Public hearing on “Decent Work Worldwide and Mandatory due diligence for business sustainability: Why the new community framework"
Remote event via Interactio, online platform - Wednesday, 4 May 2022 from 09:30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Agenda
09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing connections
09.30 a.m. - 09.40 a.m. | Opening
- EESC institutional representative: Ionuț Sibian, Member of Group III & President of study group SOC 727 - Decent work worldwide
09.40 a.m. - 09.50 a.m. | Presentation of the EESC initiative on decent work worldwide
- María del Carmen Barrera, Member of Group II and Rapporteur for opinion SOC 727 - Decent work worldwide
09.50 a.m. - 10.20 a.m. | The European Commission's new action plan to promote decent worldwide
- Benedikt Buenker, DG EMPL, European Commission
- Dr Cristóbal Molina Navarrete, Professor of labour and social security law, University of Jaén (Spain), Director of the Andalusian Laboratory-Observatory for Psychosocial Risks (IAPRL) & Expert appointed by the rapporteur
10.20 a.m. - 10.35 a.m. | The ILO action programme to promote decent work worldwide
- ILO representative: Lieve Verboven, ILO Brussels Director
10.35 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. | The challenges of the green transition in terms of decent work and due diligence
- Dr Margarita Miñarro Yanini, Senior lecturer, labour and social security law, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló (Spain), responsible for LABORCLIMA Research Group
10.45 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. | Break
11.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | The due diligence directive as a tool for achieving decent work
- Dr Adoración Guamán, Senior lecturer, labour and social security law, University of Valencia (Spain)
- Antje Gerstein, EESC rapporteur for opinion INT/973 - Sustainable corporate governance
11.15 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | A holistic approach to occupational health for the promotion of decent work
- Dr Loïc Lerouge, Director of research at CNRS, Centre for Comparative Labour and Social Security Law (COMPTRASEC), University of Bordeaux
11.30 a.m. - 11.50 a.m. | Decent work worldwide in terms of equality for all
- Dr Ferrán Camas Roda, Professor of Labour and social security law, University of Girona
- Helder Ferreira, Director, EAPN
11.50 a.m. - 12.20 p.m. | Role of social partners and collective bargaining in promoting decent work and due diligence for sustainability
- Dr Emanuel Dagnino, Researcher of labour law at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- Contribution by social partners: representatives of international trade union and employer organisations
- Claes-Mikael Stahl, Deputy General Secretary, ETUC
- Rebekah Smith, Deputy Director in the Social Affairs department, Business Europe
12.20 p.m. - 12.50 p.m. | Statements by EESC members, discussion and questions
12.50 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Conclusions and closing statement
- Mari Barrera Chamorro, Rapporteur for opinion SOC 727 - Decent work worldwide
Interpretation requested from French, English, Spanish, Portuguese & Romanian into French, English, Spanish & Portuguese