Publications on digital labour platforms
2021
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Employment Working Group
Digital platforms and the world of work in G20 countries: Status and Policy Action
25 November 2021
Innovations in digital technologies and the ability to quickly and cheaply exchange large amounts of data and information between individuals, businesses and devices have laid the foundation for the rise of the digital economy. These transformations extend to the world of work, in particular through the fast growth of digital labour platforms. This report was prepared for the Employment Working Group under Italian G20 Presidency (2021)
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Policy Brief - Digitalisation of TVET and skills development: Leveraging technology to support lifelong learning
25 November 2021
This policy brief concentrates on the digital transformation of skills systems and how technologies affect them. It is focused on how skills systems themselves become digitised, not how they respond to the demand for skills arising from digitalisation in the labour market.
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Digitalization of national TVET and skills systems: Harnessing technology to support LLL: An enquiry and action framework
04 November 2021
This report describes and updates the picture of digital vocational education and training, providing an overview of the issues surrounding digitalisation across the key functional areas of skills systems.
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ILO Working paper 38
Freelance platform work in the Russian Federation: 2009–2019
26 July 2021
This paper traces the development of freelance platform work in the Russian Federation based on unique data from four online surveys conducted over the period 2009 and 2019 via the leading platform for creative and knowledge-based work and analyses the working conditions and well-being of the workers.
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Digital platforms and the world of work in G20 countries: Status and Policy Action
15 July 2021
Innovations in digital technologies and the ability to quickly and cheaply exchange large amounts of data and information between individuals, businesses and devices have laid the foundation for the rise of the digital economy. These transformations extend to the world of work, in particular through the fast growth of digital labour platforms. This report was prepared for the Employment Working Group under Italian G20 Presidency (2021)
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Training Policy Brief
How to improve working conditions for gig workers in Thailand?
23 June 2021
While Thai platform workers enjoy flexibility and independence, they are deprived of security at work resulting from unclear employment status. Given insufficient benefits generated from platforms, gig workers can only be protected under social security schemes for informal workers which provide less coverage compared to formal employees. Those workers are also experiencing income security issues and lack bargaining power that leads to unfair job benefits. This policy brief suggests that the Thai government should consider including gig workers in formal employment to be eligible for benefits and social protection. Alternatively, the government should promote existing security schemes for gig workers and regulate platforms to provide the minimum standard of working conditions. Furthermore, collective bargaining should be encouraged to enable more negotiation between platforms and platform workers.
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Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (Number 24): Decent work for platform workers in Latin America
14 June 2021
This edition of the Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean report, jointly prepared twice-yearly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) analyses the labour market trends in Latin America and the Caribbean amid the COVID-19 health crisis.
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Digitally empowering young people in refugee and host communities What is possible? - A mapping study in Kenya
02 June 2021
The mapping study conducted by the ILO aims to inform practitioners in the field, including the programme staff and development partners, in the design and implementation of activities. The study seeks to identify good practices, capture lessons learned, and take note of potential areas of innovation by employers, training and young people themselves with a view to enhancing decent work in the digital economy in Kenya.
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ILO Working paper 32
Digital Work in Eastern Europe: Overview of Trends, Outcomes, and Policy Responses
25 May 2021
This paper presents the emergence and growth of digital labour markets in Eastern Europe over the period 1999-2019. It presents the profiles of digital workers, their working conditions and discusses how these are shaped by the business models of digital labour platforms.
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Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy [Full report]
29 April 2021
The digitization of the world of work is fundamentally transforming how refugees can make a livelihood and obtain employment. A rapidly expanding global digital economy harbours countless new opportunities but it also poses a range of challenges and risks. A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) now explores the growing role of digital economies for refugees, including case studies from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.