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Subject: Health, Employment, Migration and Social Affairs - June 2023

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What's new

  *   Indicators of immigrant integration 2023
  *   Beyond Applause? Improving working conditions in long-term care
  *   Reporting gender pay gaps in OECD countries
  *   Integration challenges of Ukrainian refugee women
  *   Fighting homophobia and transphobia in schools
  *   OECD Skills Strategy Bulgaria
  *   The demand for language skills in the European labour market


Indicators of immigrant integration 2023
Settling in


Indicators of Immigrant Integration: Settling In presents a comprehensive international comparison of the integration outcomes for immigrants and their children in OECD, EU and selected other countries, across 83 indicators covering key dimensions, including employment and skills, living conditions and social integration.

As the integration of migrants has gained centre stage in many countries, monitoring the progress made and identifying the challenges that lie ahead is key. This new report shows that the overall integration of immigrants and their children has improved over the past decade, in the labour market and education in particular. But challenges remain: immigrants still have lower labour market outcomes than the native-born, their living and housing conditions remain an area of concern and perceived discrimination has increased.

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Read more<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9o9N8rmkyxdHZ0v3YOUTOpB4>

Beyond Applause? Improving working conditions in long-term care


In the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the applause for care workers was a clear expression of the strong recognition of their hard work and exposure to risks in their job.

To go Beyond Applause, a comprehensive policy strategy is needed to tackle poor working conditions and insufficient social recognition of long-term care work, attract workers in the sector and avoid labour shortages reaching unacceptable levels.

[Infographic showing low pay reduces attractiveness of working in long-term care]
See new analysis<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9oav1ea4BlIlLcBzg8LSzaAD>

Reporting gender pay gaps in OECD countries
Guidance for pay transparency implementation, monitoring and reform


Across OECD countries, on average, the gender pay gap stands at 12.0% - meaning that the median full-time working woman earns 88 cents to every euro or dollar earned by her male counterpart. But you can only fix what you can see. 55% of OECD national governments therefore now require private sector firms to report gender pay gap statistics, giving workers critical information to fight for fair pay. This report presents a thorough stocktaking of pay reporting rules across countries and offers guidance on their implementation, monitoring and reform.

[Chart showing gender pay gap in 13 OECD countries]
Read the report<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9obcU0XOEacZxoI4xsCRjVAc>

What are the integration challenges of Ukrainian refugee women?


From the onset of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, most refugee arrivals have been women and children, creating unique challenges for integration. While there is no doubt that Ukrainian women are better positioned than many other refugee women, there is still likely a need to implement gender-sensitive and targeted integration support to ensure their successful labour market integration. Some promising measures, however, are already available in OECD countries to support the socio-economic integration of Ukrainian refugee women, including: counselling, networking opportunities, training, and work placements.

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Learn more<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9obUMNLyGYHDjAOzOMtQ4GzL>

Fighting homophobia and transphobia in schools


Anti-LGBTI+ harassment in schools is a worldwide problem. Several OECD countries support civil society organisations working directly with students to raise awareness about LGBTI+ inclusion in classroom sessions. However, a rigorous impact assessment has never been conducted on any of these interventions.

This policy brief presents the results of a groundbreaking case study of over 10,000 students in the Paris region of France where the OECD and SOS homophobie (the main French association in the fight against anti-LGBTI+ discrimination and violence) tested the impact of school interventions to combat homo- and transphobia.

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Read the brief<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9ocCFAziJNch5MV566kOPrzk>

Upskilling and reskilling for the twin transition: The role of social dialogue
New analysis from the Global Deal


The ongoing digital and green transitions are fundamentally transforming our work environments, redefining where we work and what we do for a living. These transitions have the power to spur innovation, enhance productivity and create high-quality jobs. Nevertheless, this shift could potentially exacerbate inequalities among individuals, businesses, and regions. In order to ensure an inclusive twin transition, it is crucial for workers to acquire the necessary skills to adapt to these changes.

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Learn more<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9odkynn2MBGURZ1AnqbNAcyT>

OECD Skills Strategy Bulgaria
Assessment and recommendations


OECD Skills Strategy projects provide a strategic and comprehensive approach to assess countries’ skills challenges and opportunities and help them build more effective skills systems.

This report identifies opportunities and makes recommendations to improve youth skills, improve adult skills, use skills effectively in the labour market and at work, and improve the governance of the skills system in Bulgaria.

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Read the report<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9oe2raaMPqbyEb85EK2MkXys>

The demand for language skills in the European labour market
Evidence from online job vacancies


Evidence indicates that although Europe remains a linguistically diverse labour market, knowing English confers unique advantages in certain occupations. Across countries included in the OECD analyses, a knowledge of English was explicitly required in 22% of all vacancies and English was the sixth most required skill overall.

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Learn more<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9oeKjWYwSeGcqneAW3TL5Iy1>

Other releases

  *   Strengthening Latvia’s housing affordability fund <https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9ofscJMgV3aQczl6dnKJQtxA>
  *   Personalised public services for people in vulnerable situations in Lithuania: Towards a more integrated approach<https://newsletter.oecd.org/c/11J9ogRYjnL0Ga7KXy6M1sHlZwI>


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