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14 December 2020

TUAC Response to the OECD Public Consultation on Tax Challenges of Digitalisation

TUAC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the OECD consultation on Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints. This publication follows the November 2019 consultation on a proposed unified approach to address the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy, and the December 2019 consultation ...

14 December 2020

20 Years of the National Contact Points

The TUAC welcomes the launch of the report as part of the OECD commemorating its  the 60th Anniversary,  “National Contact Points Providing Access to Remedy: 20 years later and the road ahead.”  Trade unions acknowledge the potential value in the NCP and take this opportunity to reflect on ...

11 December 2020

Towards a New Economic Policy Framework, Building on Labour Internationalism

Meeting in London in November 2018, the TUAC Working Group on Economic Policy (WGEP) discussed the changing nature of globalisation – “a runaway train breaking the post-war social contract”, pushing people towards an inward-looking agenda, populism and general anti-political sentiment. At the ...

09 December 2020

Urgent call for a public registry of company ownership (ENG & FR)

(Version française ci-dessous) The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) joins the ITUC and more than 20 global organisations calling for an urgent commitment to create a global standard for centralised, public beneficial ownership registers.  The Joint Appeal is submitted to the ...

09 December 2020

Urgent call for a public registry of company ownership (ENG & FR)

(Version française ci-dessous) The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) joins the ITUC and more than 20 global organisations calling for an urgent commitment to create a global standard for centralised, public beneficial ownership registers.  The Joint Appeal is submitted to the ...

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08 December 2020

Time for a reset of competition policy – but a serious one and with workers involved (EN & FR)

EN (FR CI-DESSOUS)   On 7 December 2020, TUAC presented to the OECD Global Forum on Competition its recommendations for a reset of competition policies. Competition authorities need to substantially change their current approach so as to fully embrace the sustainability agenda. Corporate power ...

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08 December 2020

Time for a reset of competition policy – but a serious one and with workers involved (EN & FR)

EN (FR CI-DESSOUS)   On 7 December 2020, TUAC presented to the OECD Global Forum on Competition its recommendations for a reset of competition policies. Competition authorities need to substantially change their current approach so as to fully embrace the sustainability agenda. Corporate power ...

08 December 2020

OECD Pensions Outlook 2020: Sustainability and Resilience in times of Crisis (ENG & FR)

(Version française ci-dessous) On Monday 7 December 2020, the OECD presented its 2020 Pensions Outlook. The new report comes in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. A crisis that has sent unprecedented shockwaves through labour markets and pension arrangements alike. The report encourages policy ...

08 December 2020

OECD Pensions Outlook 2020: Sustainability and Resilience in times of Crisis (ENG & FR)

(Version française ci-dessous) On Monday 7 December 2020, the OECD presented its 2020 Pensions Outlook. The new report comes in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. A crisis that has sent unprecedented shockwaves through labour markets and pension arrangements alike. The report encourages policy ...

06 December 2020

Pension rights and sustainability in times of crisis (ENG & FR)

(Version française ci-dessous) Certainty that you can retire after a long work-life and still maintain a decent income is pivotal for workers. The purpose of pension systems is to offer people this certainty and economic security in old age, once they can no longer earn their living themselves. ...

06 December 2020

Pension rights and sustainability in times of crisis (ENG & FR)

(Version française ci-dessous) Certainty that you can retire after a long work-life and still maintain a decent income is pivotal for workers. The purpose of pension systems is to offer people this certainty and economic security in old age, once they can no longer earn their living themselves. ...

02 December 2020

TUAC Reaction to the OECD Economic Outlook, December 2020

Executive Summary In its last edition for 2020 of the Economic Outlook, the OECD provides growth forecasts and policy recommendations for exiting, eventually, the COVID-19 crisis. Year 2020 will end with a global GDP fall of -4.2%. The global average masks important discrepancies among countries ...