Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 02/July/2025 | ||||
| 8:00am | Registration starts from 8:00am Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north) |
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| 8:00am - 9:00am |
☕ Welcome coffee and tea Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Opening remarks by Celeste Drake, Deputy Director General, ILO (Video message) Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Caroline Fredrickson Followed by remarks from academic partners:
● Deirdre McCann, University of Durham, United Kingdom
● Rupa Banerjee, University of Toronto, Canada
● Jill Rubery, University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
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| 9:30am - 11:00am |
Plenary 1: Keynote Address: Prof. Sir Paul Collier on "Contributive Justice: Why Decent Work Matters and Why it is under Threat" Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Sangheon Lee |
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| 11:00am - 11:30am |
☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Parallel Session 1.1: Labour Market Outcomes: Role of FDI, Trade and Firm Dynamics Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Sangheon Lee FDI, Global Value Chains and Structural Changes in Labour Markets The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Sustainable Employment Policies in Labor-Intensive Sectors: Case of Vietnam Exports, Gender- and Skill-based Employment: A Multi-Country Evidence Firm Dynamics, Wage Outcomes and Productivity - Ethiopia LIMMS, 2018-2020 |
Parallel Session 1.2: Transitions to Sustainable Digital Futures: Worker Voices Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee Green Clauses in Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs): A Cross-Continental Analysis A “Just” Transition or Just Another Transition ? Unions Facing the Decarbonisation and Digitalisation of the Automotive Industry in France and Italy Worker Voice in Transitions to Digitalisation at Work: Employers’ Perspectives |
Parallel Session 1.3: Special Session on Labor Market Outcomes of Collective Bargaining Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Janna Besamusca Does the Night Shift still Pay? The Labor Market Outcomes of Collective Bargaining on (Premium) Pay for Working Time Presentations of the Special Session Developments in the Bargaining Agenda on Pay for Standard and Inconvenient Working Hours How Many Hours for a Living Wage? An Analysis of Gaps in Standard Work Week Length According to Laws, Collective Agreements and Practice Do Collectively Bargained Pay Premiums for Non-standard Hours Raise Workers’ Wages in Practice? Bargaining on Overtime to Address Wage Theft in Indonesia |
Parallel Session 1.4: Rethinking Labour Regulation in the 21st Century Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Valerie Van Goethem Regulating for Decent Work: A Thematic Analysis of Namibia's Informal Economy The Potential of Non-Judicial Mechanisms in Promoting Informal Workers’ Rights along Global Supply Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa Can Logistics Rules Shape Forms of E-commerce Platform Labour? Examining the De Minimis Policy Debate |
| Parallel Session 1.5: Rethinking Labour Law for the Platform Economy: New Concepts and Approaches Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Philippa Collins The Platform Work Directive: A Milestone or a Nothingburger? A Hybrid Category to Regulate Gig Work? Rethinking the Concept of the Employer in the Digital Economy: Corporate Fragmentation and Power Dynamics through Labour Law and Competition Law Lenses Defining ‘Digital Labour Platform’ and Working Time in an ILO Instrument on Platform Work |
Parallel Session 1.6: Special Session on Historical Research on the ILO and the World of Work Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Dorothea Hoehtker Chair: Eileen Boris After the Centenary: Historical Research on the ILO and the World of Work Presentations of the Special Session A World between Yesterday and Tomorrow: The ILO in the “Global” Decades of the 1960s and 1970s “The Work that makes all Work Possible”: From Women Workers with Family Responsibilities to the Care Work Economy The ILO and the Politics of Women’s Vocational Training in Turkey and Internationally, 1950s-1980s The Evolution of Pre-employment Requirements for Seafarers: Post WWII Dynamics and the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention Changing the Perspective on Working Conditions and the Environment? The 1984 Bhopal Disaster and the ILO |
Parallel Session 1.7: Special Session on Gender Equality in the Changing World Order Location: Room II (R3 south) Prospects for Gender Equality in the Changing World Order: Perspectives from the Global North Presentations of the Special Session Digitalisation and Remote Work: Gendered Outcomes in Job Quality and the Impact of Persistent Gender Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work Unpacking the Green Economy: Worker Justice without Gender Justice? The “Care Transition” in Turbulent Times Prospects for Gender Equality in the Changing World Order |
Parallel Session 1.8: Labour Conditions in Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Surveys and Case Studies Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Arianna Rossi Outsourced Employment and Job Quality Crisis Reactions in Various Global South Sectors: Insights from the Interaction of Economic and Labor Policies Informalising Labour Regimes in the Global Garment Supply Chain: Addressing Decent Work Deficits in Cambodia’s Subcontracting Industry Exporting, Firm-specific Institutions, and Labor Conditions: Evidence from Garment Industry Workers |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
🥣 Lunch break |
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| 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Book discussion: Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice? Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Introductory remarks: Gladys Cisneros, Chief, ILO Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT)
Presenters: Fabiola Mieres, ILO Research Department and Christiane Kuptsch, ILO MIGRANT Discussants: Leah F. Vosko, York University, Canada and Etienne Piguet, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Parallel Session 2.1: Special Session on Decent Work through Trade and Investment Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Joyanna Pelivani Decent Work through Trade and Investment Presentations of the Special Session Trade and Labour: Rethinking Policy Tools for Better Labour Outcomes Trade And Employment Under Global Uncertainty The nexus of Trade, Investment, and Employment in practice: The METI project Case Studies from the Southern Mediterranean Region |
Parallel Session 2.2: Worker Participation in Climate Action: Building Resilience and Promoting Just Transitions Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Armanda Cetrulo Are Trade Unions Green Deal Makers in India? Resilience Action Plans for Safe Workplaces in Disaster-prone Communities: A Case Study in the Blue Mountains, Australia Oppressive Heat? Worker Voice as Tool in Adapting to Climate Change |
Parallel Session 2.3: Self-employed and Left to Fend for Yourself? The Role of Legal Protections and Collective (bargaining) Rights Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Christina Behrendt Enabling Collective Bargaining: A Rights-Based Approach to Formalization Self-employed Workers’ Right to Collective Bargaining – The Fall of the EU Competition Law Barrier and all Legal Problems Solved? Extending Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue to Excluded Workers: Lessons from India Bargaining for all: Ensuring Labour Rights for Non-Employees through Social Dialogue – A Case Study from Brazil |
Parallel Session 2.4: Legislating the Right to Disconnect: International Experiences Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Silvia Rainone The Right to Disconnect: Legal Protection in a Digitalised Work Environment Balancing Legal Frameworks and Workplace Policies in Regulating the Right to Disconnect Right to Disconnect in Portugal: From a “Gangster” Legislation to an Unenforceable Law Invisible Overtime and the Right to Disconnect: An Analysis of China |
| Parallel Session 2.5: Innovative Approaches to Collective Bargaining in the Platform Economy: Case Studies from Europe and Asia Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Jean-Michel Bonvin An Innovative Approach for Ensuring the Right to Collective Bargaining for All Employers’ Strategies and Collective Bargaining in Food-delivery – The Case of Just Eat/Takeaway in Denmark, Italy and Spain Minimum Wage as a Labour Right in the Platform Economy: Legal Developments and Policy Challenges in Europe Strengthening Labour Institutions to Address Gig Economy Challenges: A Case Study on the Establishment of the Malaysian Gig Economy Commission (SEGIM) Labour Rights, Collective Bargaining, and Role of the State in Online Food Delivery Segment in India |
Parallel Session 2.6: Labour Law Reforms and Social Cohesion: Protecting Workers in Times of Austerity Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Franz Christian Ebert The ECtHR and the Right to Strike: Between Values and Economic Efficiency Labour Rights Index: Regulatory Frameworks and their Coherence with International Labour Standards Advancing Decent Work: Legal and Policy Reforms in Palestine's Post-War Labour Market Intra-EU Truckdrivers’ Access to Justice in the Context of their ‘Statelessness’: Empirical Evidence |
Parallel Session 2.7: Gender Equality and Economic Development: The Role of Women's Labour Force Participation Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Valeria Esquivel The Relationship Between Female Labour Participation and Economic Development Across Regions of the Same Country: Micro-level Evidence from Mexico Measuring Gender Equality in the Labour Market: The Australian Gender Equality @ Work Index Women-Friendly Digital Way: Digitalization and Women's Work in Tourism and Manufacturing Sectors in Turkiye Quantifying the Digital Divide: Impact Analysis of Technology Access on Female Labour Force Participation in India (2015-2023) |
Parallel Session 2.8: Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains: A Cross-Country Perspective Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Christina Teipen Forced Labor in Global Value Chains: Towards a Comprehensive Cross-Country Analysis Human Trafficking and Labour Violations at BYD's Supply Chain in Brazil's Factory: A Call for Corporate Accountability and Decent Work Standards Security and Outsourcing in Global Supply Chains: A View from Southeast Turkey’s Cotton Industry Becoming Partners? Standardization and the Labor Conditions of Outsourced Workers in Chile’s Copper Supply Chain Keeping Production in the Global Chain: Industrial Relations in Lithium Mining in Chile |
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| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Parallel Session 3.1: Beyond Formal and Informal: Rethinking Work and Employment in the 21st Century Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Dorothea Schmidt-Klau Job Quality, Gender and Transitions of the Informal Economy in India, Peru, Vietnam and Ethiopia The Policies for Dealing with Informal Employment in Türkiye and Their Impacts on Formal Employment Measuring the Economic Contribution of Cooperatives: A Pathway to Decent Employment Digital Agriculture and Decent Working Conditions of Smallholder Farmers and Farmworkers in Ghana |
Parallel Session 3.2: Governing the Algorithmic Workplace: Protecting Workers in the Age of AI Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Agnieszka Piasna Regulating the Future of Work: Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of AI and Emerging Technologies on Labour Rights and Access to Justice The Last Mile of AI Value Chains: Labor Standards for Data Work The Effectiveness of Algorithmic Information Obligations in the Labor Relationship: Lessons Learnt from the Spanish Experience AI in Human Resource Management: A fraught empiricism |
Parallel Session 3.3: Wage Policies and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence and Policy Implications Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Sevane Ananian Minimum Wage Setting and Adjustment in the Philippines: The Need to Align the Minimum Wage with the Living Wage Examining the Applicability of ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ in the Context of Indian Labour Market Integrating Gender Perspectives in Living Wage Estimation: A Methodological Approach The Impact of Minimum Wages and Collective Bargaining on Gender Gaps across European Countries From Reactive to Risk-Orientated Controls: The Control of Minimum Wages in Germany |
Parallel Session 3.4: Reinventing Labour Institutions: From Historical Perspectives to Future Challenges Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Christiane Kuptsch The Indecency of the Right to Disconnect The ILO’s Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group: A Model for the Future? Sociovigilance: An Innovative Framework to Reinvent Labour Institutions and Protect Worker Health and Dignity |
| Parallel Session 3.5: Building Worker Power in the Platform Economy: Strategies for Collective Bargaining and Advocacy Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Dina Bishara Towards a New Politics of Welfare? Origins and Strategies of Gig and Platform Workers’ Organisation in India Pushing Workers’ Collective Voices Beyond the Risks of Fragmentation in the Digital Economy: Evidence and Insights from the Swiss Case Reconstructing Drivers’ Spatial and Temporal Work Organisation Through Geolocation: Promises and Pitfalls of Using Personal Data for Workers' Rights in Geneva My Data, My Rights, My Life: Rideshare Drivers and the Effort to Use Worker Data to Fight for Better Protection Using Data Laws |
Parallel Session 3.6: Special Session on Platform Work and Labour Relations in Latin America Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Mathew Johnson The Transformations of Work in Latin America—Platform Labour, Employment Relations, and the State Presentations of the Special Session The Dynamics of Regulatory Change in Platform Work: Chile and Spain in Comparative Perspective Decent Work in the Platform Economy: Rethinking Enforcement in Argentina Social Dialogue and the State’s Role in Regulating Digital Labour in Chile The Role of the State and Collective Action on Digital Platforms in Uruguay (2020-2024) |
Parallel Session 3.7: Special Session on Decent Work in European Care Sectors Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Eva Kocher Decent Work in European Care Sectors: The Role of Labour Institutions Presentations of the Special Session Social Protection of Different Groups of Workers in the Care Sector. Achieving Progress under the Influence of the EU Decent Jobs for Live-in Carers through Labour Market Institutions History v Presence: The Role of Trade Unions in the Care System – the Case of Poland Recognition of Competences in the Care Sector: An Intersectional Puzzle |
Parallel Session 3.8: Worker Voice and Labour Governance: Strategies for Empowering Workers in Global Supply Chains Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: David Kucera 'Are We Doomed?' Voice-Building and Challenges to Decent Work in Mauritius How Workers Shape and then Leverage Labor Governance Mechanisms: Labor Reform and the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism in Mexico Positive Effects from Global Value Chain Due Diligence Legislation for Workers? Regulatory vs. Voluntary Approaches to Human Rights Due Diligence: Implications for Precarious Workers in Global Supply Chains? Engaging Survivors in Applied Forced Labour Research |
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| 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Information Session: Launch of the ILO Decent Work in Supply Chains Evidence Hub Location: Gobelins (R2 south) Chair: Dan Rees Discussants: Massimiliano Leone, Senior Communication and Advocacy Officer, ITCILO; Stephanie Barrientos, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, UK |
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| 6:30pm | Reception Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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