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Session Overview
Location: Room E (R1 temporary building)
Date: Wednesday, 02/July/2025
11:30am
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1:00pm
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?

Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters



A Hybrid Category to Regulate Gig Work?

Miriam Cherry



Rethinking the Concept of the Employer in the Digital Economy: Corporate Fragmentation and Power Dynamics through Labour Law and Competition Law Lenses

Silvia Rainone



Defining ‘Digital Labour Platform’ and Working Time in an ILO Instrument on Platform Work

M. Six Silberman, Jeremias Adams-Prassl

2:30pm
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4:00pm
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

Aelim Yun



Employers’ Strategies and Collective Bargaining in Food-delivery – The Case of Just Eat/Takeaway in Denmark, Italy and Spain

Anna Illsoe, Valeria Pulignano, Felix Hadwiger, Claudia Mara



Minimum Wage as a Labour Right in the Platform Economy: Legal Developments and Policy Challenges in Europe

Katarzyna Bomba



Strengthening Labour Institutions to Address Gig Economy Challenges: A Case Study on the Establishment of the Malaysian Gig Economy Commission (SEGIM)

Fairuz Edzuan Jamaludin, Alisa Ibrahim, Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin



Labour Rights, Collective Bargaining, and Role of the State in Online Food Delivery Segment in India

Neha Arya

4:30pm
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6:00pm
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

Aditya Ray, Aju John



Pushing Workers’ Collective Voices Beyond the Risks of Fragmentation in the Digital Economy: Evidence and Insights from the Swiss Case

Nicola Cianferoni, Jean-Michel Bonvin



Reconstructing Drivers’ Spatial and Temporal Work Organisation Through Geolocation: Promises and Pitfalls of Using Personal Data for Workers' Rights in Geneva

Jessica Pidoux, Núria Sánchez-Mira, Jean-Christophe Schwaab



My Data, My Rights, My Life: Rideshare Drivers and the Effort to Use Worker Data to Fight for Better Protection Using Data Laws

Jaylexia Clark

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

Indrajit Bairagya



Beyond the Stars: How Algorithmic-enabled Human Resource Management Activities Shapes Worker Satisfaction on Online Gig Platforms

Karthika Nadarajah, Matthijs B. Punt, Sebastian Brenk, Andrea M. Herrmann



Aligning Customer Expectations and Gig Worker Realities in the Philippine Ride-Hailing and Delivery Sectors

Virgel Caberte Binghay, Jose Maria Guadamor Binghay



Ride-sharing Workers Navigate Climate Change in Urban Landscapes

An Phuong Vo

11:00am
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12:30pm
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

Tatjana B Jakobi, Branka Andjelkovic



New Forms of Employment Through Digital Platforms and the Gig Economy: Implications for Occupational Health, Safety, and Social Security in Japan

Mariko Inoue



Networked Relationships on Social Media: Exploring the Labour Processes of Informal Workers in the Digital Era

Joanna Octavia



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

Akshay Barik

2:00pm
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3:30pm
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

Kanikka Sersia



A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lived Experiences and Perceptions of Procedural Justice at Work among On-demand Platform Workers in India

Anindya Ganguly, Amit Dhiman



From Aspiration to Implementation: Analyzing the Effectiveness of India's Labor Codes in Regulating Platform Work

Vipin Kumar Chathayam

4:00pm
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5:30pm
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

Ignacio Gonzalez Vazquez, Sally Wright, Enrique Fernandez Macias, Davide Villani, Alicia De Quinto



A New Global Index of Occupational Exposure to Generative AI

Pawel Gmyrek, Karol Kaminski, Agnieszka Ladna, Konrad Roslaniec, Marek Troszynski, Janine Berg, Balint Nafradi



The Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Employment Services

Martin Dietz



Reconfiguring Labor Institutions in the Age of Automation: Advancing a Human-Centric Vision through an Inquiry into the EU Industry 5.0 Framework

Margherita Pugnaletto

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

Philippa Collins

 

Application of Legal Responsibilities to Tech Actors

Einat Albin

 

Beyond the Platform Work Directive: the ILO Convention on Platform Work and the EU Directive on Algorithmic Management

Valerio De Stefano

 

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

Jeremias Adams-Prassl

11:00am
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12:30pm
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?

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

2:00pm
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3:30pm
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

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, Balaji Parthasarathy, Janaki Srinivasan



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

Myriam Raymond, Nagla Rizk


 
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