In-person only, House of Labour, Frankfurt am Main Eschersheimer Landstraße 155/157
Interpretation: 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 the European Court of Justice and national labour courts in various European countries.
Several trends are currently reshaping the world of work and calling into question the efficacy of existing labour law instruments in pursuing their protective and emancipatory function vis-à-vis workers. Digital technology, the platformisation of labour, fissuring tendencies and an increasing reliance on service contracts, as well as the growing share of migrant and vulnerable workers in the EU, all have concrete implications for employment rights, the quality of working conditions and the reliability of corporate actors. Is the current EU labour law acquis sufficiently effective at allocating rights and obligations to the important parties of labour relations? And how can strategic litigation support the adaptation of the current legal framework to be more worker-centric?
Please register online on the website of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).
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9.30 – 10.00
Registration
10.00 – 10.45
Introducing the theme
• Thomas Schmidt (labour lawyer, ELDH Co-Secretary-General, Duesseldorf): Welcome speech
• Isabelle Schömann (ETUC Deputy General Director, Brussels): The importance of strategic litigation for trade unions
• Klaus Lörcher (former legal advisor to the ETUC, Frankfurt/M.): Strategic litigation in the framework of effective enforcement. New directives, new approaches?
10.45 – 12.30
Panel 1: Platform work and digital technology
• Christina Hiessl (BOFZAP Professor of Labour Law, KU Leuven)
• Mariagrazia Lamannis (Università degli Studi Magna Graecia, Catanzaro)
• Carlo De Marchis (labour lawyer, Rome)
• Stephane Teyssier (labour lawyer, Lyon) tbc
• Q&A, discussion
Chair: Silvia Rainone (senior researcher, ETUI, Brussels)
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 – 15.15
Panel 2: Working time
• Armando-Garcia Lopez (Coordinator of legal services for the Federation of Workers’ Commissions Services, CCOO-Servicios, and lawyer, Madrid)
• Johanna Wenckebach (Professor, Scientific Director of the Hugo Sinzheimer Institute for Labor and Social Law (HSI) of the Hans-Böckler Foundation, Frankfurt)
• Fatma Arda Bicaz / Ceren Uysal (lawyers, Istanbul)
• Alan Bogg (Professor of Labour Law, University of Bristol)
• Q&A, discussion
Chair: Rüdiger Helm (labour lawyer, Munich)
15.15 – 15.30
Coffee break
15.30 – 17.15
Panel 3: Migrant, temporary and vulnerable workers
• Dimitrios Vassiliou (lawyer, Athens)
• Ernesto Klengel (Hugo Sinzheimer Institute for Labour and Social Law (HSI) of the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Frankfurt/M.)
• Zane Rasnaca (senior researcher, ETUI, Brussels)
• Angelika Kapeller (Trade Union Centre for Revision and European Law, DGB, Berlin)
• Q&A, discussion
Chair: Dominique John, („Fair Mobility”, Berlin)
17.15 – 17.30
Final discussion and closing remarks Moderator: Michael Schubert (labour lawyer, Freiburg)
Drinks
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Registration:
Please register on the website of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) https://www.etui.org/events/enforcing-workers-rights-europe-through-strategic-litigation . Participation in the conference is only possible after prior registration and transfer of the participation fee (free of charge for students and PdD candidates).
Registration fee:
Registration fee for all participants: 140,– € to be paid to the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights – ELDH/EJDM www.eldh.eu (students and PhD candidates free). After submitting this registration form you will receive a provisional confirmation. Hereafter you will receive an email by the ELDH with the details for the payment of the registration fee. Only after the payment of the registration fee you will receive the final confirmation for your participation at the conference. The fee includes participation at the conference, access to all available documents (speeches etc.), coffee, tea and cold drinks during the breaks and lunch. The fee has to be paid by transfer to the indicated bank account. Payment by credit cards is not possible.
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Conference organisers:
o European Lawyers for Workers Network (ELW)
o European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
o European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH)
o Vereinigung Demokratischer Juristinnen und Juristen e.V. (VDJ)
Supported by:
o Hugo Sinzheimer Institute for Labour and Social Law (HSI) of the Hans-Boeckler-Foundation
o Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di)
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The Day after the conference:
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 10h00 – 12h30 CET
The annual ELW members meeting takes place the day after the conference on Saturday, 21 October 2023, 10h00 – 12h30 CET in the same venue. All participants at the conference are welcome.
Topics will be among others
• Evaluation of the conference,
• further tasks of ELW (newsletter, next conference..)
• Elections Coordinating Committee
• The Brumadinho case against TÜV Süd (our colleague Rüdiger Helm represents the victims’ families from Brazil
Please help to to organise this meeting by confirming your participation in advance (registration@eldh.eu )
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Saturday, 21 October 2023, 14h00 – 16h00
For all who are interested we can organize a historical city tour through Frankfurt with a German trade unionist. (Registration required: registration@eldh.eu).
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