Approaches to social protection for informal workers: Aligning productivist and human rights‐based approaches

Alfers, Laura; Lund, Francie; Moussié, Rachel

doi:10.1111/issr.12153

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“…Strengthening private insurance and savings arrangements will probably increase poverty and exacerbate inequality, including gender gaps, due to their limited potential for risk pooling and redistribution compared with social insurance mechanisms (Alfers et al, 2017;ILO, 2016aILO, , 2018b. Individual savings arrangements can only act as a voluntary option to complement stable, equitable and adequate mandatory social insurance benefits (Global Commission for the Future of Work, 2019).…”

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Ensuring universal social protection for the future of work

Behrendt

Nguyen

2019

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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The debate about the future of work has sparked a debate about how to ensure that social protection systems can provide full and effective coverage for workers in all forms of employment, including 'new' ones. While some emerging work and employment arrangements may provide greater flexibility for workers and employers, they may lead to significant gaps in social protection coverage, at a time when demands on social protection systems are increasing. It is therefore necessary to strengthen and adapt social protection systems for a changing world of work. More than ever, they have a key role in preventing poverty, reducing inequality, enhancing income security and enabling workers and their families better to navigate work and life transitions. Comprehensive approaches, including contributory and non-contributory social protection mechanisms, with equitable and sustainable financing mechanisms available through taxes or contributions, stand the best chance of offering adequate social protection to all.

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Ensuring universal social protection for the future of work

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Nguyen

2019

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“…1) a centrally managed and tax-financed national health care system, 2) development of social health insurance schemes, and 3) promotion of private health insurance (7). These strategies mostly target the sector of the population in the civil service or formal economy (8). In low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), attaining UHC is complicated by the large and continuously rising share of the population employed in the informal sector (2).…”

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Factors that affect social health insurance enrollment and retention of the informal sector in the Philippines: a qualitative study

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Reyes²,

Ting³

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Background. The primary goal of providing social protection to informal sector workers is to guarantee a minimum level of income and dignity that allows for better protection against income shocks and other vulnerabilities. With the passage of the Universal Health Care Act in the Philippines, the determination of factors affecting enrollment and retention into social health insurance among informal sector workers in the Philippines is crucial to design appropriate policies and programs fit to their needs. Methods. This study aimed to identify factors that affect social health insurance enrollment and retention of the informal sector in the Philippines through qualitative research methods of face-to-face, semi-structured focus group discussion and key informant interviews. Results. The analysis identified five broad themes that affect informal sector enrollment and retention in social health insurance: 1) overlaps in categorization, 2) insufficient or inappropriate social health insurance initiatives for the informal sector, 3) awareness and understanding of social health insurance, 4) supply side factors, and 5) convenience and amount of premium payment. Conclusion. Informal workers are individuals who are not covered by protective labor laws and tend to not belong or contribute to a national health insurance scheme. In the case of the Philippines, the diversity of informal work and dynamic nature of the sector works against an ideal one-size-fits-all solution to increasing informal sector enrollment and retention to social health insurance.

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“…In contrast, proposals that weaken social insurance in favour of private insurance and individual savings arrangements, with their limited potential for risk pooling and redistribution, will likely increase poverty, especially for vulnerable low‐income earners and those with non‐linear work careers, and exacerbate inequality, including gender gaps, and thus can only be voluntary mechanisms to complement stable, equitable and mandatory social insurance benefits (Alfers et al, ; Global Commission for the Future of Work, ; ILO, , ). Moreover, it should be noted that every contributory form of social protection, including private insurance and savings mechanisms, is inevitably linked to an individual’s ability to work and earn a certain level of regular income (ILO, ).…”

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Social protection systems and the future of work: Ensuring social security for digital platform workers

Behrendt

Nguyen

Rani

2019

Int Social Security Review

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Digitalization is transforming societies and economies worldwide at an unprecedented scale and pace. In the wake of automation and digitalization, new forms of employment have been emerging in various occupations and sectors, such as the digital platform economy. The emergence of new forms of employment, such as work on digital platforms, requires that existing social protection systems adapt to the specific situation and needs of such workers, as to realize the human right to social security for all. Current social protection coverage for workers on digital crowdwork platforms reveals significant gaps in social security coverage. Where such coverage exists, it is often provided through the workers’ previous or additional jobs, or indirectly through their spouses or other family members. This raises questions about digital platforms free riding on the traditional economy with regard to the financing of social security. How can social protection systems adapt to changing forms of work to ensure full and effective coverage for workers in all forms of employment, including those in “new” forms of employment? How can workers in all types of employment, including those on digital platforms, be protected in an adequate and comprehensive way, combining contributory and non‐contributory mechanisms and based on equitable and sustainable financing mechanisms, so as to ensure adequate social protection to all?

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Approaches to social protection for informal workers: Aligning productivist and human rights‐based approaches

Cited by 21 publications

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Ensuring universal social protection for the future of work

Ensuring universal social protection for the future of work

Factors that affect social health insurance enrollment and retention of the informal sector in the Philippines: a qualitative study

Social protection systems and the future of work: Ensuring social security for digital platform workers

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