New social security models in the face of new forms of employment and technological changes

Abstract

New forms of work, technological changes, demographic and epidemiological conditions, poverty and inequality pose challenges and require that social security keep pace with the changes, diversifying and adapting to benefit the entire population. In this context, international solutions that focus on new forms of supplementing or strengthening social security systems have emerged as a reaction to current and future employment transformations. These consider technology as a social product to be controlled through the social agenda to achieve a fair transition based on solidarity and principles of social justice, social inclusion and human well-being. Thus, in considering a package of minimum benefits for all persons, the social protection floor clearly sets out the role of government and the private sector in the provision, funding and regulation of the system. Meanwhile, the Universal Basic Income responds to the uncertainty over the number of available jobs in an increasingly digital economy with the goal of democratizing wealth, promoting social inclusion and empowering people with fewer resources. Under a social dimension approach, both solutions aim to reconcile the process of adaptation in a changing world, address the commodification of work and the protection of those who are not part of a work relationship, and encompass the different stages of people's life cycle.