Thursday, June 13, 2013

Friday, June 14, 2013

Saturday, June 15, 2013

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

 

13:00 Registration opens

 

16:00-16:45 LLRN Advisory Board Meeting (Room 40.063)

 

17:00-19:30 Opening Plenary Panel (Auditorium)

 

Greetings

• J.M. Vilajosana (Pompeu Fabra University, Dean of Law School)
• J. López (Pompeu Fabra University, greDTiSS - Consolidated Research Group in Labour and Social Security Law)
• G. Davidov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LLRN Steering Committee Chair)

 

LLRN Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Labour Law

• Presenting an award to Prof. Bob Hepple (University of Cambridge): Prof. Silvana Sciarra (University of Florence)
• Presenting an award to Prof. Harry Arthurs (Osgoode Hall, York University, Canada): Prof. Brian Langille (University of Toronto)

 

Austerity and Labour Law: Recent Developments in Spain

• Chair: F. Ebert (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany)
• Flexiprecarity: A Spanish Version of Flexicurity - J. López, S. Canalda & A. de le Court (Pompeu Fabra University)
• Austerity Measures and the Regression of Social Rights: The Recessionary Effect in the Right to Dignity - C. Chacartegui (Pompeu Fabra University)
• Crisis and Labour Market in Spain - B. Suárez Corujo (Autonomous University Madrid)
• The New Spanish Labour Legislation M.R. Alarcón (Spanish Supreme Court)
• Discussant: R. Fishman (University Of Notre Dame, USA)

 

20:00 Dinner

• Keynotes - F. Azón (CGPJ - Spanish General Council of the Judiciary)

Friday, June 14, 2013

 

9:00-10:45 Parallel Panels

 

Facing Development: The North-South Challenge to Transnational Labour Law (Room 40.002)         

• Organizers/Chairs: A. Blackett (McGill University, Canada) & A. Trebilcock (University of Paris 10 Nanterre)
• Constitutionalising Labour at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - With Special Reference to the Commonwealth Caribbean - R. Belle Antoine (University of the West Indies, Barbados)
• Trade, Labour Law and Development: A Case Study of Better Work Haiti - A. Blackett (McGill University)
• Transformative Equality: The Role of Democratic Participation - B. Hepple (University of Cambridge)
• The Chains that Bind - K. Kolben (Rutgers University, USA)
• From Trade in Goods to Trade in Services - Implications for Transnational Labour Law - T. Novitz (University of Bristol, UK)

 

The Future of the Wagner Model of Labour Law in Canada and United States (Room 40.004)

• Chair/Discussant: K. Banks (Queen's University, Canada)
• Cooperation or Conflict: Giving Employees a Voice in the Modern Economy - J. Hirsch (University of North Carolina)
• The Emergence of Human Rights Law in the Canadian Workplace - M. Lynk (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
• And Wagnerism Shall Have No Dominion: Reflections on the Decline of the Canadian Variation - E. Tucker (Osgoode Hall, York University, Canada)
• The Rule of Law Goes to Work: How Collective Bargaining May Promote Access to Justice in the United States, Canada, and the Rest of the World - C. Cameron (Southwestern Law School, USA)

 

Gender Issues in Labour Law I (Room 40.008)

• Chair/Discussant: R. Owens (University of Adelaide, Australia); organized by J. Fudge (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Gendered Services: Interlinking Service Work, Women and Personal Work Relations - E. Albin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
• Regulating Voluntarism: Lessons from Bingo - K. Bedford (Kent University, UK)
• Customers, Tips, and Law: Gender and the Precariousness of Work in BC Restaurants - K. Matulewicz (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Australian Employment Law, Work, Care and Diversity - A. Chapman (University of Melbourne)

 

Proportionality and other Open-Ended Standards in Labour Law (Room 40.010)         

• Chair: TBD
• The Principle of Proportionality in German Labour Law - B. Waas (University of Frankfurt)
• An employee's (fiduciary) duty of non-competition and disclosure - A. Van Bever (KU Leuven, Belgium)
• The Reasonableness and Proportionality Principle in Labour Law -P. Loi (University of Cagliari, Italy)
• Applying the Principle of Proportionality in Employment and Labour Law Contexts - P. Alon-Shenker (Ryerson University, Canada)
• The Role of the Judge in Labour and Employment Relations: In Search of Theories and Approaches - F. Hendrickx (KU Leuven)

 

Goals/Foundations of Labour Law I (Room 40.012)         

• Chair: D. Du Toit (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
• Employment Law and Social Equality - S. Bagenstos (University of Michigan)
• Labor Law and the Race to the Bottom: Challenging the Consensus - S. Willborn (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
• Human Rights, Social Justice and Labour Law - L. Rodgers (University of Leicester, UK)
• A New 'Constituting Narrative' for Labour Law: A Critique of Development and Making a Case for Fraser's Conception of Social Justice - M. von Broembsen (University of Cape Town)
• Back to Basics: A Critical Assessment of CSR as Work Law in Network Firms - I. Martin (University of Montreal)

 

10:45-11:15 Coffee Break

 

11:15-13:00 Parallel Panels

 

Non-Discrimination Law and Equal Treatment of Employees - Recent Developments and Future Challenges(Room 40.002)         

• Chair/Discussant: M. Rönnmar (Lund University, Sweden; IJCLLIR Editor-in-chief); Organized by the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
• Opportunity or Outcomes? American and European Perspectives on Equality in Employment - J. Bellace (University of Pennsylvania)
• The Ban on Age-Discrimination and Elderly Workers - Potentials and Pitfalls - A. Numhauser-Henning (Lund University, Sweden)
• Can Labour Law and Non-Discrimination Law Contribute to Empowerment and Social Justice in an Unequal Society? A South African Perspective - N. Smit (NWU Potchefstroom, South Africa)
• Bringing the Human Right to Non-discrimination into Workplace Law: Towards Substantive Equality at Work in Australia?- B. Gaze & A. Chapman (University of Melbourne)

 

The Notion of Worker and Segmentation of Rights (Roundtable) (Room 40.004)         

• Chair: F. Valdés Dal-Ré (Justice, Spanish Constitutional Court); organized by J. López (Consolidated Research Group in Labour and Social Security Law, Pompeu Fabra University)
• Panelists:
  • J. López. C. Chacartegui & E. Colàs (Pompeu Fabra University)
  • M. Freedland (University of Oxford)
  • K. Stone (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • B. Caruso (University of Catania, Italy)
  • P. Benjamin (University of Cape Town)
  • G. Davidov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • B. Langille (University of Toronto)
  • J. Fargas (Pompeu Fabra University)

 

Voices at work (Roundtable) (Room 40.008)         

• Organizers/Chairs: A. Bogg (University of Oxford) & T. Novitz (University of Bristol, UK)
• Panelists:
  • A. Bogg (University of Oxford)
  • E. Tucker (Osgoode Hall, York University, Canada)
  • V. Mantouvalou (University College, London)
  • D. Brodie (University of Stirling, UK)
  • B. Creighton (RMIT University, Melbourne)          
  • T. Novitz (University of Bristol)

 

Social Rights and the Market (Roundtable) (Room 40.010)         

• Organizers/Chairs: R. Dukes (University of Glasgow) & D. Ashiagbor (SOAS, University of London)
• Panelists:
  • R. Dukes (University of Glasgow)
  • D. Ashiagbor (SOAS, University of London)
  • G. Mundlak (Tel-Aviv University)
  • K. Rittich (University of Toronto)
  • D. Davis (University of Cape Town)

 

Who is an "Employer" (Room 40.012)          

• Chair: A. Paz-Fuchs (University of Oxford)
• The Employing Cluster: Introducing a New Concept of the Employing Side - F. Lecomte (European University Institute, Florence)
• The Notion of the Employer - J. Prassl (University of Oxford)
• Regulating Legal Relation Between Different Employer Entities: A Satisfied Answer to Outsourcing Issues? - K.D. Yenisey (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey)
• Agency Work in Namibia and South Africa: Lessons Gained from the Decent Work Agenda and the Flexicurity Approach- S. van Eck (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• Labour Law and Triangular Employment Growth - T. Bartkiw (Ryerson University, Canada)

 

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

 

Lunch-time PhD Networking Meeting (Room 40.039)         

• All PhD candidates are invited to this informal get-together over lunch. See what other are working on, and get some tips about publishing in international labour law journals.
• Moderators: N. Smit (NWU Potchefstroom, South Africa) and M. Rönnmar (Lund University, Sweden; IJCLLIR Editor-in-Chief)

 

14:00-15:45 Parallel Panels

 

Labour Law and the Welfare State (Room 40.002)         

• Organizers/Chairs: M. Dimick (University at Buffalo) & G. Lester (University of California, Berkeley)
• Labor Markets and the Politics of Redistribution - M. Dimick (University at Buffalo)
• Government Benefit Salience, Trust, and Labor Market Activation Policies - G. Lester (University of California, Berkeley)
• Liberal Against the Minimum Wage - B. Rogers (Temple University, USA)
• Migrant Care-Workers in Israel: Between Family, Market, and State - H. Shamir (Tel-Aviv University)

 

EU Labour Law in the Wider World (Room 40.008)         

• Organizers/Chairs: J. Hunt (University of Cardiff, UK) & N. Busby (University of Strathclyde,UK)  
• Shaping the Social Dimension of Globalisation? An Analysis of the Strategic Partnership between the EU and the ILO - J. Kenner (University of Nottingham, UK)
• Embedding Labour Rights in Wider Frameworks: Responding to the Exploitation of (Migrant) Agricultural Workers - J. Hunt (University of Cardiff, UK)
• The EU's Accession to the ECHR: Conflict or Convergence of Social Rights? - N. Busby (University of Strathclyde) & R. Zahn (University of Stirling)
• The State as an Employer: Reforms in the Public Sector as a Consequence of Austerity Measures - A. De Becker (University of Amsterdam & University of Hasselt, Belgium)

 

Comparative Perspectives on Affirmative Action/Positive Action in Employment (Room 40.010)         

• Organizer/Chair: D. Oppenheimer (University of California, Berkeley)
• The Transformation of Affirmative Action in Private Employment: From Remedy to Diversity - D. Oppenheimer (University of California, Berkeley)
• Affirmative Action in Europe - The Case of Women on Company Boards - A. Oliveira (European Commission)
• Employment Policies for Target Groups in the Context of Economic Crisis - M.J. Gómez-Millán Herencia (Pablo Olavide University, Sevilla)
• Equality at Work: The Role of the Judiciary in Promoting Transformation - D. Collier & E. Fergus (University of Cape Town)
• Discussant: B. Wang (Shanghai Jioao Tong University, China)

 

Labour Representation Models (Room 40.012)         

• Chair: J. Riley (University of Sidney)
• Forms of Solidarity for Informal Workers in India: Lessons for Future? - S. Routh (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Restoring equity in right to work: Members-only bargaining in right-to-work states - C. Fisk (University of California, Irvine) 
• 'European Beyond Borders Bargaining' and 'Law Dependence': A New Framework for Analysing Collective Autonomy in Europe - A. Iossa (Lund University, Sweden)
• Collective Bargaining Beyond the Boundaries of Employment - A Comparative Analysis - S. McCrystal (University of Sydney)

 

The Evolution of Labour Law in the Asia-Pacific Region: Methodological and Comparative Perspectives(Room 40.063)         

• Organizer/Chair: R. Mitchell (Monash University, Australia)
• The Evolution of Labour Law in Three Developing Asian Nations: An Introductory Comparative Study - S. Cooney (University of Melbourne)
• The 'Leximetric Turn' in Comparative Law: What can it tell us About the Evolution and Consequences of Labour Market Regulation in the Developing World? - P. Gahan (University of Melbourne)
• Labour Law and Institutional Configurations in Different Varieties of Capitalism: What does Australian Case tell us about the utility of cross-national typologies? - A. O'Donnell (La Trobe University)
• Complexity in Australian Enterprise Agreements: An Empirical Study of Agreements in the Higher Education and Fast Food Sectors, 1993-2011 - C. Sutherland (Monash University)
• The globalisation of a national carrier: The role of regulation in shaping employment relation strategies in Qantas Airways - T. Sarina & C. Wright (Macquarie University, Australia)

 

15:45-16:15 Coffee break

 

16:15-17:45 Parallel Panels

 

Access to Employment of People with Disabilities: Active Inclusion Policies and Legal Framework in Some E.U. Countries (Roundtable) (Room 40.002)         

• Organizer/Chair: C. Spinelli (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
  • Panelists:
  • C. Spinelli (University of Bari Aldo Moro)
  • P. Digennaro (University of Bari Aldo Moro)
  • V. Pietrogiovanni (University of Bari Aldo Moro)
  • K. Gromek-Broc (University of York, UK)
  • A. Inghammar (University of Lund, Sweden)
  • S. Laulom (University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, France)
  • J. Brockmann (Hamburg University)

 

Rethinking Transnational Collective Bargaining (Roundtable) (Room 40.004)

• Organizer/Chair: K. Ahlberg (University of Stockholm; Regulating Markets and Labour Research Program)
  • Panelists:
  • C. Rosado Marzán (IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law)
  • E. Ales (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy)
  • D. Schiek (University of Leeds, UK)
  • S. Sciarra (University of Florence)

 

Austerity, Gender and Labour Law (Room 40.008)         

• Chair: C. Chacartegui (Pompeu Fabra University); organized by J. Fudge (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Where is Gender in Labour Law? Notes From an Expanding Field - K. Rittich (University of Toronto)
• Towards a More Holistic Vision of Working Time? Revision of the Working Time Directive as a Litmus Test for EU's Commitment to Gender Equality - A. Zbyszewska (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Beyond Flexibility? Legal Form and Temporal Rationalities in UK Worklife - E. Grabham (University of Kent, UK)
• Effects of the Economic Crisis on Gender Equality: the Spanish Case - Mª. L. Rodríguez Fernández (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

 

Frontiers of Workplace Human Rights: A View from the Americas (Room 40.010)          

• Organizer/Chair: K. Banks (Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, Queen's University, Canada)
• "Family status" discrimination: New tool for transforming workplaces, or Trojan horse for subverting gender equality?- E. Shilton (Queen's University)
• Individual employee rights and union control over the enforcement of collective agreements - B. Adell (Queen's University)
• Domestic Work After Labour Law: The Case of Brazil and Spain - A. Gomes (Queen's University) & I. Baviera Puig (University of Navarra, Spain)
• Disability accommodation in employment: How does an aging population matter and what might it mean for workplace law and policy? - K. Banks (Queen's University)

 

Freedom of Association and the Right to Strike (Room 40.012)

• Chair: M. Houwerzijl (Tilburg University); organized by B. Langille (University of Toronto)
• The Legal Structure of Freedom of Association - B. Langille (University of Toronto)
• The Legal Structure of Freedom of Association: A Reply - A. Bogg (University of Oxford)
• What Can be Done About Strike-related Violence? - A. Rycroft (University of Cape Town)
• The Limits of Collective Bargaining in an Unequal Society: A Preliminary Look at the Causes of the Strike Wave in South Africa in 2012 - P. Benjamin (University of Cape Town)

 

Saturday, June 15, 2013

 

9:00-10:45 Parallel Panels

 

The Globalization of Labour and Labour Law (Room 40.002) 

• Chair: R. Krause (Göttingen University, Germany)
• SADC Charter on Fundamental Social Rights: First Steps Towards Regional Labour Standards? - P. Smit (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• Labour Rights and Social Protection of Migrant Workers: In Search of a Co-ordinated Legal Response - M. Olivier (International Institute for Social Law and Policy, Australia)
• Application of International Labour Law by Domestic Courts in CEE countries and the Ukraine - K. Yarmolyuk (University of Kassel, Germany)
• Protection or Protectionism? The Emerging False Dilemma in European Social and Economic Integration - N. Countouris (University College, London) & S. Engblom (Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees)

 

Does Transnational Labour Law Need International Human Rights Law and Vice Versa? (Room 40.004)

• Organizers/Chairs: A. Trebilcock (University of Paris 10 Nanterre) & A. Blackett (McGill University, Canada)  
• Exploitation creep and unmaking of human trafficking law - J. Chuang (American University Washington College of Law)
• The ILO Supervisory bodies' soft law jurisprudence - C. La Hovary (University of Glasgow)
• Due Diligence and Rights at Work: Mirage or New Bright Light on the Horizon? - A. Trebilcock (University of Paris 10 Nanterre)

 

New Book Presentation: The Decline of the Standard Contract of Employment (Room 40.006)

• Organizers/Chairs: K. Stone (University of California, Los Angeles) & H. Arthurs (Osgoode Hall, York University, Canada)
• The Decline in the Standard Employment Contract in the United States - K. Stone (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Burying Caesar: What was the Standard Employment Contract? - M. Freedland (University of Oxford)
• "The Employment Contract is Dead: Hurrah for the Work Contract!" A European Perspective - B. Caruso (University of Catania, Italy)
• Erosion, Exhaustion, or Renewal? New Forms of Collective Bargaining in Germany - T. Haipeter (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
• Safety Nets and Transition Assistance: Continuity and Change in a 'Liberal' Welfare State - A. O'Donnell (La Trobe University, Melbourne)

 

Labour Law and its Others (Room 40.008)         

• Chair/Discussant: Dennis Davis (University of Cape Town)
• Exploring Labour Citizenship From a Socio-Legal Perspective - M. Fassi (University of Milan)
• A Comparative Analysis of the Attitudes in Denmark and the United Kingdom Towards Disabled Adults, in Particular Those With Autism, in the Workplace - J. Lane & R. Kelly (University of Huddersfield, UK)
• Undeclared and Precarious Work Between "Flexicurity" and "Social Pollution" - An Heterodox Approach - C. Cammalleri (University of Palermo, Italy)
• Reproducing Labour Law's Others - A. A. Smith (Carleton University, Canada)

 

Rethinking Dispute Resolution (Room 40.010)         

• Chair: R. Brown (University of Hawaii)
• Bagatellkündigung: Does Private of Public Judging Matter? - M. Finkin (University of Illinois)
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Structural Reform of the American Workplace - M. Schlanger (University of Michigan)
• Decisions in Labour Law Cases - Y. Erkens (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
• Asserting Information and Consultation Rights - The Role of the Independent Adjudicator in the United Kingdom - P. Lorber (University of Leicester, UK)
• Employment Rights Mediation: More Individualism Leaking In? - M. Risak (University of Vienna)

 

10:45-11:15 Coffee break

 

11:15-12:45 Parallel Panels

 

The Right to Work (Roundtable) (Room 40.002)         

• Organizer/Chair: V. Mantouvalou (Labour Rights Institute, University College, London)
• Panelists:
  • H. Collins (London School of Economics)
  • N. Countouris (University College, London)
  • M. Freedland (University of Oxford)
  • E. Albin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • A. Bogg (University of Oxford)
  • G. Mundlak (Tel-Aviv University)

 

Gender Issues in Labour Law II  (Room 40.004)         

• Organizer/Chair: J. Fudge (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Regular-Irregularities: Precarious Labourers as the 'Exscription' of the Labour Market - A. Tataryn (University of London)
• Commodifying Care Work; Globalization, Gender and the Labour Law - J. Fudge (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Unfree Labour and the Gendered Construction of Legal Categories in the UK - K. Strauss (University of Cambridge)
• Discrimination at Work on the Basis of Family Situation: Exploring the boundaries of the duty to accommodate in Canada- S. Bernstein (University du Québec à Montreal)

 

Implementation of Works Councils Systems in Eastern Europe (Roundtable) (Room 40.006)         

• Organizer/Chair: N. Lyutov (Moscow State Law Academy)
• Panelists:
  • E. Kovács (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
  • D. Petrylaite (University of Vilnius, Lithuania)
  • M. Muda (University of Tartu, Estonia)
  • K. Tomashevski & E. Volk (International University MITSO, Belarus)
  • P. Hůrka (Charles University, Czech Republic)      
  • N. Lyutov (Moscow State Law Academy)

 

Age and Gender Equality at Work (Room 40.008)         

• Chair: A. Topo (University of Padova, Italy)
• Are European policies on reconciling work and family life mere rhetoric in a time of economic crisis? The evidence of Spain - N. Pumar Beltrán (University of Barcelona)
• Intersections and inequality at the work family nexus:  how law fails some mothers more than others - A. Reilly (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
• Restructuring of Enterprises: age of the employee and their possible part-time work for the company - P. Foubert, E. Langhendries, N. Marocchi & J. Peeters (University of Hasselt, Belgium)
• Retirement and Age Equality: Dignity and Solidarity Perspectives - L. Vickers & S. Manfredi (Oxford Brookes University)

 

Enforcement Problems in Labour Law (Room 40.010)         

• Chair: J. Howe (University of Melbourne)
• Enforcing the Minimum Wage Through Criminal Sanctions: A Case of Indonesia - B. Santoso & K. Halili Hassan (National University of Malaysia)
• Temporary Employment in the Russian Federation - O. Chesalina (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany)
• Standards-Rights nexus in Action in Bangladesh: Transforming Labor Standards Into Workers' Rights - J. Hossain (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
• Win and Loss, Rethinking the Employment Contract Law of 2008 - Y. Jingyi, W. Qian & Y. Dong (Peking University)

 

12:45-13:45 Lunch Break

 

13:45-15:30 Parallel Panels

 

Goals/Foundations of Labour Law II (Room 40.002)         

• Chair: B. Archibald (Dalhousie University, Canada)
• Labour Law as the Law of Economic Subordination and Resistance: A Thought Experiment - H. Arthurs (Osgoode Hall, York University, Canada)
• Some Defining Components of a Labour Law in Flux - A. Goldin (San Andres University, Argentina)
• Rethinking Scope and Purpose of National Labour Law Because of Developments in EU Labour Law? - H. Voogsgeerd (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
• The Rationale of Labour Law in Capitalist Society - C. Hacker-Cordon (Yale University)
• Protecting Workers as a Matter Principle: A South American View of U.S. Work Law - S. Gamonal Contreras (Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile) & C. Rosado Marzán (IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law)

 

New Governance and Labour Law: Influencing Workplace Practices and Agents (Room 40.004)         

• Organizer/Chair: G. Anderson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
• The Interface Between the Law and the Workplace: The Role of Human Resource Managers - G. Anderson & J. Bryson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
• "Law as Risk Virus" in Governing Labour Practice Issues - D. Doorey (York University, Canada)
• Guarding the Gatekeepers: The Use of Accessorial Liability to Address Employer Non-Compliance in Australia - J. Howe & T. Hardy (University of Melbourne)
• EU Bailout conditionality as a De Facto Mode of Government: A Neo-liberal 'Black Hole' for the Greek Collective Labour Law system? - I. Katsaroumpas (University of Oxford)
• Discussant: C. Fenwick (International Labour Organization) 

 

Labour Law in Times of Crisis and Global Competition (Room 40.006)         

• Chair: M. Weiss (University of Frankfurt)
• A Social Economy and Sustainability: Is There Potential for an Interface? - R. Le Roux (University of Cape Town)
• Which Securities for Workers in a Time of Crisis? - S. Laulom, O. Leclerc (Jean Monnet University Saint-Etienne, France) & P. Loi (University of Cagliari, Italy)
• Another Kind of Sham: Outsourcing Public Services and the Limits of Law - A. Paz-Fuchs (University of Oxford)
• Labour Law Reform in Italy and the Problem of Precarious Employment - O. Rymkevich (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

 

Who is an "Employee" (Room 40.008)         

• Chair: S. Cooney (University of Melbourne)
• The Criteria for Employment Relationship in China - D. Hu (Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China)
• Rethinking the Boundaries of Labour Law From the Consideration of Independent Work in the Regulation of Dependent Work in the Portuguese Labour Code - A. Lambelho (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal)
• Internships and the Scope of Labour Law: Constructing Personal Work Relations - R. Owens (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• The Scope of Labour Law and the World of Commerce - D. Brodie (University of Stirling, UK)

 

Collective Bargaining and Corporate Governance (Room 40.010)

• Chair: E. Verhulp (University of Amsterdam)
• Models of Governance for Industrial Companies and Corporations in the Global Era of Capitalist Sustainable Production- J.P. Landa Zapirain (University of the Basque Country)
• Collective Bargains for Corporate Change - E. McGaughey (London School of Economics)
• The Role of Collective Bargaining in the 2012 Italian Labour Market Reform - I. Senatori (University of Modena and Regio Emilia)
• Reinforcement of Collective Autonomy: In Service of the Employers' or Workers' Interests? - E. Kovács (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

 

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

 

16:00-17:15 Parallel Panels

 

New Book Presentation: The European Convention on Human Rights and the Employment Relationship(Roundtable) (Room 40.002)         

• Chair: N. Bruun (University of Helsinki); organized by F. Dorssemont (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
• Panelists:
  • F. Dorssemont (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
  • F. Hendrickx (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • L. Vickers (Brookes University of Oxford)
  • I. van Hiel (Ghent University, Belgium)

 

A Restatement of European Labour Law (Roundtable) (Room 40.004)         

• Organizers/Chairs: B. Waas (University of Frankfurt) & G. Heerma van Voss (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
• Panelists:
  • B. Waas (University of Frankfurt)
  • G. Heerma van Voss (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
  • M. Finkin (University of Illinois)
  • S. Sciarra (University of Florence)

 

Goals/Foundations of Labour Law III (Room 40.006)         

• Chair: D. Chernyaeva (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
• Comprehending the Relationship Between Labour Law and Development in the Indian Context - A. Jafar & A. Ghosh (University of Burdwan, India)
• The Goals and Means of Labour Law: a Reconceptualization - R. Del Punta (University of Florence)
• Decent Work and the Crisis of Labour Law in South Africa- J. Theron (University of Cape Town)

 

Labour Law and New Technologies (Room 40.008)         

• Chair: A. Kun (Karoli Gaspar University, Hungary)
• Social Networking: New Challenges in the Modern Workplace - A. Muñoz Ruiz (Carlos III University of Madrid)
• Collective Labour rights 2.0: Emerging threats and opportunities in the digital age - E. Colàs (Pompeu Fabra University)
• Chilling Times: Labour Law and the Regulation of Social Media Policies - L. Thornthwaite (Macquarie University, Australia)

 

The Contract of Employment (Room 40.010)

• Chair: H. Collins (London School of Economics)
• Rediscovering the Contract of Employment for Non-standard Workers in the UK Common Law - J. McClelland (University of Huddersfied, UK)
• The 20^th Century's First Nexus of Ideas: The Common Law of Employment Contracts in Ontario, 1890-1930 - C. Mummé (Osgoode Hall, York University, Canada)
• Beyond Contract: Reconceptualising the Fundamentals of the Law of Work - J. Riley (University of Sydney)

 

Workers' Dismissal and Mobility (Room 40.012)

• Chair: A. Neal (University of Warwick)
• Future Perspectives on Dismissal Protection in the European Union - R. Rebhahn (University of Vienna)
• The Evolution and Development of Unfair Dismissal Law in Britain and Australia - J. Howe (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Legal Protection for Employee Mobility - A. Hyde (Rutgers University, USA) & E. Menegatti (University of Bologna, Italy)