the law was published in the Official Gazette the Supreme Decree No. 37 of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, which approves the Regulation of Law No. 21,327.
The Randstad Workmonitor is a global survey launched in 2003. Published twice a year, it covers now 34 markets around the world and highlights local and global trends in the job market.
The latest research shows that workers around the world are finding themselves part of the 'Great Enlightenment' as they have gained more clarity about their work and personal lives.
It imposes specific cybersecurity requirements to large European-based companies, relating to incident response, supply chain security, encryption and vulnerability disclosure obligations, aiming to establish better cooperation and information sharing between EU Member States, and create a common European vulnerability database.
The research report has been produced in the context of a project entitled ‘The definition of worker in the platform economy’ (CES/FSA/09/2020) commissioned by the workers’ group of the European Economic and Social Committee.
The final report aims to contribute to the debate on platform workers’ risk and regulatory solutions.