Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 10/July/2023
8:00am Registration starts from 8:00am
Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north)
8:00am
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9:00am
☕ Welcome coffee and tea
Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
9:00am
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9:30am
Opening Ceremony
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Uma Rani
9:30am
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11:00am
Plenary 1: Keynote Address
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Sangheon Lee
Rosemary Batt on "Regulating Finance for Decent Work: Bringing Capital Back In"
11:00am
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11:30am
☕ Coffee break
Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
11:30am
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1:00pm
Parallel Session 1.1: Macroeconomic Policies in Times of Crisis
Location: Room XI (R2 south)
Chair: Sangheon Lee
 

Latin America Facing the Covid Pandemic: New Responses to Old Challenges. A Comparative Analysis of Public Policies in the Context of the Health Emergency.

Maria Jose Gonzalez, Lucas Cifuentes, Diego Velasquez



Europe’s Transnational Labour Mobility: Implications of War and Multiple Crises for Institutions and Policy

Ania Plomien, Gregory Schwartz



Recovering from Covid: Macroeconomic policy and social protection in the global South

Imraan Valodia, Arabo Ewinyu, David Campbell Francis



The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Wages and Employment During and After the Pandemic Crisis in Italy (2020-2022)

Nicolò Giangrande

Parallel Session 1.2: Challenges to Decent Work in Manufacturing GVCs
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: Guillaume Delautre
 

Trade and Decent Work in Mexico's Automobile Industry: the Road Travelled and the Unchartered Territory

Juan Carlos Moreno Brid, Rosa Gómez Tovar, Joaquín Sánchez Gómez, Lizzeth Gómez Rodríguez



Work and Employment in the Lithium-Ion Battery Industry for Electric Vehicles: a Preliminary Overview

Tommaso Pardi



Labour Practices and Working Conditions in Indian Informal Gold Jewellery Manufacturing Sector: Perspective of Decent Work in the Context of New Labour Reforms

Biju Varkkey, Jatinder Kumar Jha, Ansari Novel

Parallel Session 1.3: Public Policies to Ensure Decent Work
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Praveen Jha
 

Does Government Social Support Mitigate COVID-19 Income Effects in the MENA Region?

Wafaa El-Baba, Ali Fakih, Pascal Ghayth



Can Cash Transfers to the Unemployed Support Economic Activity? Evidence From South Africa

Timothy Kohler, Haroon Bhorat, David de Villers



COVID-19 and the Roles of Institutions in Ensuring Decent Work: Neoliberal Transformations in Universities -- Job-Insecurity and Stress in Australia and Canada

Greg J. Bamber, Sean O'Brady



Mutualism as a Response to Non-standard Forms of Employment

Deepa Kylasam Iyer, Francis Kuriakose

Parallel Session 1.4: Public Governance in Times of Crisis
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Valérie Van Goethem
 

Towards an Economically, Socially and Climate-just Global Governance System: Negotiating a Treaty on Business and Human Rights

Gabriele Koehler



Fortifying Neo-Liberalism: The Strike (Minimum Service Levels) Bill 2023 as an Authoritarian Crucible

Ioannis Katsaroumpas



Masking The Retention Problem: The Effects of Mask Mandates on Worker Turnover

Reed Keller Eaglesham

Parallel Session 1.5: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Decent Work
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Chair: Christina Hiessl
 

Regulating Algorithmic Management: A Policy Blueprint

Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Halefom Abraha, Sangh Rakshita, M. Six Silberman



It Takes Two to Code: a Comparative Analysis of Collective Bargaining and Artificial Intelligence

Alejandro Godino, Oscar Molina, Sander Junte



The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Work Relations in Game Development Industry: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Worker-Owned Companies in the US and the UK

Stefan Ivanovski, Virginia Doellgast

Parallel Session 1.6: Care Work
Location: Room V (R3 south)
Chair: Valeria Esquivel
 

Expanded Satellite Boundary and Research Innovations on Care Work: Supporting Macroeconomic Policies to Increase Labour Supply

Wendy Kay Olsen, Jihye Kim



Equal Risk, Unequal Burden: Unpaid Care Work, Capabilities in the Time of Covid-19 and Policy Intervention

Hema Prakash, Ankur Yadav



Undervalued and Underpaid: The Crisis in Early Childhood Education and Care

Jennifer Tomlinson, Xanthe Whittaker, Kate Hardy, Helen Norman, Katie Cruz, Nathan Archer

Parallel Session 1.7: Minimum Wages in Times of Crisis
Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
Chair: Daniel Kostzer
 

High Inflation and the Struggle for Inclusive Growth: the Case of Minimum Wage Policy

Damian Grimshaw, Mat Johnson



Explaining Political Turn-around on Minimum Wages: The Italian Case in a Comparative Perspective

Guglielmo Meardi, Francesco Seghezzi



Why We Need Minimum Wages: Pay, Recognition, and Economic Citizenship

Christian Schemmel, Georg Picot

 
1:00pm
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2:30pm
🥣 Lunch break
1:15pm
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2:15pm
Discussion of Global Wage Report 2022–23: The impact of inflation and COVID-19 on wages and purchasing power
Location: Room V (R3 south)
Presenters:
Giulia De Lazzari, ILO
Ding Xu, ILO
Discussants:
Damian Grimshaw, King’s College, London
Nicolò Giangrande, Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vittorio (FDV), Italy
2:30pm
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4:00pm
Parallel Session 2.1: Reflections on the Concept of Work
Location: Room XI (R2 south)
Chair: Sara Elder
 

Post Growth Theories and Decent Work: A Role for the ILO to Define Meaningful Work?

Nicolas Bueno



Rethinking Work in a Post-Scarcity Society

Hamid R. Ekbia



The Structural Model for Sustainable Development (SMSD): Description and Demonstration

Massimiliano La Marca, Xiao Jiang



Central Banks as Employer of Last Resort: Policy Recommendations for Job Creation from a Banker's Perspective

Daniel Kostzer

Parallel Session 2.2: Regulatory Challenges in Agricultural Value Chains
Location: Room III (R3 south)
Chair: Stephanie Barrientos
 

How Do Gender and Race Shape Labour Exploitation in Southern French Agriculture?

Charline Sempere



Slave Labor in Brazilian Coffee Industry and the New German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

Fernanda de Mendonça Melo, Maria Carolina Fernandes Oliveira



The Wine Industry in Chile: The Global Supply Chain Approach for the Analysis and Improvement of Regulatory Compliance in the World of Work.

Gerhard Reinecke, Nicolás Torres

Parallel Session 2.3: Decent Work Case Studies
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Olívia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto
 

Life with Rights: Inclusive Labor Law and Decent Work for Wastepickers in Brazil

Ana Virginia Gomes, Anil Verma, Dieric Guimarães



Special Sectoral Actions (SSA): A Strategic Model for Labour Inspection in Brazil

Guilherme Schuck Candemil, Domingos Carlos Vidal Barra Pippa, Roberto Padilha Guimarães



Judicialization of Occupational Accidents in Brazil: A Case Study of São Paulo State Court

Dalton Tria Cusciano

Parallel Session 2.4: Ensuring Decent Work in Various Sectors
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Kelly Pike
 

Supporting Decent Work Through Strategic Public Procurement: Local Implementation, Facilitating Factors and Unintended Consequences of the UK Social Value Act

Deborah Harrison, Phillip Edwards



Decent Work in Transnational Labour Markets: The Case of the EU Shipbuilding Industry

Frederic Huettenhoff, Karen Jaehrling



Proposing a Multi-Sectoral, Multi-Jurisdictional Arbitration Tribunal to Resolve Violation of Fundamental Rights of Workers in Global Value Chains

Liwayway Dumayag Arce-Rodriguez



Royalties Role for Just Transition Policies in Mining Activities

Márcia Cristina Kamei López Aliaga, Norma Sueli Padilha, Fernanda Giannasi, Luciano Lima Leivas

Parallel Session 2.5: Special Session on Impact of Policies on the Gig Economy
Location: Room II (R3 south)
 

Impact of Policies on Digital Labour Platform Workers and Enterprises: Case Studies from Selected Countries

Chair(s): Uma Rani, Karen Curtis

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Regulatory Developments in the United States: Case of California

Miriam A. Cherry, Winifred R. Poster

 

Law as a Resource or Action: The Example of Platform Workers in France

Isabelle Daugareilh

 

The Power of Collective Action and the Limits of Regulation: The Struggle for Riders’ Rights in Spain

Miguel Rodriguez-Piñero Royo

 

On Their Own Terms: UK’s Largest Unions Making Headway with few Prospects for Legislation over Employment Status

Daniel Blackburn

 

Legislative Developments in Australia

Sean Cooney

Parallel Session 2.6: Persistent Gender Discrimination
Location: Room V (R3 south)
Chair: Alma Espino
 

The Multiple Gender Gaps and Their Consequences on Work-Family Balance Satisfaction

Tomas Aguayo, Sebastian Ugarte



Gender, Social Class and Household Differences in Remote Working After COVID-19

Anthony Rafferty, Ceri Hughes



Time Poverty and Gender in Urban sub-Saharan Africa: Long Working Days and Long Commutes in Ghana’s Greater Accra Metropolitan Area

Christian Darko, Fiona Carmicheal, Joanne Duberley, Marco Ercolani, Patricia Daley, Tim Schwanen, Daniel Wheatley

Parallel Session 2.7: Wages & Working Conditions (I)
Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
Chair: Gerhard Bosch
 

Living on the Edge: Wage Bargaining and Social Protection on the Margins of the Danish Labour Market - a Non-standard Workers’ Perspective

Trine Pernille Larsen, Anna Ilsøe, Jonas Hulgaard Kristiansen



What Role for a National Minimum Wage Law in Times of Crises and How Do Regulatory Responses by Relevant Stakeholders Modify Its Performance? Findings From a Qualitative Micro-study of the Domestic Work Sector in South Africa During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sufia Singlee



Directed Search, Minimum Wages, and Amenities: Evidence from an Online Job Board

Verónica Escudero, Hannah Liepmann, Damián Vergara

 
4:00pm
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4:30pm
☕ Coffee break
Location: Espace Gobelin (R2 south)
4:30pm
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6:00pm
Parallel Session 3.1: Employment Quality
Location: Room XI (R2 south)
Chair: Ulrich Walwei
 

Revisiting Okun’s Law: Testing for Asymmetric Adjustment in Chile

Claudio Andres Navarro Gonzalez



The Quality of Employment in Brazil (2012-2021): A Deteriorating Dynamic

Adrien Frontenaud



Measuring Employment Vulnerability and Identifying Decent Work Deficits: Evidences From India

Priya Harchandani, Samik Shome

Parallel Session 3.2: Special Session on Better Work Training on Sexual Harassment Prevention
Location: Room III (R3 south)
 

Evaluating Better Work Training on Sexual Harassment Prevention: Traditional Methods, Virtual Reality, and the Gendered Challenges for Workers

Chair(s): Arianna Rossi

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Global Garment Industry: An Assessment of Better Work Initiatives in Indonesia, Jordan, Nicaragua, and Vietnam

Beth English, Kelly Pike, Tinu Koithara Mathew

 

Preventing Sexual Harassment Through Virtual Reality Training: Preliminary Findings from Better Work VR Pilot in Indonesia

Kelly Pike, Tinu Koithara Mathew

 

Exploring the Gendered Challenges for Women’s Work in the Egyptian Garment Industry

Ahmed Mohamed

Parallel Session 3.3: Training and Labour Market Integration
Location: Room A (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Vicky Leung
 

Decent Work, Meaningful Education or Exploitation? The Regulation of Internships for Tertiary Students in Australia, Finland and France

Anne Hewitt, Annika Rosin



Training Returns Among Informal Workers: Evidence from Urban Sites in Kenya and Tanzania

Nina Torm



“It’s A Matter Of Respect“: Interactive Service Work And The ‘Triple Disadvantage’ In Times Of The Covid-19-Pandemic

Nadja Doerflinger

Parallel Session 3.4: Special Session on Decent Work for Young Workers
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
 

An International Law on Decent Work for Young Workers: The Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation and the Future of Work

Chair(s): Deirdre McCann

Discussant(s): Sangheon Lee, Ashwani Aggarwal, Vicki Donlevy

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

The Challenges of Regulating for Quality and Formality in Apprenticeships: The Role and Relevance of the New ILO Standard

Deirdre McCann, Andrew Stewart

 

The Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation: A New Global Lodestar for Skills and Youth Employment

Patrick Daru

 

Quality Apprenticeships in the ILO and EU: Intersections and Divergences

Jeff Bridgford

Parallel Session 3.5: Gig Economy: Case Studies
Location: Room II (R3 south)
Chair: Anil Verma
 

Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Decent Work for Digital Platform Workers in Brazil

Adriana Calvo Pimenta



Quasi-Subordinated Workers in China: A Typology of Gig Riders Based on Economic Dependency and subordination, and Intra-group Heterogeneity Analysis in Working Conditions.

Wei Tu, Xueyu Wang



Disadvantaged Workers and Their Experiences with Ride-Share Work in Australia: Examining the Intersection of the 'Gig' Economy and Welfare State

Alex Veen, Caleb Goods, Tom Barratt



“No One Knows Who They Work For”: Regulating Platform Work in Chile and Its Challenge on Job Quality.

Daina Bellido de Luna



Regulating Work Without Work Regulation: the City of Buenos Aires Traffic and Transportation Code and the Debates on Platform Work in Argentina

Luciana Zorzoli

Parallel Session 3.6: Special Session on Gender (in)equality in Turbulent Times
Location: Room V (R3 south)
 

Prospects for Gender (in)equality in Turbulent Times: Insights from Two Decades of Continuing Crises

Chair(s): Janine Berg

Discussant(s): Ania Plomien

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Gender (In)equality in Turbulent Times: Some Reflections on the Impact of Crises on Trajectories of Change

Jill Rubery

 

Labour Market Gender Inequality across Continuing Crises: Old Problems, New Challenges?

Valeria Insarauto, Núria Sánchez Mira

 

Carrying the Work Burden in Turbulent Times in the UK: Intersecting Inequalities of Gender and Class

Luis Torres, Tracey Warren

Parallel Session 3.7: Wages & Working Conditions (II)
Location: Cinema room (R2 south)
Chair: Kea Tijdens
 

Occupational Autonomy and Wage Dispersion: Evidence from European Survey Data

Thomas Rabensteiner, Alexander Guschanski



Wage Discrimination of Informal Employees in EU Transition Countries

Oksana Nezhyvenko, Mohamed Ali Ben Halima



The Employer Perspective on Wage Law Non-Compliance: Implications for New Labour Law Enforcement Strategies

Stephen Clibborn

 
6:15pm Reception
Location: ILO Restaurant (R2 north)
Hosted by the ILO and the Korea Labor Institute.

 
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