The 9 to 5 workday tradition has been stroke by industry 4.0 and is suffering considerable erosion, and work is no longer a place to go to but rather a task to fulfil, demanding a “permanently available” worker or employee to complete it. Which consequences and challenges arise from this new paradigm to the employee’s health and safety? Do employees have a right to “disconnect”?

These and many other related questions will be discussed in the 4th Plenary Session ONLINE of the XIII European Regional Congress of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law, in the morning of May 7th:

Chair: Manfred Weiss (Honorary President ISLSSL)

• Working time, time for oneself and right to disconnect – João Leal Amado (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
• Remote work, telework and smart work – Natalie Munkholm (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
• Globalization: how to discover the proper law of the employment contract? – Piera Loi (University of Cagliari, Italy)

Is Trade Unionism prepared to respond to the demands of the Digital Era? And will collective bargaining survive and adapt? These and many other related questions will be discussed in the 4th Plenary Session ONLINE of the XIII European Regional Congress of the

International Society for Labour and Social Security Law, in the morning of May 7th:

13h00 (GMT) – 4th Plenary Session:

Collective Action And Collective Bargaining In The Digital Era: Main Trends

·        Digital work and trade unionism: can they go together? – Bernd Waas (University of Frankfurt, Germany)

·        Digital work and collective bargaining, a new regulatory challenge? – Fausta Guarriello (University Chieti-Pescara, Italy)

·        Digital work: a new task for social dialogue? – Jesús Cruz Vilallón (University of Seville, Spain)

Take advantage of the “Early Bird Fee” or “Early Bird Discount” (Law students up to 30 years old) until 15/02/2020.