27 November 2019
Securing pensions for all: upholding the right to decent, adequate and secure pensions / Garantir une retraite pour tous: le droit à une retraite décente,
As governments gathered in Paris to discuss challenges and opportunities related to ageing societies at the 2019 OECD Global Strategy Group meeting, the OECD presented its 2019 Pensions at a Glance report.[i] The new OECD report presents an important wake-up call for governments urging them to ...
18 November 2019
Collective bargaining put under the OECD’s magnifying glass – Release of the OECD report “Negotiating our way up”
Executive summary Collective bargaining and the very existence of trade unions have not always been seen favourably in OECD reports in the past. This is changing. In recent years, a more positive stance can be seen in the revised Jobs Strategy, and the 2018 & 2019 Employment Outlooks. Now, the ...
12 November 2019
OECD reform of international corporate taxation: TUAC calls for better concepts/ Réforme de l’OCDE sur l’imposition des multinationales: le TUAC
(FR CI-DESSOUS) On 12 November 2019, TUAC responded to an OECD public consultation on the reform of international tax rules. The TUAC response underlines the need to revisit more deeply the current system in order to leave more space for unitary taxation. Better and clearer concepts are ...
07 November 2019
Investment Week 2019 Recap: A Fearless Inventory of FDI/ Récapitulatif de la semaine de l’investissement 2019 :un inventaire audacieux des IDE
(FR CI-DESSOUS) EN OECD and TUAC took the first steps toward investing in responsible business conduct, yet political will remains a challenge. OECD presented findings contained in its first report on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) qualities indicators during 2019 “investment week” which took ...
29 October 2019
Just Transitions for regional, green & digital economic revivals
The world is struggling to transition to a zero-carbon economy and fears of automation and sector restructuring grow. At the same time, regional economic and social disparities remain high with income and job opportunities increasingly concentrated in large cities and certain regions. The green and ...
29 October 2019
Just Transitions for regional, green & digital economic revivals
The world is struggling to transition to a zero-carbon economy and fears of automation and sector restructuring grow. At the same time, regional economic and social disparities remain high with income and job opportunities increasingly concentrated in large cities and certain regions. The green and ...
09 October 2019
OECD proposal to reform tax rules in the context of digitalisation – heading in the right direction, but not ambitious enough/ Proposition OCDE sur la
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) On 9 October 2019, the OECD Secretariat published a “unified approach” to reform international tax rules to address the tax challenges of digitalisation. The OECD Secretariat proposal was discussed behind closed doors by OECD Member States participating in the OECD Task ...
08 October 2019
TUAC Statement on the 87th OECD Steel Committee: Workers Caught in Trade Crossfire/ Acier et commerce international: les travailleurs pris entre 2 feux
EN (FR BELOW) No solution for excess steel capacity in sight, escalating trade conflicts put steelworkers’ and broader manufacturing jobs at risk. Overcapacity was the main point of agreement in an otherwise contentious meeting of the OECD Steel Committee, which brought together government, ...
04 October 2019
Health for everyone? New OECD report on social inequalities in health and health systems/ Santé? Nouveau rapport de l’OCDE sur les inégalités en
EN (FR BELOW) A new OECD report confirms fears of significant inequalities in health and health care. The OECD report “Health for Everyone?” shows that people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds frequently are in worse health, have higher exposure to risk factors and struggle more to ...
03 October 2019
TRUST IN BUSINESS – FOSTERING CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRES AMBITION/ CONFIANCE DANS LES ENTREPRISES – PLUS D’AMBITION POUR LA RESPONSABILITÉ
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) On 1-2 October, the OECD launched a new « trust in business » initiative. The objective is to strengthen connections between companies and OECD policy communities working on corporate governance, responsible business conduct and anticorruption. At the inaugural forum, the ...
30 September 2019
Internship with the TUAC
Internship The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members. It is an international trade union with consultative status at the OECD. TUAC co-ordinates and ...
23 September 2019
Climate action through a well-being lens – another way to say Just Transition?
Whilst millions of students and workers gathered on 20 September in demonstrations across the world in an unprecedented call for climate action, the OECD launched a new report, “Accelerating Climate Action – Refocussing Policies through a well-being lens”. The OECD report[1] applies a new ...
