HRM and skills development - March 2019

Money and time for sustainable employability in NL
Over the past five years, the number of employees in the Netherlands who have their own budget from the employer for their own sustainable employability has grown from 1 million to 2.3 million (approximately one third of the total workforce in the Netherlands). This is the conclusion of research by employers' association AWVN (in Dutch) into financial agreements on sustainable employability in collective agreements. The average annual budget available to the employees concerned grew from €669 to €706 between 2013 and 2018; a total of €1.6 billion per year. In addition to money, many schemes also make time available to workers. More information can be found in the report (in Dutch, 1.45 MB).
Joint research by Tilburg University (in Dutch) and House of Skills over the period 2014-2017 shows that adequate training and education make the transition to a new job (with the same employer or at another organisation) easier. The report (in Dutch, 4.7 MB) gives more details.

Disruption in the making: how (long) will employment stay?
One third of employees worldwide fear that technologies such as AI and automation will make their jobs redundant. They are not alone in this. Almost three quarters (73%) of executives expect the labour market to change significantly in the next three years as a result of increasing automation. A sharp increase compared to last year, when 26% made this forecast. This is evident from the recent Global Talent Trends report by Mercer. You can download the report after filling in your details.

NL: More industrial accidents every year
Employees in the Netherlands are increasingly involved in serious accidents at work. Data from the Inspectorate of Social Affairs and Employment (in Dutch) show that the number of reports of an occupational accident rose by 4% from 4212 in 2017 to 4368 in 2018. Last year, 70 industrial accidents caused 71 fatalities, an increase compared to the 54 fatalities in 2017. Most of these fatalities occurred in the construction, transport and storage, trade and industry sectors. Inspector General Marc Kuipers calls on companies to step up their efforts on safe work equipment, safety procedures and a culture of working healthily and safely. According to him, companies should be more aware that safety at work stands or falls with the culture in the company.

Which skills does Europe need in 2030?
Cedefop has launched a series of country reports summarising the key findings of the 2018 skills forecast, which presents future trends on jobs and skills across EU Member States. The forecast’s new round covers the period up to 2030.
The country reports are companions to the main report (1.52 MB) which discusses the main trends at EU level and poses a series of challenges on the future of work coming out from megatrends, such as the falling participation rates, the orientation towards the service sector, the further job polarisation, the increasing over-education and more.

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