Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 03/July/2025 | ||||
| 8:00am | Registration starts from 8:00am Location: Entrance of the ILO Building - Door 5 (R2 north) |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Parallel Session 4.1: Special Session on Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Christoph Scherrer Challenges of Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals Presentations of the Special Session Declining Wage Shares, Wealth Inequality and ‘Living Wages’ The Challenge of Measuring Underemployment Digital Labour Platforms and their Contribution to Development Outcomes Decent Workplace: Evolution of the Concept and Relevance Universal versus Employment-based Social Protection? |
Parallel Session 4.2: Innovative Approaches to Organising Precarious Workers: Building Power in the Informal Economy Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Olivia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto Challenges and Strategies for the Organization and Collective Bargaining of Non-salaried Workers. The Case of the Popular Economy Workers´ Union in Argentina Empowering the Invisible Workforce: The Role of Labour Institutions in Advancing Decent Work for ASHA Workers in India "You Will Still Work When You Are Dying": Exploring Work and the Prospects for Collective Action in Accra’s Informal Food Service Sector through Photovoice Precarious Work, Precarious Futures: Trade Unions, Refugee Labour, and the Politics of Return |
Parallel Session 4.3: Book Presentation on Social Law 4.0 Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Olga Chesalina Book Presentation “Social Law 4.0: Update: Innovative Approaches to Ensuring and Financing of Social Protection for Platform Workers in Europe” Presentations of the Special Session Recent EU Developments Addressing Challenges of Platform Workers Recent EU Developments of Taxation in the Platform Economy Recent Developments Concerning Access to Social Protection and its Financing in Sweden Determination of the Social Protection Depending on the Employment Status of Platform Workers in the Netherlands Determination of the Social Protection Depending on the Employment Status of Platform Workers in Italy |
Parallel Session 4.4: Beyond Compliance: Rethinking Labour Law Enforcement to Address Exploitation Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Martin Oelz An Injurious Legacy: How the Key Legal Concepts of South Asian Labour Laws Undermine their Implementation How Do Companies Respond to Forced Labour Transparency Laws? A Case Study of Lululemon Athletica Thirty Years of Combating Slave Labor in Brazil: Challenges to the Effectiveness of Inspections and the Protection of Labor Rights |
| Parallel Session 4.5: Beyond the Algorithm: Understanding the Human Impact of Platform Work Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Aditya Ray Examining Quality of Employment in the Emerging Platform Economy: A Study of Digital Cab Services in Two Mega cities of India Beyond the Stars: How Algorithmic-enabled Human Resource Management Activities Shapes Worker Satisfaction on Online Gig Platforms Aligning Customer Expectations and Gig Worker Realities in the Philippine Ride-Hailing and Delivery Sectors Ride-sharing Workers Navigate Climate Change in Urban Landscapes |
Parallel Session 4.6: Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability in the Workplace: Legal and Regulatory Approaches Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Morgan Williams Regulation of the Legal Framework for AI Systems in the Field of Employment and Management of Workers Considered to Present a High Degree of Risk When Algorithms Rule the Workplace: Can Criminal Law Protect Workers' Rights? Algorithmic Management: Worker Agency and Voice in Sweden |
Parallel Session 4.7: Special Session on Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Claire Elizabeth Hobden Chair: Lorena Poblete Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work: Mapping Regional Differences Presentations of the Special Session Mapping Digital Platforms in European Home Care and Domestic Work Digital Intermediaries in Domestic Work in Southeast Europe: A Comparative Perspective Digital Platforms for Domestic Work: A Latin American Cartography |
Parallel Session 4.8: Occupational Health and Safety in Global Supply Chains: Addressing the Risks to Workers' Health Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Ockert Dupper A Matter of Life and Breath: An Examination of Air Pollution and Respiratory Ill-health in the Cambodian Garment Industry Farm Workers' Safety in Pesticide Use and the Legal Framework in India Towards a Sixth Fundamental Right: Defending the inclusion of the Right to a Living Wage in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Parallel Session 5.1: Digitalisation and Labour Market Dynamics: Exploring the Impact on Skills, Wages, and Employment Opportunities Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Olga Strietska-Ilina Who Gets the Digital Jobs? Inequality, Skills and Inclusion in Rwanda’s Digital Labour Market AI Paradoxes and De-skilling of Future Workers: Evidence from India The Returns to Skills in terms of Wages and Job Amenities in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data The Role of Skills in Mediating the Effects of Emerging Digital Technologies on Employment Reinforcing Poor Skills Opportunities through Times of Crisis: An Analysis of the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Training, Wages and Key Workers in the UK, a Gendered Approach |
Parallel Session 5.2: Empowering Workers in a Changing World: Agency, Participation, and Social Dialogue Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Greg J Bamber Zone of Contestation, Quality of Working Life (QWL) and Technological Change in the Automotive Industry Participating in Digital Transition Processes of One's Work Activity: The First Step towards Strengthening the Voice of Workers Between Protection and Production: Disability, Labor Value, and Worker Agency in South Korean Employment |
Parallel Session 5.3: Special Session on Living Wages and Decent Work Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Paulien Osse Establishing Fair Compensation: Living Wages, Dignity, and Decent Work in a Transforming Global Economy Presentations of the Special Session Global Benchmarks for Decent Living: Measuring and Validating the Living Wage Against Minimum Wage and Other Adequacy Standards Calculating Living Wage Levels via Quality of Life Indicators Exploring Living Standards and Poverty in Suriname through Insights in Cost of Living and Wages The Relationship between Cost of Living and Minimum Wage in Türkiye: An Analysis of Real Wage Trends Living Tariff: The Case for Setting an Income-floor for Self-employed in the Gig Economy and Beyond |
Parallel Session 5.4: Strengthening Labour Law Enforcement: Exploring New Strategies Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Aristea Koukiadaki Behind the Scenes: The Central Role of Supervisors in Ensuring Decent Work for Low-Tier Workers with Disabilities in Remote Areas Addressing Legal and Institutional Barriers to Child Labour Regulation: Insights from the Informal Handloom Sector in India Informality and Decent Work Deficits in the Lower Tiers of the Construction Supply Chain: The Need to Regulate Multilayer Subcontracting |
| Parallel Session 5.5: Regulating Platform Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers' Rights and Protections Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Dafne Papandrea Scheduled for Risk: Dynamic Pricing, Algorithmic Management, and Occupational Risks in Platform Work New Forms of Employment Through Digital Platforms and the Gig Economy: Implications for Occupational Health, Safety, and Social Security in Japan Networked Relationships on Social Media: Exploring the Labour Processes of Informal Workers in the Digital Era Do India’s Transport Workers Need a Mobility Package Like the EU? Reimagining Decent Work and Social Protection for Informal Sector Workers in India’s Changing Economy |
Parallel Session 5.6: Special Session on World Bank's Business Ready Project Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Deirdre McCann The Business Ready Project: the World Bank, the ILO, and Labour Law’s Future in Global Policy Presentations of the Special Session B-Ready: The Labor Topic, ILO Standards and The Role and Impact of Labour Regulation The Methodology of the B-Ready Labour Index Discussants |
Parallel Session 5.7: Special Session on Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Francisca Pereyra Chair: Anna Olsen Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work: Business Models and Working Conditions Presentations of the Special Session Peer-to-Peer Precarity: The Role of Multi-Service Platforms in Shaping Wages and Working Conditions in Belgium Digital Platforms for Paid Domestic Care Work in Colombia: The Case of Hogarú Digital Platforms in Domestic and Care work in France: Strategies for New Business Models Business Models of Platforms and their Impacts on Domestic and Care Work in Spain |
Parallel Session 5.8: Enforcing Compliance and Labour Governance: Innovative Approaches Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Fabiola Mieres Trialling Tripartism in Australia: Assessing a New Approach to Promoting Labour Law Compliance Use of Information Interventions to Achieve Impactful Regulation: Lessons from Australia's Equality Agencies Innovative Co-Enforcement Approaches of Labour Standards: The Joint Company Inspection in Geneva |
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
🥣 Lunch break |
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Information Session: Introducing 'Work-Net International' Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Jill Rubery Other Speakers: Caroline Fredrickson, ILO; Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, University of Montreal |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Parallel Session 6.1: Decent Work in Diverse Contexts: Rethinking Policies and Institutions Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Christoph Scherrer The Rise of Informal Employment in Latin America and New Forms of Informality Decent Work and the City: The Opportunities and Limits of Local Experimentation Decent Work and Meaningful Work in Different Work Contexts in Portugal: A Qualitative Analysis Futuristic Approaches to Prison Labour in India: Paving Way for Rehabilitation and Right to Decent Work Post Release Constructing a Typology of Industrial Relations Systems: Towards a Human-centred and non-Euro-centric Model? |
Parallel Session 6.2: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy: Building Bridges for Inclusive Labour Relations Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Elizabeth Frantz Social and Solidarity Economic Organizations in Promoting Social Dialogue for Informal Workers: Replicable Best Practices around the World Return the Sender: Postal and National Radio Workers Fight Back to Keep Argentina Connected Pursuing Good Jobs through Urban Social Dialogue as Democratic Experimentalism in South Korea |
Parallel Session 6.3: Remote Work: Implications for Labour Market Institutions and Work-life balance Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Christiane Kuptsch Strengthening Labour Market Institutions through Leveraging Industry 4.0 and 5.0: Working from Home Example in Swiss MSEs Transnational Remote Work: Rethinking the Concept of Workplace in a Digital Era Remote Work vs Part-Time Employment: A New Work-Family Balance? |
Parallel Session 6.4: Innovations in Labour Regulation and Enforcement: Global Perspectives Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Leah Vosko Recognising Labour Inspectors as Human Rights Defenders: Emotional Exhaustion on the Frontline Against Modern Slavery in Brazil Lighthouse Effect or Dual Labor Markets? Evidence from Informal Workers in Greece Can Collective Bargaining Overcome Institutional Arbitrage in International Employment? Evidence from China's Ocean Shipping Industry |
| Parallel Session 6.5: Regulating Platform Work in India: Emerging Legal Frameworks and Worker Experiences Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Miriam Cherry Protocol as a Policy: A Case Study of Bengaluru's Ride-Hailing Platform A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lived Experiences and Perceptions of Procedural Justice at Work among On-demand Platform Workers in India From Aspiration to Implementation: Analyzing the Effectiveness of India's Labor Codes in Regulating Platform Work |
Parallel Session 6.6: Special Session on Normative Frameworks for Social Justice Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Corinne Vargha Chair: Sukti Dasgupta Normative Frameworks for Social Justice Presentations of the Special Session The Complementarities Between Rights And Development Under The Global Coalition For Social Justice Human Rights Economy What is the Economy for? The Impact of Labour Laws on the Labour Share of National Income, Productivity, Unemployment and Employment: First Results from the 2023 Update of the CBR Labour Regulation Index Impact Of Labour Market Normative Frameworks On Inequalities |
Parallel Session 6.7: Platformisation of Care and Domestic Work: Reshaping Labour Relations and the Boundaries of Decent Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Anam Parvez Butt The ‘Digital Moral Economy’ of Care: How Platforms Legitimate AI-based Algorithm Management Through Welfare-based Moral Justifications of Care Services "Labor-Employment Independence and the Paradigm Shift in Workforce Regulations" Reshaping Boundaries of Decent Work: A Typology of Care Work ‘Gigs’ The Platformisation of Domestic and Care activities in French-Speaking Switzerland: Using Digital Methods to Examine the Digital Intermediation of Labour |
Parallel Session 6.8: Access to Rights and Justice for Migrant Workers: Challenges and Strategies Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Fabiola Mieres Navigating Employment Challenges: Addressing Work Permits, Contracts, and Poor Working Conditions for Kenyan Migrant Workers in the Arab World Restrictions Over Rights: Labor and Migration Rights Awareness Among Filipino Service Workers in the UAE “Right Making/State Making”: India’s Inter-state Migrants Making Markets for Exploitation: Employer-centric Migration Policy and the Trade in Migrant Lives in New Zealand |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Parallel Session 7.1: Special Session on the Politics of Unpaid Labour Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Uma Rani The Politics of Unpaid Labour: Sustaining and Valuing Work in a Just Economy Presentations of the Special Session The Politics of Unpaid Labour Damage Caused by Unpaid Labour: Sustaining and Valuing Work in a Just Economy Economic Sustainability, Unpaid Labour and the Reframing of Employment in the Post-Growth Era Challenging Boundaries: Exploring Pricing Strategies, and Unpaid Labour Time to Explain Earning Disparities in Online Labour Markets |
Parallel Session 7.2: Gender Equality in the Workplace: New Approaches to Worker Representation Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Suneha Seetahul Trade Unions’ Pursuit Of Gender Equality in the Workplace in Europe Silences and Closures in Workplace Equality: A Comparative Perspective on France, the UK, Spain, and the Netherlands Household Workers Speak Out: Organizing for Health and Safety During and After Covid |
Parallel Session 7.3: Sectoral Variations in Worker representation: Perspectives from Manufacturing, Banking, and E-Commerce Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Dora Sari The Organisation of Warehouse Work and Social Dialogue in the UK’s E-Commerce Fulfilment Sector Developing a Framework for Sustainable Trade Unionism Amidst the Evolving World of Work: Insights from Trade Unionists and Bank Employees in Zimbabwe International Framework Agreements and Plant-Level Bargaining: A Complementary Approach to Regulate Labor Market Transformation |
Parallel Session 7.4: Beyond Traditional OSH: Addressing the Impacts of Technology and Informal Work on Worker Well-being Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Claire La Hovary Decent Work and Mental Well-being: Analysing the Impact of Employment Quality on Informal Workers’ Mental Health in Thailand Content Moderation and Mental Well-Being in India and Kenya: A Legal Framework Decent Work and Ship Breaking Industry: A Case Study of Alang Ship Breaking Yard Can International Labour Standards Play an Enabling Role in Advancing the Decency of Employment in Forestry? |
| Parallel Session 7.5: Exploring the Impact of AI, Automation, and Platformisation on Labour Markets Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Carin Håkansta Platformisation across the Labour Process: Evidence from the New AIM-WORK Survey A New Global Index of Occupational Exposure to Generative AI The Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Employment Services Reconfiguring Labor Institutions in the Age of Automation: Advancing a Human-Centric Vision through an Inquiry into the EU Industry 5.0 Framework |
Parallel Session 7.6: Special Session on Institutional Change in Times of War Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Eva Kocher Institutional Change in Times of War: The Case of Ukraine Presentations of the Special Session Labour Law Regulation during Wartime in Ukraine Labour Disputes under Martial Law The Right to Work: Choosing between Employment and Civil Law Contracts under Conditions of Martial Law Domestic Work and Household Keeping in Wartime Upholding Human Rights in Crisis: The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention and ILO Recommendation No. 205 |
Parallel Session 7.7: Role of Labour Institutions in Protecting Vulnerable Workers: Case Studies from Healthcare and Domestic Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Ivana Pais From Volunteers to Empowered Workers: Institutional Innovation in Community Healthcare Labor Management The Puzzle of Gender-blind Childcare Politics: Comparing Campaigns for Better Jobs in Four Countries Empowering Domestic Workers: The Role of Labour Institutions in Ensuring Decent Work in India. |
Parallel Session 7.8: Book discussion: Migrant Work by Another Name: Differential Inclusion and Precarity in Canada’s International Mobility Program Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Adelle Blackett Migrant Work by Another Name: Differential Inclusion and Precarity in Canada’s International Mobility Program by Leah Vosko Presentations of the Special Session Discussant 1 Discussant 2 Discussant 3 |
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| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Plenary 2: Access to Protection and Legal Rights Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Caroline Fredrickson Presenters: Professor Guy Davidov and Professor Kamala Sankaran (member of the ILO Committee of Experts) Discussant: Adelle Blackett (Senior Adviser to the DG, ILO) |
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