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Session Overview
Location: Auditorium (Cinema Room) (R2 south)
Date: Wednesday, 02/July/2025
11:30am
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1:00pm
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

Discussant(s): Andrej Slivnik

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

A World between Yesterday and Tomorrow: The ILO in the “Global” Decades of the 1960s and 1970s

Jill Jensen

 

“The Work that makes all Work Possible”: From Women Workers with Family Responsibilities to the Care Work Economy

Eileen Boris

 

The ILO and the Politics of Women’s Vocational Training in Turkey and Internationally, 1950s-1980s

Selin Çağatay

 

The Evolution of Pre-employment Requirements for Seafarers: Post WWII Dynamics and the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention

Benjamin Lelis

 

Changing the Perspective on Working Conditions and the Environment? The 1984 Bhopal Disaster and the ILO

Dorothea Hoehtker

2:30pm
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4:00pm
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

Yury Varlamov



Labour Rights Index: Regulatory Frameworks and their Coherence with International Labour Standards

Iftikhar Ahmad, Fiona Dragstra



Advancing Decent Work: Legal and Policy Reforms in Palestine's Post-War Labour Market

Rabeh Morrar



Intra-EU Truckdrivers’ Access to Justice in the Context of their ‘Statelessness’: Empirical Evidence

Anke van der Hoeven, Marta Lasek-Markey

4:30pm
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6:00pm
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

Discussant(s): Damian Grimshaw

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

The Dynamics of Regulatory Change in Platform Work: Chile and Spain in Comparative Perspective

Angel Martin-Caballero

 

Decent Work in the Platform Economy: Rethinking Enforcement in Argentina

Luciana Zorzoli

 

Social Dialogue and the State’s Role in Regulating Digital Labour in Chile

Daina Bellido De Luna

 

The Role of the State and Collective Action on Digital Platforms in Uruguay (2020-2024)

Nicolás Marrero

Date: Thursday, 03/July/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
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

Danuti Top



When Algorithms Rule the Workplace: Can Criminal Law Protect Workers' Rights?

Kamila Naumowicz, Joanna Untershuetz



Algorithmic Management: Worker Agency and Voice in Sweden

Carin Håkansta, Ruben Lind, Pille Strauss-Raats

11:00am
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12:30pm
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

Deirdre McCann, Sangheon Lee

 

The Methodology of the B-Ready Labour Index

Simon Deakin, Kamelia Pourkermani

 

Discussants

Sukti Dasgupta, Michael Watt

2:00pm
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3:30pm
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

Manuela Tomei

 

Human Rights Economy

Nada Al Nashif

 

What is the Economy for?

Radhika Balakrishnan

 

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

Simon Deakin, Bhumika Billa, Louise Bishop, Kamelia Pourkermani

 

Impact Of Labour Market Normative Frameworks On Inequalities

Miguel Nino Zarazua

4:00pm
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5:30pm
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

Ivan Yatskevych

 

Labour Disputes under Martial Law

Roksolana Khanyk-Pospolitak

 

The Right to Work: Choosing between Employment and Civil Law Contracts under Conditions of Martial Law

Iryna Dzera

 

Domestic Work and Household Keeping in Wartime

Tetiana Fedosieieva

 

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

Jasmin Beck

Date: Friday, 04/July/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
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

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



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

Devenkumar S Solanki, . Bushra, Dr. Kirti Makwana



The Public Perception of Maternity Leave

Marina Dutra

11:00am
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12:30pm
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”

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

2:00pm
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3:30pm
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”

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


 
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