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Using GDPR to improve legal clarity and working conditions on digital labour platforms: Can a code of conduct as provided for by Article 40 of the General Data Protection Regulatio...
Silberman, Michael; Johnston, Hannah - 2020
This paper examines how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be used to address procedural problems faced by platform workers, including opaque rating systems, arbitrary account suspension and nonpayment, and uncommunicative clients and platform operators. GDPR provides workers with...
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Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany
Calmfors, Lars - In: CESifo Forum 05 (2004) 2, pp. 35-42
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IW-Arbeitsmarktmonitoring April 2020
Klös, Hans-Peter; Schäfer, Holger - 2020
Erwartungsgemäß reagieren die Unternehmen auf den plötzlichen Rückgang ihrer Arbeitskräftenachfrage im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie mit einer abgestuften Maßnahmenkette. Stark rückläufig sind die Einstellungen, sodass Arbeitsuchende derzeit nur schwer einen Zugang in den Arbeitsmarkt finden....
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Job retention schemes in Europe: A lifeline during the Covid-19 pandemic
Drahokoupil, Jan; Müller, Torsten - 2021
2020. The remaining sections discuss in detail such key properties as: eligibility criteria, the level of support for …
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Counting gigs: How can we measure the scale of online platform work?
Piasna, Agnieszka - 2020
The potential transformation of labour markets by the emergence of online labour platforms has triggered an intense academic, media and policy debate, but its true scale remains speculation. Nevertheless, adequate policy responses hinge on a good understanding of dynamics - something that will...
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Mental health and working conditions in European countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
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Concepts and Measurement of Labour Market Institutions
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 4, pp. 40-55
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Betriebs- und Personalratsarbeit in Zeiten der COVID-Pandemie
Behrens, Martin; Brehmer, Wolfram - 2022
Die COVID-Pandemie veränderte nicht nur die Arbeitsbedingungen der Beschäftigten, sondern auch die Arbeitsweisen der … Arbeitsbedingungen unter Distanzgebot und im Homeoffice anpassen musste. Gezeigt wird, in welchem Umfang Betriebs- und …
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Creative labour in the era of Covid‑19: The case of freelancers
Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Muszyński, Karol; … - 2021
This working paper identifies some key areas of policy intervention for advancing socially sustainable and fair solutions for freelancers working in the creative industries, who are among those have suffered the most from the economic fallout of the Covid‑19 pandemic. In particular, we focus...
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Inflation Targeting Is a Success, So Far: 100 Years of Evidence from Swedish Wage Contracts
Fregert, Klas; Jonung, Lars - 2008
Inflation targeting was adopted by several countries, including Sweden, in the 1990s. We evaluate the Swedish inflation … compared to previous regimes adopted in Sweden during the 20th century. Our approach to evaluate inflation targeting is … century of observations, inflation targeting in Sweden is a success – at least so far. …
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