European Labour Law Network, The Hague Oct 11/12

Delighted, and honoured to have been invited to the 5th Annual Legal Seminar of the European Labour Law Network (ELLN) The theme of this year’s seminar is: “Labour Law in a Greying Labour Market – Challenges of Active Ageing”. The seminar will take place on Thursday 11 October and Friday 12 October at the Bel Air Hotel in The Hague / The Netherlands. I’m hoping to have lots of interesting material from this event for future blogs!

PROGRAMME 

Labour Law in a Greying Labour Market – Challenges of Active Ageing –

Thursday 11 October 2012 – Moderator: Prof. G.J.J. Heerma van Voss

14.30 – 15.00 Opening & Welcome

Prof. Guus HEERMA VAN VOSS – Co‐organiser ELLN, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Mr. Armindo SILVA – European Commission, Director of DG‐EMPL.B Employment and Social Legislation, Social Dialogue, Brussels, Belgium

15.15 – 15.30 General introduction

Mr. Steven TOBIN – Head Education Programme and Country Review, International Institute of Labour Studies of the ILO, Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Ralf JACOB ‐ European Commission, Head of Unit EMPL.D.3. Active Ageing, Pensions, Healthcare and Social Services, Brussels, Belgium

15.30 – 16.00 16.00 – 16.30

The position of older workers in labour law

Keynote speech by Prof. Ann NUMHAUSER‐HENNING – member Scientific Committee ELLN, Lund University, Sweden

Reflection by Dr. Erika KOVÁCS, Researcher, Director Institute of European and Comparative Labour Law, University of Pécs, Hungary

16.45 – 18.00

Working group discussions on “The position of older workers in labour law”

Friday 12 October 2012 – Moderator: Prof. B. Waas

09.30 – 10.00 Age discrimination, retirement conditions and specific labour arrangements

Keynote speech by Prof. Maria DO ROSÁRIO PALMA RAMALHO, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Reflection by Prof. Mark FREEDLAND FBA, Professor Emeritus of Employment Law in the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and member of the Executive Committee of the European Anti‐discrimination Legal Network

10.00 – 11.15 Working group discussions on ”Age discrimination, retirement conditions and specific labour arrangements”

12.15 – 12.30

Young versus old or Intergenerational solidarity

Keynote speech by Prof. Jean‐Pierre LABORDE – Professor at the University of Montesquieu‐Bordeaux IV, Member of the Centre for Comparative Labour and Social Security Law, France

Reflection by representative of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) –

(tbc)

Mrs. Renate HORNUNG‐DRAUS, Managing Director, Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA), Berlin, Germany

12.30 – 13.30

Working group discussions on “Young versus old or Intergenerational solidarity”

14.45 – 15.00

Main findings concerning older workers of the evaluative study on part‐time and fixed work directives, carried out for the European Commission

Mrs. Tina WEBER, Principal Researcher ICF GHK

15.00 – 15.45 Questions & Answers

Moderator: Prof. Catherine BARNARD – member Scientific Committee ELLN, University of Cambridge, Trinity College, United Kingdom

15.45 – 16.00 Closing

Ms. Muriel GUIN – European Commission, Head of Unit DG‐EMPL.B.2 Labour Law, Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Bernd WAAS – Coordinator ELLN, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany