OECD Employment Outlook 2019

The Future of Work

Bibliographic Data

ID9744630
AuthorsOECD OECD (corresponding author)
Year2019
Publication date2019-04-25
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOECD Employment Outlook 2019 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOECD Publishing (PUBLISHER • FR)
DOI10.1787/9ee00155-en
OpenAlexW2948843818
ISBN9789264334410
LanguageEN
Citations received87
References cited75

The OECD Employment Outlook provides an annual assessment of key labour market developments and prospects in OECD member countries.Each edition also contains several chapters focusing on specific aspects of how labour markets function and the implications for policy in order to promote more and better jobs.The 2019 edition is devoted to the future of work.The chapters cover: how technology, globalisation, population ageing, and other megatrends are transforming the labour market of OECD countries; new evidence on recent changes in job stability, underemployment and the share of well-paid jobs; and the implications of these developments for: labour market regulation; collective bargaining and social dialogue; lifelong learning policies; and social protection.The first chapter provides an overview of the main messages.OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK 2019 © OECD 2019 that firms that respect these regulations are not disadvantaged.Tackling power imbalances between employers/clients and workers also involves addressing abuses of employers' market power, e.g. by fighting labour market collusion by employers, limiting the scope of non-compete covenants and redressing inequalities in the information available to employers and workers. Collective bargaining can be a complementary and flexible tool to shape the future of workCollective bargaining can help workers and companies adapt to the opportunities and challenges of a changing world of work.As an instrument to reach flexible and consensual solutions, it can contribute to shape new rights, regulate the use of new technologies, or foster labour market security and adaptability.However, low levels of organisation among workers, in particular non-standard workers, pose a serious challenge to collective bargaining.This partly reflects legal obstacles for workers classified as selfemployed, for whom the right to bargain collectively may be seen as infringing competition law.In this context, some OECD countries have made tailored extensions of collective bargaining rights to some nonstandard workers.However, practical difficulties remain.Employers' organisations are being put to the test by the emergence of new forms of business.Established trade unions are developing strategies to reach non-standard workers, while new vehicles of workers' representation are also emerging. Strengthening adult learning is crucial to help workers successfully navigate a changing labour marketEffective adult learning can help prevent skills depreciation and facilitate transitions from declining jobs and sectors to those that are expanding.A major overhaul of adult learning programmes to increase their coverage and promote quality is essential to harness the benefits of the changing world of work.In all OECD countries, training participation is lowest among those who need training the most, including the low-skilled, older adults, job losers as well as non-standard workers.These groups face several barriers to training participation, such as poor training choices, and a lack of motivation, time, money or employer support.Policy options revolve around building a learning culture among firms and individuals, removing time and financial constraints to training participation, tackling unequal access to training based on employment status, encouraging firms to train groups at risk, and making training rights portable between jobs.Training also needs to be of good quality and aligned to labour market needs in order to be effective.This requires adequate and sustainable funding, shared by stakeholders in line with the benefits that are received, as well as governance arrangements that can help countries make different parts of adult learning systems work well together

Bargaining power · Business · Collective bargaining · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Globalization · Labour economics · Market economy · Social protection · Social security · Underemployment · Unemployment · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions

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