PROGRAMME (SIMPLE VERSION, revised 8 July) * Sessions titles are shortened; PS=Parallel Session, IE=informal economy, CB= collective bargaining, IR= industrial relations, DW=domestic work, SP= social protection, MW= minimum wages, GSC= global supply chain
LM = Labour Market
Day 1 (8 July, Wednesday): Registration from 08.00
09.00-09.30
09.30-11.00
Opening ceremony, with G. Ryder (Director-General, ILO)
Plenary Session 1: The future of the standard employment relationship (facilitated by G. Ryder, DG, ILO)
Gerhard Bosch and Judy Fudge
11.00-11.30
Break (R2 lounge)
Room III (R3)
Room VII (R2)
Room VI (R3)
Room IV (R3)
Room II (R3)
11.30-13.00
1.1
2.1
3.1
4.1
5.1
PS1
Non-standard work
Income inequality
Unacceptable forms of work
Collective representation (1)
Global value chain (1)
13.00-14.00
Lunch break (Reception, hosted by Durham Law School)
14.00-15.30
2.2
3.2
4.2
5.2
No session
PS2
Income inequality
Non-standard employment
Collective representation (2)
Global value chain (2)
15.30-16.00
Break (R2 lounge)
16.00-17.30
5.3
1.3
2.3
3.3
No session
PS3
Informal work & security
Income inequality
Rise of non-standard work
IR* (Eurofound)
17.30-19.30
RDW photograph exhibit; RDW welcome reception (hosted by ILO)
Day 2 (9 July, Thursday): Registration starts from 08.00
09.00-10.30
1.4
2.4
3.4
4.4
5.4
PS4
Regulating workplaces
Minimum wages (1)
Enforcement mechanisms
Collective organization in IE*
Domestic workers’ organizing
10.30-11.00
Break (R2 lounge)
11.00-12.30
1.5
2.5
3.5
No session
5.5
PS5
Migrant workers
Minimum wages (2)
Modes of regulation
Regulating domestic work
12.30-13.30
Lunch break (Individual arrangements)
13.30-15.00
5.6
1.6
2.6
3.6
4.6
PS6
Labour markets in Europe
Wages and productivity
Dispute resolution
Labour relations and CB*
DW*: Claiming labour rights
15.00-15.30
Break (R2 lounge)
15.30-17.00
2.7
1.7
3.7
4.7
5.7
PS7
Temporary work
Law reform
Austerity and labour law
Realizing rights for DW
IE* & non-standard work
17.00-18.30
Plenary Session 2: Reaching out to vulnerable workers: voice, actions and the role of collective labour relations and other social movements
Priti Darooka and Ruth Milkman
19.00-21.00
Conference reception (hosted by the Manchester Business School and IAQ Duisburg-Essen)
Day 3 (10 July, Friday): Registration starts from 08.00
09.00-10.30
1.8
2.8
3.8
4.8
5.8
PS8
Political economy of regulation
Migrant and domestic workers
The Case of Better Work (1)
Child labour & IE*
SP* for development
10.30-11.00
Break (R2 lounge)
11.00-12.30
2.9
4.9
1.9
3.9
5.9
PS9
Impact of non-standard work
Unions and bargaining
The Case of Better Work (2)
SP*, employment and poverty
Voice and silence in GSCs*
12.30-14.00
Lunch break (RDW Committee Meeting, R2 restaurant)
14.00-15.30
5.10
1.10
2.10
3.10
4.10
PS10
MW* & CB* in Asia and
Working conditions
Migration and SP*
Care work
Voice or exit
Europe
15.30-16.00
Break (R2 lounge)
16.00-17.30
Plenary 3: “Work and Income security: how to turn the wheel?” (facilitated by S. Polaski, DDG/P, ILO)
Stephanie Barrientos, Luis Beccaria, Sarah Cook, and James Heintz
17.30-18.00
Closing ceremony, with RDW prize award, facilitated by M. Tomei
GB Room (R3)
GB Room (R3)
Room IX (R2)
6.1
Water and jobs
R2 lounge
6.2
Crowdwork (1)
6.3
Crowdwork (2)
R2 restaurant (North)
6.4
New trade union strategies
R2 lounge
6.5
Labour regulation at city level
6.6
SP and LM Policies (Shame 1)
6.7
SP and LM Policies (Shame 2)
GB Room (R3)
R2 restaurant (North)
6.8
Precarious work in Europe
6.9
Working-time arrangements
6.10
Income-led growth in Asia
GB Room (R3)
GB Room (R3)