1. How do Private Employment Services contribute to productive and inclusive labour markets across the world?
Jochem de Boer
Event Name
Global Public Affairs Manager
22 July 2019
@WECglobal

2. The topics of the social footprint
In which fields do Private Employment Services provide solutions?
Employment & Participation
Skills & Learning
Social Protection
Fair Recruitment & Compliance
Active Labour Market Policies

3. Social Footprint: Employment & Participation
“develop supportive living conditions to facilitate acces to labour market”
Netherlands:
New securities for mortgages for Agency-workers based on big-data skills anticipation
Argentina:
Daycare for working mothers to improve access to work and fight child labour
USA, UK, Norway:
Supporting army veterans access non-military careers
Japan:
Supporting new parents by creating part-time, remote and task-based work
Poland:
Supporting disabled access the labour market

4. Social Foorprint: Skills & Learning
“Provide life-long skills development and support”
Belgium:
Introducing the young to the importance of Soft Skills
Global:
Promoting & providing Apprenticeship opportunities
USA:
Skilling up the rust-belt
Belgium; France, Netherlands; Italy; Switzerland
Bipartite training funds with diverse ways to get (financial) training support & certification

5. Social Footprint: Social Protection
“Implement safety nets suited for diverse forms of work”
France:
Creating new social protection rights for agency-workers
Spain:
Promoting Occupational Health & Safety
Global, EU, National:
Social Dialogue to improve the labour conditions of workers
Switzerland; France; Netherlands:
Pensions for agency-workers

6. Fair Recruitment & Compliance
Fighting informality, rogue providers & undeclared work
GLOBAL LEVEL
NATIONAL LEVEL
(on top of national regulation & licensing)
Periodic private audits
UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, China, South Africa
Private enforcement by Social Partners
Netherlands & France
Arbitration & Remedy mechanisms
South Africa, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands,
Staff Compliance Training
Japan, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, UK, South Africa
World Employment Confederation
Code of Conduct

7. Active Labour Market Policies
Partnership between Public & Private Employment Services
The Philippinnes: DOLE/PALSCON
Argentina: Randstad/CeDEL/ City of Buenos Aires
Italy: Regional Public Employment Service & PrES
Australia: Public tender for Employment services
Netherlands: public-private foundation of PPP

8. The Variables for Success!
Smart Regulation
Portability of Rights
Social Dialogue
Employability & Skills
Public-Private Partnership

9. More examples WWW.SOCIALINNOVATIONSTORIES.ORG
Leading in a Changing World of Work

10. Thank you Jochem de Boer Jochem.deboer@wecglobal.org @WECglobal