Podcast: Obstacles and opportunities to expand social security for workers in the informal economy in China
This pod cast presents the findings of a research brief about the institutional constraints for social protection for workers in the informal economy in China
This pod cast is the second of the series promoted by the project Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection. It presents and discusses obstacles and opportunities to expand social security for workers in the informal economy in China, the EU and the ILO approach to formalisation.
Luísa Guimarães, Vice president of the European Platform tackling undeclared work and Inspector General at the Authority for Working Conditions (AWC) in Portugal reviews the experience of the European Union in tackling undeclared work.
Philippe Marcadent, Chief Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch (INWORK), International Labour Office, Geneva discusses the approach of ILO, embedded in ILO R204 - Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204).
While the coverage of urban employee social insurance has widened significantly in recent years in China, that for informal economy workers still lags behind compared to workers in the formal economy. The decentralisation of social insurance administration in China creates opportunities for service innovation and adaptation to local circumstances, but creates some practical barriers to further expand social insurance. The European Union Platform to tackle undeclared work has implemented in 2020 a campaign to improve the compliance of employers and workers to social security regulations through stricter enforcement, incentives and persuasion measures.
In this pod case, Dr Jiwei QIAN Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and Dr Zhuoyi WEN Research Assistant Professor at the Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China present the findings of a research brief about the institutional constraints for social protection for workers in the informal economy in China.
In this pod case, Dr Jiwei QIAN Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and Dr Zhuoyi WEN Research Assistant Professor at the Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China present the findings of a research brief about the institutional constraints for social protection for workers in the informal economy in China.
Luísa Guimarães, Vice president of the European Platform tackling undeclared work and Inspector General at the Authority for Working Conditions (AWC) in Portugal reviews the experience of the European Union in tackling undeclared work.
Philippe Marcadent, Chief Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch (INWORK), International Labour Office, Geneva discusses the approach of ILO, embedded in ILO R204 - Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204).