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Session Overview
Date: Friday, 04/July/2025
8:00am Registration starts from 8:00am
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Parallel Session 8.1: South African Labour Market: Informality, Unemployment, and Policy Responses
Chair: Praveen Kumar Jha
 

The Labor Market Consequences of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Colin Darren Cannonier



Low Informality Amidst High Unemployment: The Case of South Africa

Haroon Ismail Bhorat



An Economic Policy from Below for Informal Traders in South Africa

David Campbell Francis, Siphelele Ngidi



Institutions, Political Settlements and Decent Employment in Africa

Dung Sha, Gideon Goshit



Creating Livelihoods through Informal Convenience Stores: Lessons from Immigrant-run Businesses for Local Entrepreneurship in South Africa

Lwazi Ncoliwe

Parallel Session 8.2
 

Harnessing the Power of Peak Level Social Dialogue (PLSD) for Economic Development and Social Progress: Overcoming Challenges and Seizing Opportunities

Chair(s): Damian Grimshaw

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Social Dialogue Report 2024: Peak-Level Social Dialogue for Economic Development and Social Progress

Andrea Marinucci, Konstantinos Papadakis, Tvisha Shroff, Damian Grimshaw, Youcef Ghellab

 

Discussant 1

Kamala Sankaran

 

Discussant 2

Ruth Castel-Branco

 

Discussant 3

Oscar Molina Romo

Parallel Session 8.3: Improving Job Quality: The Role of Collective Bargaining and Labour Regulation
 

Reimagining Job Quality in a Turbulent Era: Expanding Frameworks Amidst Transformation and Crisis

Agnieszka Piasna, Janine Leschke



How can Collective Agreements Improve Job Quality of Low-paid Workers? An Analysis of Collective Agreements in Selected Low-paid Sectors Across EU

Maria Sedlakova



The Influence of Collective Bargaining Agreements on Career Employment Quality of Dutch Employees on a Fixed-term Contract

Stef Bouwhuis, Dimitris Pavlopoulos, Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal



The Use of Historical Research for Development Cooperation and Training: Examples from the ILO Archive from Chile and Paraguay

Gerhard Reinecke

Parallel Session 8.4: Wage Policies and Labour Market Outcomes
Chair: Elva Lopez Mourelo
 

Exploring India's Transition from Minimum Wage to Living Wages: Views from Industry Stakeholders

Biju Varkkey, Sunny Wadhwaniya



Regulating Earned Wage Access: A Case Study on the Role of Labour Regulations in Balancing Benefits and Risks to Workers' Access to Digital Financial Services

Andrej Slivnik, Alice Merry



Minimum Wage Compliance in Rural India: The Role of Employment Guarantee Schemes

Arindam Das, Bheemeshwar Reddy A



Wage Inequality among Blue-Collar Workers in Qatar after Labor Reforms

Rashid Memon, Abdoulaye Diop, Kien Le Trung, Lina Bader



How the Minimum Wage Affects Inequality between Social Groups

Pranjal Gupta, Mohd. Imran Khan

Parallel Session 8.5
 

Risks and Regulation: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Work 4.0

Chair(s): Uma Rani

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Lessons from the EU's Approach to the Platform Work Directive

Philippa Collins

 

Application of Legal Responsibilities to Tech Actors

Einat Albin

 

Limitations of Platform Work Directive relating to Algorithmic Management

Valerio De Stefano

 

Regulating AI at Work: Beware the Omnibus Instrument(s)

Jeremias Adams-Prassl

Parallel Session 8.6: Protecting Vulnerable Workers: Addressing Discrimination, Harassment, and Marginalisation in the Workplace
 

Enforcing Labour Rights to Face Intersectional Discrimination: Challenges for Women with Disabilities

Rosita Zucaro, Lilli Carollo



"Technology for Impact”: Implementing Convention 190 and the Global Potential of a Digital Harassment Risk Assessment Tool Designed for the South African Labour Market

Debbie Collier, Hanlie Wessels



Perceived Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Valeria Insarauto



The Public Perception of Maternity Leave

Marina Dutra



Recognising Sex Work as Work: An Analysis of the Pioneering Belgian Legislation Extending Labour Rights to Sex Workers

Elisa Chieregato

Parallel Session 8.7: Beyond the Household: Recognising and Protecting Domestic Workers' Rights
 

Affective Violence and Kinship: Navigating Emotional and Material Exploitation in Home-Based Care Work

Kritika Katyayan



Do Companies Care: Employer-supported Care Services

Arosha Sarangie Adikaram, Asheni De Silva



Unveiling Domestic Slavery: New Data and Insights on Contemporary Exploration in Brazil

Lívia Moreira Mendes Miraglia, Maria Carolina Fernandes Oliveira, Shevah Ahavat Esberard, Nathalia Godoi Crepaldi, Rayane Júlia Damasceno, Lorena Goés Pimenta de Pádua Andrade



Exploring the Implementation of the Decent Work Agenda in the Domestic Work Sector: A Case Study of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Nigeria

Shakeerah Olabimpe Salau, Sikirullahi Tunde Elegbede, Joy .O. Ekwoaba

Parallel Session 8.8
 

Liberating Migrant Labour: Probing “New” Forms of International Mobility in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, and the US

Chair(s): Fabiola Mieres

Discussant(s): Dalia Gesauldi-Fecteau

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

A Profile of Canada’s “New” International Mobility Program: Change and Continuity in an Evolving Settler Colonial (Im)migration Policy Context

Leah F. Vosko, Seulsam Lee, Andrea Noack

 

Employer Characteristics, Temporary Permits, and Settler-Colonial Labour Dynamics in Canada

Rupa Banerjee, Cynthia Spring

 

De Facto Low-skilled Migration Programs and Labour Market Segmentation in Australia

Joanne Flavel, Adelaide Chiang, Stephen Clibborn, Chris Wright

 

Temporary Foreign Work in the US: A Comparative Study of the H Visa Programs

Ashwin Kumar, Shannon Gleeson

 

Is the Migration State Patriarchal? An examination of gender in migration regulation and outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Natalia Boven, Francis L. Collins, Rachel Simon-Kumar

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11:00am
☕ Coffee break
11:00am
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12:30pm
Parallel Session 9.1: Designing Effective Job Guarantee Programs
 

Lack of Productive Employment: Colonial Legacy and Post-imperialist Practices

Christoph Scherrer



The Case for Employment Guarantee Programs as Automatic Stabilizers

Daniel Enrique Kostzer



The Job Guarantee: Lessons from Argentina's Jefes Plan and its Reform

Agustin Mario



The Job Guarantee Program and the Kaleckian Dilemma: Lessons from the Rehn-Meidner plan

Caio Vilella, Eduardo Bastian

Parallel Session 9.2: Power Resources and Labour Relations: Comparing Seafarers, Fishing and Theatre Professionals and Other Occupational Groups
 

From the Street to Facebook Livestreaming: The Role of Digital Mobilisation Tools in Workers' Resistance in Vietnam

Trang Thi Kieu Tran



A Comparison of Power Resources of Dockers and Seafarers and the Spatial Aspect of the Resources

Ismail Doga Karatepe



Promoting Fishing Profession and General Well-being: A Call for Labour Policy

Mohammed Mamun Or Rashid



Commitment in an Interorganizational Employment System: An Empirical Investigation of the Commitment of Professional Theatre Actors in West Bengal, India

Anamitra Khan, Amit Dhiman



Financial Inclusion: A Policy Framework for Sustainable Livelihood among Mithila artisans

Madhvi Kumari, Sruti Kanungo

Parallel Session 9.3: Workplace Equality and Discrimination: Comparative Perspectives and Strategies for Change
 

Contending with Life-Course Trajectories in India's 'Global' IT Services and Labour (Non-)Regulations

Aditya Ray



Do Institutions Matter for Firm Level Employment Growth? Evidence from India's Organised Sector

Rahul Sapkal



Going Beyond Anti-Trust Standards: Are Rules on Structures of Worker Representation the Procrustean Bed for Workers Outside an Employment Contract?

Juliana Londoño



Live’s Unheard: A Case Study of Selected Terminated Employees in Manufacturing Industry in Gujarat, India

Devenkumar Shantilal Solanki, Bushra ., Dr Kirti Makwana

Parallel Session 9.4
 

Impact of Mandatory Mediation on the Effectiveness of the Labour Law: Turkish Experience

Chair(s): Duygu Hatipoğlu Aydın

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Mediation Experiences of Employees: The Discrepancy Between Promises and Facts

Duygu Hatıpoğlu Aydın

 

Mandatory Mediation as a Potential Tool for Manipulating Employees

Çağla Erdogan

 

(Un)Constitutionality of Mandatory Mediation in Turkish Labor Law

Orhan Emre Konuralp

 

Mandatory Mediation: Are Employees’ Fundamental Rights up for Negotiation?

Münevver Temir

 

Evaluation of the Current and Potential Effects of Mandatory Mediation on Informal Employees

Hasan Karakaya, Burak Yücekaya

Parallel Session 9.5: Regulating Platform Work in Brazil: Challenges, Opportunities, and Worker Perspectives
 

Brazil’s Attempt to Regulate Platform Work: A Game-Changer or a Missed Opportunity?

André Zipperer



Brazilian Bill 12/2024: A Misguided Approach to Protection

Luiz Ronan Neves Koury, Ana Beatriz Koury Stratton



The Challenge of Representation in the Regulation of Platform Work in Brazil: Workers' Associativism and Institutional Arrangements

Caetano Patta da Porciuncula e Barros



The Perspectives and Actions of App-Based Delivery Workers in Brazil and Argentina: A Challenge for Decent Work

Roberto Véras De Oliveira, Maria Andrea Delfino

Parallel Session 9.6
 

Decent Work as a Pathway to Flourishing (Part 1): Showcasing the New “Research Handbook on Decent Work”

Chair(s): Ishbel McWha-Hermann, Christian Yao, Noelle Donnelly

Discussant(s): Deirdre McCann

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

An Integrated Healthy Perspective of Decent Work

Annamaria Di Fabio

 

A Neoliberal Critique of Decent Work

David L Blustein, Michael Gordon, Karley Guterres

 

Decent Work in “Africa”

Ines Meyer

 

Decent and Precarious Work in the Tourism Sector: Challenges and Opportunities

Esther García-Buades

 

A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work: Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work

Mihajla Gavin, Kantha Dayaram, Renata Casado

Parallel Session 9.7
 

Violence and Harassment in the World of Work: Evidence and Insights from West Africa

Chair(s): Ira Postolachi

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Violence at Work, Employees’ Wellbeing and Mental Health: Evidence from Abidjan, Dakar and Ouagadougou

Fathi Fakhfakh, Noel Thiombiano

 

Gender Challenges: The Complex and Multifactorial Reality of Violence and Harassment at Work in Mali and Senegal

Elisabeth Hofmann, Jean-Christophe Lapouble

 

Violence and Inequalities in the Informal Sector in Burkina Faso: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Domestic Work and Waste Management

David Sidbéwendin O. Ilboudo, Yéda Christophe Banaon, Aïssata Dabo, Elsa Tapsoba

 

Labour Market Challenges in West Africa: What Impacts of Violence and Harassment?

Lewis Landry Gakpa, Rodrigue Mare

Parallel Session 9.8
 

Experimenting in a State of Polycrisis: A Pathway to Better Work?

Chair(s): Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Insourcing and Institutional Experimentation: The Challenges of Realising ‘Better Work’ after the Re-municipalization of Public Services

Karen Jaehrling, Stephen Mustchin, Eva Herman

 

The Capacity of Management and Labour to Adapt to Recent Disruptions: Illustrative Vignettes from Quebec (Canada)

Mélanie Laroche, Patrice Jalette

 

Collective Bargaining as an Instrument for Worker Participation in the Just Transition: Lessons from Quebec's Metallurgical Sector

Jonathan Michaud

 

Workplace Regimes Under Digitalization: Markets, Technology and Power in Three Manufacturing Industries

Mathieu Dupuis

12:30pm
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2:00pm
🥣 Lunch break
12:45pm
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1:45pm
Discussion on the Report "In conditions of freedom and dignity: Pathways to racial equality in the world of work"
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Parallel Session 10.1: Measurement Approaches to Growth and Development
Chair: Rick Samans
 

The Human Development Journey: A Perspective on Concepts and Metrics

Pedro Conceicao



Measuring Progress Beyond GDP to Value what Counts

Anu Peltola

Parallel Session 10.2
 

Challenging the Automation Premise and Gender Injustice: Stories from Women Workers in the Construction, Ready-Made Garment and Shoe Industries in India, Bangladesh and Indonesia

Chair(s): Andi Cipta Asmawaty, Ashila Dandeniya, Shardha Rajam

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Impact of Automation on Women Ready-Made-Garment Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tamanna Hannan, Sumaiya Binte Selim Sudha

 

Building Futures: Automation and Gender Disparities in Ahmedabad’s Construction Industry, India

Saloni Mundra, Geeta Thatra

 

Organising Women Workers: Advancing Women's Labour Rights in the Automation Era in the Shoe Industry in Brebes, Indonesia

Bagus Santoso

Parallel Session 10.3: Extending Social Protection to Workers in the Informal Economy: The Role of Policy Innovation and Social dialogue
Chair: Shahra Razavi
 

Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia

Laura Corrigall Alfers, Aura Sevilla



Extending Labour and Social Protection to Informal Workers in Latin America: Policies, Challenges, and Transitions to Formality

Roxana Maurizio



Social Inclusion, Social Security, and Vulnerable Self-Employed in the EU

Tania Bazzani



Can International Labour Standards Play an Enabling Role in Advancing the Decency of Employment in Forestry?

Rattiya Suddeephong Lippe, Jörg Schweinle



Minimum Time Necessary? Examining the Incompatibilities of Activation Policy Requirements using Time-use Data

Ceri Hughes

Parallel Session 10.4
 

From Insights to Impact: Leveraging Behavioural Science to Strengthen Labour and Social Protection

Chair(s): Claire Elizabeth Hobden

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Tackling Violence, Harassment, and Discrimination in the World of Work: Experimental Evidence from Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia

Enrique Fatas, Lina Restrepo-Plaza, Paulius Yamin-Slotkus

 

Using Behavioral Insights to Facilitate Due Diligence Actions by Employers of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

Mario Herberz

 

Applying Behavioural Science to Promote Registration to Social Security among Domestic Workers: Comparative Evidence Across Countries

Lucia Freira, Claire Hobden

Parallel Session 10.5: Regulating the Platform economy: Lessons from the Global South
 

Assessing the Effectiveness of Platform Work Regulations in Latin America: The Cases of Chile and Uruguay

Federico Rosenbaum



Gig Workspace, Labour Process and Regulations in India

Amrita Ghatak, Avi Singh Majithia, Roopa Madhav



Bridging the Regulatory Gap: Lessons for the Governance of Digital Platform Work from Gig Work in Older Sectors in India

Tony Mathew, Raktima Kalita, Bilahari Madhu, Janaki Srinivasan, Balaji Parthasarathy



Regulating Digital Platform Payments: Barriers to Fair Compensation and Policy Implications for Egyptian Microworkers

Myriam Raymond, Nagla Rizk

Parallel Session 10.6
 

Decent Work as a Pathway to Flourishing (Part 2): Showcasing the New “Research Handbook on Decent Work”

Chair(s): Ishbel McWha-Hermann, Christian Yao, Noelle Donnelly

Discussant(s): Deirdre McCann

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Decent Work, Algorithmic Management, and the Gig Economy

Penny Williams, Maria Hameed Khan

 

The Human Cogs in the AI Machine:  Experiences of Data Annotation and Content Moderation Workers in the BPO Sector in India and Kenya

Uma Rani, Morgan Williams, Nora Gobel

 

Decent Work, Climate Action, and Social Sustainability

Veronica Hopner, Stuart C Carr

 

Migrant Workers and Decent Work: From Dreams Abroad to Complex Realities

Maha Yomn Sbaa, Salvatore Zappala

Parallel Session 10.7
 

Solidarity, Collectivisim and Reciprocity: Lessons From The Social and Solidarity Economy in 6-African Countries

Chair(s): Kerryn Ayanda Malindi Krige, Simel Esim

Discussant(s): Guy Tchami

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Solidarity, Collectivisim and Reciprocity: Lessons From The Social and Solidarity Economy in 6-African Countries

Guy Tchami, Frederik Claeye

 

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Parallel Session 10.8
 

Sustainable Solutions for Social and Work Inclusion in Case of Chronic Illness and Transplantation

Chair(s): Valeria Filì

Discussant(s): Maria Cristina Degoli

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Towards a New Understanding of Disability: The Challenge of Reasonable Accommodations

Claudia Carchio, Fulvio Cucchisi

 

The Protection of Workers with Chronic Illnesses: Between (New) Professional Roles and Organizational Solutions

Giorgio Impellizzieri, Francesco Alifano

 

Employment Inclusion for Young People with Chronic Illnesses and Transplants: Challenges and Possible Solutions

Carmela Garofalo

3:30pm
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4:00pm
☕ Coffee break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Plenary 3
5:30pm
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6:00pm
Closing Ceremony and Award of RDW Prize

 
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