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Draft Programme: European Labour Law Conference 2027 – Labour law strategies against current forms of discrimination – 5 March 2027, Barcelona, CCOO

Languages with simultaneous interpretation: Spanish, English, German (in relation to the need by speakers and participants)Duration: 09:00 – 18:30 08:30 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 11:00 Opening RemarksStrategic Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Law in Europe Block 1: Overview This session will provide an overview of the evolution of anti-discrimination protections in employment and the current legal … Read more

ICJ Advisory Opinion: Right to strike under ILO Convention No. 87, 21 May 2026

The Court gives its Advisory Opinion and responds to the question posed by the International Labour OrganizationTHE HAGUE, 21 May 2026. The International Court of Justice has today given its Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87.It is recalled that on 10 November 2023, at its 349th bis (Special) session, … Read more

The Right to Strike before the International Court of Justice – what it means for labour law globally

Online – Seminar 16 October 2025, Time: 3:00 p.m. CET / 9:00 a.m. ETHosted by: The Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security THE HAGUE, 8 October 2025. The public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87 concluded today.During … Read more

Request for Advisory Opinion of the ICJ – Right to strike under ILO Convention No. 87

The request Overview of the case

Streikrecht unter Druck

Arbeitgeber fordern immer wieder gesetzliche Regelungen – das Streikrecht würde damit weitgehend untergraben Den Artikel von Ernesto Klengel und Laurens Brandt lesen

Documentation – European Labour Law Conference – Right to strike under attack – legal counterstrategies

>> Download: Handout CV and abstracts of the speakers>> Download: HSI Working Paper with speeches held at the conference and additional information 09.30 – Opening and Panel 1 Opening Esther Lynch (ETUC, General Secretary, Brussels) 09:45 – Panel 1: International labour law – Relevance of ILO Convention No. 87 for the right to strike, in … Read more

Right to strike under attack – legal counterstrategies

European Labour Law Conference, 28 February and 1 March 2025, DGB, Ingeborg-Tönnesen-Saal, Keithstraße 1, 10787 Berlin Important notice: This conference is fully booked. You can register for online-participation Download the programme in English – download the programme in German – download the programme in Spanish In Europe and on other continents, workers and their trade … Read more

European Labour Law Conference – Enforcing workers’ rights in Europe through strategic litigation – documentation of the available speeches or PP slides, Friday, 20 October 2023

Panel 1: Strategic litigation to advance workers rights: overarching remarks Panel 2: Platform work and digital technology Panel 3: Working time Panel 4: Migrant, temporary and vulnerable workers

European Labour Law Conference – Enforcing workers’ rights in Europe through strategic litigation – 20 October 2023, Frankfurt

In-person only, House of Labour, Frankfurt am Main Eschersheimer Landstraße 155/157Interpretation: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish This event will explore the interpretative and creative potential of strategic litigation to reinforce the position of (vulnerable) workers in the EU. Trade unionists, lawyers and labour law scholars will present and discuss practical examples of successful proceedings before … Read more

Labour Law Judgements from Poland

1. The employee’s lie regarding stay abroad during Pandemia justifies disciplinary dismissal – judgment of the District Court in Olsztyn of 29.01.2021. : IV PA 79/20 The judgment of the District Court in Olsztyn is a precedent, because it decides whether the employer has the right to dismiss an employee who has concealed information about … Read more