Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Friday, 04/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 8.1: South African Labour Market: Informality, Unemployment, and Policy Responses Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Sher Verick The Labor Market Consequences of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Low Informality Amidst High Unemployment: The Case of South Africa An Economic Policy from Below for Informal Traders in South Africa Institutions, Political Settlements and Decent Employment in Africa Creating Livelihoods through Informal Convenience Stores: Lessons from Immigrant-run Businesses for Local Entrepreneurship in South Africa |
Parallel Session 8.2: Presentation and Discussion on Social Dialogue Report 2024 Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Lieve Verboven Harnessing the Power of Peak Level Social Dialogue (PLSD) for Economic Development and Social Progress: Overcoming Challenges and Seizing Opportunities Presentations of the Special Session Social Dialogue Report 2024: Peak-Level Social Dialogue for Economic Development and Social Progress Discussant 1 Discussant 2 Discussant 3 |
Parallel Session 8.3: Improving Job Quality: The Role of Collective Bargaining and Labour Regulation Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Marlese Von Broembsen Reimagining Job Quality in a Turbulent Era: Expanding Frameworks Amidst Transformation and Crisis How can Collective Agreements Improve Job Quality of Low-paid Workers? An Analysis of Collective Agreements in Selected Low-paid Sectors Across EU The Influence of Collective Bargaining Agreements on Career Employment Quality of Dutch Employees on a Fixed-term Contract The Use of Historical Research for Development Cooperation and Training: Examples from the ILO Archive from Chile and Paraguay |
Parallel Session 8.4: Wage Policies and Labour Market Outcomes Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Elva Lopez Mourelo Exploring India's Transition from Minimum Wage to Living Wages: Views from Industry Stakeholders 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 Minimum Wage Compliance in Rural India: The Role of Employment Guarantee Schemes Wage Inequality among Blue-Collar Workers in Qatar after Labor Reforms How the Minimum Wage Affects Inequality between Social Groups |
| Parallel Session 8.5: Special Session on Opportunities and Pitfalls of Work 4.0 Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Uma Rani Risks and Regulation: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Work 4.0 Presentations of the Special Session Lessons from the EU's Approach to the Platform Work Directive Application of Legal Responsibilities to Tech Actors Beyond the Platform Work Directive: the ILO Convention on Platform Work and the EU Directive on Algorithmic Management Regulating AI at Work: Beware the Omnibus Instrument(s) |
Parallel Session 8.6: Protecting Vulnerable Workers: Addressing Discrimination, Harassment, and Marginalisation in the Workplace Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Lucy Taksa Enforcing Labour Rights to Face Intersectional Discrimination: Challenges for Women with Disabilities "Technology for Impact”: Implementing Convention 190 and the Global Potential of a Digital Harassment Risk Assessment Tool Designed for the South African Labour Market Perceived Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Live’s Unheard: A Case Study of Selected Terminated Employees in Manufacturing Industry in Gujarat, India The Public Perception of Maternity Leave |
Parallel Session 8.7: Beyond the Household: Recognising and Protecting Domestic Workers' Rights Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Abigail Osiki Affective Violence and Kinship: Navigating Emotional and Material Exploitation in Home-Based Care Work Do Companies Care: Employer-supported Care Services Exploring the Implementation of the Decent Work Agenda in the Domestic Work Sector: A Case Study of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Nigeria |
Parallel Session 8.8: Special Session on Liberating Migrant Labour Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Fabiola Mieres Liberating Migrant Labour: Probing “New” Forms of International Mobility in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, and the US Presentations of the Special Session Privileged guestworkers and settlers-in-the-making: Differential Inclusion and Precarity in Model International Mobility Programs in Canada Employer Characteristics, Temporary Permits, and Settler-Colonial Labour Dynamics in Canada De Facto Low-skilled Migration Programs and Labour Market Segmentation in Australia |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Parallel Session 9.1: Co-sponsored Session with Levy Economics Institute on "Designing Effective Job Guarantee Programs" Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Mito Tsukamoto Chair: Kate Philip The Case for Employment Guarantee Programs as Automatic Stabilizers The Job Guarantee: Lessons from Argentina's Jefes Plan and its Reform The Job Guarantee Program and the Kaleckian Dilemma: Lessons from the Rehn-Meidner plan Using Employment Guarantee Schemes for Addressing Today's Employment Challenges: Learnings from Contemporary Experiences |
Parallel Session 9.2: Productive Employment Opportunities, Power Resources and Labour Relations Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee Lack of Productive Employment: Colonial Legacy and Post-imperialist Practices A Comparison of Power Resources of Dockers and Seafarers and the Spatial Aspect of the Resources Promoting Fishing Profession and General Well-being: A Call for Labour Policy Commitment in an Interorganizational Employment System: An Empirical Investigation of the Commitment of Professional Theatre Actors in West Bengal, India Financial Inclusion: A Policy Framework for Sustainable Livelihood among Mithila artisans |
Parallel Session 9.4: Special Session on Mandatory Mediation and Effectiveness of the Labour Law Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Duygu Hatipoğlu Aydın Impact of Mandatory Mediation on the Effectiveness of the Labour Law: Turkish Experience Presentations of the Special Session Mediation Experiences of Employees: The Discrepancy Between Promises and Facts Mandatory Mediation as a Potential Tool for Manipulating Employees (Un)Constitutionality of Mandatory Mediation in Turkish Labor Law Mandatory Mediation: Are Employees’ Fundamental Rights up for Negotiation? Evaluation of the Current and Potential Effects of Mandatory Mediation on Informal Employees |
Parallel Session 9.5: Regulating Platform Work in Brazil: Challenges, Opportunities, and Worker Perspectives Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: Gerry Rodgers Brazil’s Attempt to Regulate Platform Work: A Game-Changer or a Missed Opportunity? Brazilian Bill 12/2024: A Misguided Approach to Protection The Challenge of Representation in the Regulation of Platform Work in Brazil: Workers' Associativism and Institutional Arrangements The Perspectives and Actions of App-Based Delivery Workers in Brazil and Argentina: A Challenge for Decent Work |
| Parallel Session 9.6: Special Session 1: Decent Work as a Pathway Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Ishbel McWha-Hermann Decent Work as a Pathway to Flourishing (Part 1): Showcasing the New “Research Handbook on Decent Work” Presentations of the Special Session An Integrated Healthy Perspective of Decent Work A Neoliberal Critique of Decent Work Decent Work in “Africa” Decent and Precarious Work in the Tourism Sector: Challenges and Opportunities A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work: Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work |
Parallel Session 9.7: Special Session on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work Location: Room II (R3 south) Chair: Ira Postolachi Violence and Harassment in the World of Work: Evidence and Insights from West Africa Presentations of the Special Session Violence at Work, Employees’ Wellbeing and Mental Health: Evidence from Abidjan, Dakar and Ouagadougou Gender Challenges: The Complex and Multifactorial Reality of Violence and Harassment at Work in Mali and Senegal Violence and Inequalities in the Informal Sector in Burkina Faso: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Domestic Work and Waste Management Labour Market Challenges in West Africa: What Impacts of Violence and Harassment? |
Parallel Session 9.8: Special Session on Experimenting in a State of Polycrisis Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau Experimenting in a State of Polycrisis: A Pathway to Better Work? Presentations of the Special Session Collective Bargaining as an Instrument for Worker Participation in the Just Transition: Lessons from Quebec's Metallurgical Sector The Capacity of Management and Labour to Adapt to Recent Disruptions: Illustrative Vignettes from Quebec (Canada) Workplace Regimes Under Digitalization: Markets, Technology and Power in Three Manufacturing Industries Has the Labor Shortage Allowed Immigrants to Improve their Working Conditions? Yes, but |
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
🥣 Lunch break |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Parallel Session 10.1: Measurement Approaches to Growth and Development Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Rick Samans The Human Development Journey: A Perspective on Concepts and Metrics A Methodology to Estimate the Needs of Workers and Their Families for the Purpose of Wage Setting, Including Living Wages Measuring Progress Beyond GDP to Value what Counts |
Parallel Session 10.2: Special Session on Challenging Automation and Gender Justice Location: Room C (R1 temporary building) Chair: Geeta Thatra Chair: Shardha Rajam Challenging the Automation Premise and Gender Injustice: Stories from Women Workers in the Construction, Ready-Made Garment and Shoe Industries in India and Bangladesh Presentations of the Special Session Impact of Automation on Women Ready-Made-Garment Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Building Futures: Automation and Gender Disparities in Ahmedabad’s Construction Industry, India Organising Women Workers: Advancing Women's Labour Rights in the Automation Era in the Shoe Industry in Brebes, Indonesia |
Parallel Session 10.3: Extending Social Protection to Workers in the Informal Economy: The Role of Policy Innovation and Social dialogue Location: Room B (R1 temporary building) Chair: Helmut Schwarzer Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia Social Inclusion, Social Security, and Vulnerable Self-Employed in the EU Minimum Time Necessary? Examining the Incompatibilities of Activation Policy Requirements using Time-use Data |
Parallel Session 10.4: Special Session on Strengthening Labour and Social Protection for Domestic Worker Location: Room D (R1 temporary building) Chair: Claire Elizabeth Hobden From Insights to Impact: Leveraging Behavioural Science to Strengthen Labour and Social Protection Presentations of the Special Session Tackling Violence, Harassment, and Discrimination in the World of Work: Experimental Evidence from Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia Using Behavioral Insights to Facilitate Due Diligence Actions by Employers of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Applying Behavioural Science to Promote Registration to Social Security among Domestic Workers: Comparative Evidence Across Countries |
| Parallel Session 10.5: Regulating the Platform economy: Lessons from the Global South Location: Room E (R1 temporary building) Chair: M. Six Silberman Assessing the Effectiveness of Platform Work Regulations in Latin America: The Cases of Chile and Uruguay Gig Workspace, Labour Process and Regulations in India Bridging the Regulatory Gap: Lessons for the Governance of Digital Platform Work from Gig Work in Older Sectors in India Regulating Digital Platform Payments: Barriers to Fair Compensation and Policy Implications for Egyptian Microworkers |
Parallel Session 10.6: Special Session 2: Decent Work as a Pathway Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south) Chair: Ishbel McWha-Hermann Decent Work as a Pathway to Flourishing (Part 2): Showcasing the New “Research Handbook on Decent Work” Presentations of the Special Session Decent Work, Algorithmic Management, and the Gig Economy The Human Cogs in the AI Machine: Experiences of Data Annotation and Content Moderation Workers in the BPO Sector in India and Kenya Decent Work, Climate Action, and Social Sustainability Migrant Workers and Decent Work: From Dreams Abroad to Complex Realities |
Parallel Session 10.8: Special Session on Protecting Workers with Chronic Illnesses Location: Room A (R1 temporary building) Chair: Valeria Filì Sustainable Solutions for Social and Work Inclusion in Case of Chronic Illness and Transplantation Presentations of the Special Session Towards a New Understanding of Disability: The Challenge of Reasonable Accommodations The Protection of Workers with Chronic Illnesses: Between (New) Professional Roles and Organizational Solutions Employment Inclusion for Young People with Chronic Illnesses and Transplants: Challenges and Possible Solutions |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
☕ Coffee break Location: Gobelins (R2 south) |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Plenary 3: Rethinking our Economic Model for Decent Work and Human Development Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Rick Samans Panellists: Pedro Conceição, Director, UNDP; Danielle Guizzo, University of Bristol; Agustín Mario, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College & Universidad Nacional de Moreno; Sangheon Lee, ILO |
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| 5:30pm - 6:00pm |
Closing remarks by Celeste Drake, Deputy Director General, ILO and Award of the RDW Prize Location: Governing Body Room (R3 south) Chair: Caroline Fredrickson Followed by remarks from academic partners:
● Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
● Jeong-Hee Lee, Korea Labour Institute, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
● Dina Bishara, Cornell University, United States of America |
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