Conference on EU Labour Law

21 October 2013, Brussels, Belgium

Venue: Albert Borschette Conference Centre, Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels

Organised by the European Commission, the Conference on EU Labour Law will be an opportunity to engage with stakeholders in an open public debate about future priorities in the field of labour law. It will bring together representatives of national ministries, European and national social partner organisations, the European institutions, the European Economic and Social Committee, the International Labour Organization (ILO), as well as experts and practitioners from around the EU.

Key objectives

The conference will pursue two key objectives:

• to disseminate and receive feedback from key stakeholders about forthcoming initiatives and/or recent policy evaluations by the Commission

• to engage stakeholders in an open public debate about future priorities of the Commission in the field of EU labour law.

Focus of conference

• Stream I - A decent work agenda: Tackling vulnerability of undeclared workers and stepping up cooperation at EU level

• Stream II - Fighting segmentation of labour markets: The legal EU acquis and the single open-ended contract

• Stream III - Managing and anticipating change: The role of information and consultation rights

Eurofound participation

Eurofound’s Director Juan Menéndez-Valdés and Donald Storrie, Head of Eurofound's Employment and Change Unit will contribute.