Join us on Wednesday 12th of May 2021, 11:30 – 13:00 (CEST) to discover and discuss with us our insights, experience and results from this EU-funded project investigating Slash Workers and Industrial Relations as it comes to an end.

The final webinar (the last of four, download the full program here) will be the opportunity for the consortium to gather and draw conclusions about this 3-year project and for you to learn about the emerging models of collective protection and the representation practices devoted to the slash workers.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the event will be virtual. The presentation of the results will be followed by a discussion with external researchers and representatives of institutions to discuss the policy implications emerging from the project’s findings.

Don’t miss the chance to hear about relevant practices across Europe in terms of industrial relations and how different realities in the labor market are evolving in order to respond to the slash workers’ needs.

Agenda

11.30am – 1pm: Discussion Panel 2 – Case studies
Speakers:
1/ Prof. Ivana Pais, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, IT. (Principal investigator of the Swirl Project.)
2/ Prof. Anna Ilsøe, Associate Professor at the Employment Relations Research Centre (FAOS), President of the Danish Sociological Association, Editor on the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies and Member of The Council for Sharing Economy

3/ Giuseppe Guerrini, European Economic & Social Committee, group III, Spokesperson for the Social Economy group

Join us on Wednesday 12th of May 2021, 9:30 – 11:10 (CEST) to discover and discuss with us our insights, experience and results from this EU-funded project investigating Slash Workers and Industrial Relations as it comes to an end.

The final webinar (the third of four, download the full program here) will be the opportunity for the consortium to gather and draw conclusions about this 3-year project and for you to learn about the institutional framework and the potential regulatory responses regarding the phenomenon of slash work.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the event will be virtual. The presentation of the results will be followed by a discussion with external researchers and representatives of institutions to discuss the policy implications emerging from the project’s findings.

Don’t miss the chance to deepen your knowledge about the current institutional framework and how the growing phenomenon of slash work can be addressed in terms of regulation.

Agenda

9.30am – 11.15 am: Discussion Panel 1 – Institutional framework

Speakers:

1/ Dr. Vassil Kirov, Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS) and Associate Researcher the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).

2/ Dr. Pamela Meil, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, Munich. Co-Director MeRe Research and Consult

3/ Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras, Research Manager at Eurofound

4/ Laurent Aujean, Policy Officer – Access to social protection, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion of the European Commission

Join us on Tuesday 11th of May 2021, 09:30 – 11:00 (CEST) to discover and discuss with us our insights, experience and results from this EU-funded project investigating Slash Workers and Industrial Relations as it comes to an end

The final webinar (the first of four, download the full program here) will be the opportunity for the consortium to gather and draw conclusions about this 3-year project and for you to learn about Slash Workers and their profiles, their work and their specific needs across different European countries.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the event will be virtual. The presentation of the results will be followed by a discussion with external researchers and representatives of institutions to discuss the policy implications emerging from the project’s findings.Don’t miss the chance to find out more about the results of our research on Slash workers, a growing share of people whose particularity is carrying out multiple activities and jobs at the same time.

Agenda

9.30am – 9.45am: Welcome and introduction

By Prof. Ivana Pais, Principal Investigator of SWIRL project and Professor of Economic Sociology Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan)

9.45- 11.15 am: Discussion Panel 1 – Slash workers

Speakers:

1/ Prof. Sofía Pérez de Guzmán Padrón, Associate Professor at the General Economy department and Faculty of Work Science of the University of Cádiz

2/ Prof. Annalisa Murgia, Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan3/ Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation