session 5: policy responses to new forms of work...session 5: policy responses to new forms of work...
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Session 5: Policy Responses to New Forms of Work
Stefano Scarpetta
OECD Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
September 2, 2019
Meeting of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers, Matsuyama, 1-2 September 2019
New Forms of Work
1 in 9 workers is on a temporary contract
Platform work’s recent growth seems to have slowed
Informality is high in emerging economies
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May 2016
Feb 2019
Dependent Employment
Self-Employment
Total
47%
86%
55%
Number of new vacancies posted on the five largest English-language online platforms
Note: OECD/G20 and Russia, 2017
Incidence by type of employment, average of select emerging G20 economies
Challenges
Classification
10-30% of workers in the US are misclassified
Over 1 in 5 self-employed workers in the UK had one dominant client in 2017
Regulation
10-30%
Challenges
Social Protection
Of ten G20 countries, only one gives the same access to unemployment benefits to self-employed and dependent employees
Training
Non-standard workers are less likely to have access to training
Same Access
Voluntary/Partial Access
No Access
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Own-account self-employed
21 ppt gap
Full-time permanent
(%)
Note: PIAAC participating countries
Policy Responses
OECD Survey on Policy Responses to New Forms of Work: G20 countries involved
http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/future-of-work/fow-non-standard-work.htm
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