The quest for labour rights and social justice

A cura di: Valentina Aniballi, Marco Mocella, Valentina Aniballi, Martina Bassotti, Anna Casalino

The quest for labour rights and social justice

Work in a changing world

Covid, wars and political crises suffered by different countries had a strong impact on the world of work. Digitalization and globalization are the factors which still reshape regulations. The World Congress in Rome has set the objective to discuss those trends within five broad topics covering both individual and collective labour and the social security issues.

Pagine: 1427

ISBN: 9788835190110

Edizione:2a ediz,nuova edizione 2026

Codice editore: 10300.3.1

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The world has changed significantly in the time passed since the last ISLSSL World Congress held in Turin in 2018. Covid, wars and political crises suffered by different countries had a strong impact on the world of work. Digitalization and globalization are the factors which still reshape regulations and challenge the social justice all over the world. The World Congress in Rome has set the objective to discuss those trends within five broad topics covering both individual and collective labour and the social security issues. In this volume we have collected the papers of the keynote speakers of the Congress considering different aspects of the modern quest for labour rights and social justice.

Marco Mocella is Professor of Labour Law at Mercatorum University, where he serves as Director of the Law Department and Rector’s Delegate for Internationalization, and he also directs postgraduate and specialization programs at Mercatorum and Pegaso Universities. He is a member of the boards of two PhD programs focused on sustainability, ESG, and corporate financial management, and serves on the scientific and editorial boards of leading Italian and international labour law journals. A winner of several European and national research projects, he has an extensive international academic activity and is the author of four books and more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles in multiple languages.

Elena Sychenko is an associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University, with a PhD from the University of Catania, and she teaches international and comparative labour law as well as ESG compliance at several universities, including Bologna and Mercatorum. She is a Fulbright scholar at Wharton (UPenn), a Jean Monnet Module holder, and a certified Council of Europe trainer, with experience as an ILO external consultant on labour rights projects. Her research activity includes four books and around fifty peer-reviewed articles in multiple languages, and she regularly contributes to leading French and Italian labour law journals and to the ILO LEGOSH system.

Valentina Aniballi is Associated Professor of Labour Law at Mercatorum University.

Martina Bassotti is Researcher of Labour Law at Mercatorum University.

Anna Casalino is Post Doc of Labour Law, Mercatorum University.

Marco Mocella, Elena Sychenko, Section 1.

Maria Emilia Casas Baamonde, Introduction. Work in a changing world and labour and social security law
Giovanni Cannata, Welcome address

Part 1. The ways to achieve social justice in the world of work: current trends

Catherine Barnard, Social justice in labour law: it’s no longer actually about the law
Kamala Sankaran, Achieving social justice in the world of work
Adrián Goldin, Las tendencias de pluralización, segmentación y expansión del Derecho del Trabajo y la idea de Justicia Social
Catarina de Oliveira Carvalho, The great inequality gaps: a brief overview
Mauricio Godinho Delgado, Labor law in Brazil: old and new myths
Elena Sychenko, Marco Mocella, The quest for labour rights and social justice: the role of NGOs

Part 2. Social protection systems: lessons learned and new ideas

Anja Eleveld, Social security law and the ecological crisis
Eri Kasagi, New risks and social protection
Grega Strban, Social risks and their development

Part 3. The new trends in the collective labour law

Evance Kalula, Beyond traditional boundaries: social dialogue as a basis and catalyst to extend collective bargaining in a changing world of work
Gaetano Zilio Grandi, Insights on the paramount importance of workers’ rights: employed, atypical, and self-employed
Carmen Sáez Lara, New trends in collective labor law from a european perspective

Part 4. Occupational health issues

David Lantarón Barquín, Suicidio vinculado al trabajo: ¿una realidad en cuarto creciente?
Jorge Cavalcanti Boucinhas Filho, Governance by numbers and workers mental health

Part 5. Digitalization, AI and employment

Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Sangh Rakshita, Halefom Abraha, M. Six Silberman, Towards an international standard for regulating algorithmic management: a blueprint
Antonella Occhino, Plenary session on Digitalisation, AI and employment. Human and Artificial Intelligence: a challenge of our time
Hugo Barretto Ghione, El derecho laboral en las plataformas digitales de trabajo
Tamás Gyulavári, Digitalisation of work: challenges and legislative answers

Part 6. Innovative approaches to researching and teaching labour law

Sarosh Kuruvilla, Methodological challenges in studying labor regulation in global supply chains
David Carvalho Martins, AI and legal professions: the role of law school
Beryl ter Haar, Some notes on teaching generations Y and Z. Approaches, methods and technology

Part 7. Comparative labour law

Manfred Weiss, Reflections on comparative labour law
Juan Pablo Mugnolo, Guidelines for research in Comparative Law. State regulation of collective bargaining in the South American experience
Takashi Araki, Comparative law and contemporary labor issues viewed from comparative perspective

Valentina Aniballi, Martina Bassotti, Anna Casalino, Section 2

Part I. The ways to achieve social justice in the world of work: current trends

Irene Bajo García, Social taxonomy and reporting standards: useful tools for progress in labor rights?
Carla Spinelli, The EU “Corporate Sustainability Package” from a social dialogue perspective through a gender lens
Livia Tamburro, The effectiveness of due diligence legislation in the comparative analysis of European systems
Myriam De Lucia, Responsible disengagement: the termination of commercial relationships with value chain partners and consequent
negative impacts on workers
José María Ruz López, EU norms on outsourcing: seeking a new dialogue between subcontracting and due diligence
Vittoria Parroco, The right to an effective remedy and due diligence legislation in the EU
Lukasz Pisarczyk, A missed opportunity? Transnational company agreements as a tool to enforce labour standards from the perspective
of Central and Eastern European Countries
Henar Álvarez Cuesta, Collective bargaining as a weapon in the fight against climate change: for a just ecological and social transition
Alexander Nurik, Global judicial bodies and labour relations: some reflections on history, present challenges, and future prospects
Anne Trebilcock, Inter-American Court of Human Rights: workers of the hacienda Brasil Verde v Brazil
Mathias Wouters, Exploring a multilateral framework for facility-specific labour mechanisms
Alessia Gabriele, Gender equality and the parents’ right to care as a human right in light of SDG 5.4: the EU legal framework
Natalia Ordóñez Pascua, Empleo y trabajador maduro: retos ante el escenario de la transición ecológica
Sara Huybrechts, Freedom and autonomy in telework in the EU
Michel Martone, The right to a fair remuneration in the catholic social teaching
Marianna Russo, Is closing the gender gap through remote work a possible path? The EU agreements have their say
Maria Cristina Degoli, Driving towards inclusive workplaces: Italy’s certification of gender equality for a fairer labour market
Marcella Miracolini, Fighting labor exploitation in traineeships: current issues and prospects for a regulatory reform
Antonio Pellicano, NEET: a social emergency not only (but especially) Italian
Nicola Deleonardis, Michela Turoldo, Young people in the labour market: ideas for a renewed trade unions strategy
Matilde Biagiotti, Pathways to inclusive and just societies: strategies and innovations in the work of equality bodies in the European Union
Rachel Spinola e Castro Canto, Ricardo José Macêdo de Britto Pereira, What public policies has Brazil been adopting since 2015 to achieve goal number 08 of the UN agenda 2030 – bringing together decent work and economic development?
Rachel Spinola e Castro Canto, Ricardo José Macêdo de Britto Pereira, Multilevel dimension of the just green transition and social rights
Nuria Elena Ramos Martín
Gonzalo Serra Berrueco, The importance of labor law in the dual education system: a comparative analysis of the german model and its potential application in Chile
Álvaro Martín Baez Espejo, El efecto de los trabajadores migrantes sobre la informalidad laboral en Chile

Valeria Allocca, Part II. Social protection systems: lessons learned and new ideas Longevity between active aging policies and work inclusion measures: towards sustainable labor law

Stefano Maria Corso, The Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and its transposition in Italy
Giovana Paula Ramos Silveira Leite, Adriana Goulart de Sena Orsini, The Analysis of Labor Conflicts during the Pandemic as a Starting
Point: A Study of the Performance of the 3rd Regional Labor Court through the “Covid-19: Acts and Productivity” Platform
Anna Casalino, The fragmentation of employees’ IP rights. The impact on high-skilled migration and unequal innovation within the european scenario
María Ascensión Morales Ramírez, Challenges for social protection in Latin America
Antonio Ojeda Avilés, Normativas continentales sobre Protección Social
Yueh-Hung Hou, A study on caregiver leave in Taiwan’s labor law system from comparative law research
Yusuke Tsunemori, Childcare leave and income security for employees with children: failure of coordination among government, employers, and employees

Part III. The new trends in the collective labour law

Carmen Constantina Nenu, The right to strike in Romania, between freedom of expression and democracy
Ricardo José Macedo de Britto Pereira, Flavio da Silveira Borges de Freitas, Necessary compliance with the principle of progressivity on labor collective agreements as a fundamental labor right
Luis Antonio Fernández Villazón, Sindicatos y negociación colectiva en el Derecho Internacional: el problema no está en la regulación
Eduardo Milléo Baracat, Esther Sanches Pitaluga, The employer negotiated financing of funds managed by professional unions: trade union freedom and acts of interference based on the goals of workers’ material well-being and transparency
Andrea Gardano Bucharles Giroldo, Maria Lucia Ciampa Benhame Puglisi, A study about the possibilities of the union’s action to create
gender equality – Brazilian experience and global action
Maria Eugênia Neves Santana, Maria Cecília de Almeida Monteiro Lemos, Desafíos a la negociación colectiva: la influencia del discurso neoliberal en el sujeto trabajador, en la sociedad y en la jurisprudencia
Ligia Ramia Munerati, Navigating the just transition: industrial relations in a sustainable era
Felice Testa, Employees’ participation, a challenge within collective bargaining
Pasquale Passalacqua, Antonio Leonardo Fraioli, What protections for new forms of work: the role of collective bargaining
Giulia Danesin, Collective bargaining in the field of digital working platforms: a comparison between Italian and French systems
Gianluca Giampà, Collective bargaining for self-employed persons in the European Union. The approach of the Court of Justice
Keat Ching Wong, Ameerah Nasri, Singularity vs multiplicity of trade unions in Malaysia
Juan José Fernández Domínguez, Negociación colectiva y sensibilidad religiosa y de creencias. Los cimientos de la libertad sindical en el interior de las confesiones religiosas
Mª De Los Reyes Martínez Barroso, Formación continua en el diálogo social español
Laurentino J. Dueñas Herrero, La negociación colectiva del algoritmo en las plataformas digitales de trabajo

Part IV. Occupational health issues

Silvia Ciucciovino, Michele Faioli, Maria Giovannone, Fabiola Lamberti, Luisa Monterossi, Luisa Rocchi, Social Blockchain, Training and Paritarian Institutions in the Construction Sector: a “bridge” to regulatory compliance in OHS
Mariana dos Anjos Ramos Carvalho e Silva, Burnout and employee’s rights: case study in the Brazilian labor court in the post Covid-19 period
Martina Bassotti, The European Union approach to prevention of psychosocial risks at workplace
Silvia Bertocco, Exploring the gender dimension of psychosocial risks: implications for occupational safety and health
Matheus Elias Hanna, Ricardo José Macedo de Britto Pereira, The psychosocial impact of racism on workers: policies to mitigate its effects
Francesca Pacifico, Acceso al mercado laboral. Algunas herramientas para la integración laboral de las personas con discapacidades entre Italia y España
Germana Veloso Machado Guerra de Morais, Raimundo Simão de Melo, Use of the ICF as a tool for prevention, rehabilitation and inclusion in the workplace in cases of occupational accidents involving people with disabilities
Giovanna Pistore, Fostering a gender perspective in health and safety at work. The Italian case
Maria Rosaria Barbato, Stefano Morici, The intersectionality of discrimination: exploring the complexities of workplace inequity for individuals with disabilities

Part V. Digitalization, AI and employment

Jean-Philippe Dunand, Digital Platforms and Labor Law in Switzerland: a subordination to the algorithm
Alessandro Bellavista, Alessandro Riccobono, Hiring procedures and the use of Artificial Intelligence: challenges and perspectives
Matteo Turrin, The effects of the teleworkability divide on the labour market
Carmela Garofalo, Claudia Carchio, Employment challenges for the new generations: new technologies, education, and skills
Gianni Toscano, Digital platform work and youth employment: between new opportunities and persistent pitfalls
Giuseppina Pensabene Lionti, Digitalization and employee freedom of thought
Mario Cerbone, The impact of Artificial Intelligence on employment relationships in professional firms
Makoto Ishida, Yoko Hashimoto, Linkai Yang, Platform work in Japan and China
Federico Rosenbaum Carli, Navigating the limits and determining the existence of the employment relationship in the platform economy: primacy of reality, presumption of employment and burden of proof
Antonio Costa Reyes, Digitalización y servicios públicos de empleo. Oportunidades y debilidades en el “Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia” y su plasmación en la Ley 3/2023 de Empleo
Federico Pisani, The Employment relationship and the social network: privacy and collective interests
Anna Trojsi, The key role of GDPR in protecting workers’ personal rights: comparing it with the sequel in the European Union Law
M. Begoña García Gil, La brecha de género en las competencias digitales en el mercado laboral español
Macarena Castro Conte, Teletrabajadora, conciliación familiar y accidente de trabajo en el domicilio
Manuela Durán Bernardino, La inteligencia artificial y la discriminación de género en la gestión laboral de personal
Valentina Aniballi, “Techno-bias”: un enfoque “gender-sensitive” en la salud y seguridad de los trabajadores
Daniela da Rocha Brandão, David Elgarten, La efectividad de las prácticas corporativas del sistema de valores ESG y el futuro de las relaciones de empleo en Brasil
Eufrasia Sena, Artificial intelligence, protection of workers’ rights and trade union participation
José Manuel Sánchez Torrado, Implicaciones de la digitalización y la IA en el concepto de tiempo de trabajo, y su necesaria renovación
Nicola Lettieri, Silvia Donà, Manuel Marocco, Exploring new frontiers in union rights’ protection. An experimental research at the intersection of labour law and computational legal studies
Pia De Petris, Protection against the risks and abuses of algorithmic management in the European legal system: the need for an integrated approach
Vincenzo Cangemi, What kind of transparency is fit for labour law purposes. Evidence from case law on automated decision-making systems
Daniel Ulber, Final Report: Research Group “Automation and Digitization of Labour Relationships”

POSTERS

Part I. The ways to achieve social justice in the world of work: current trends

Andre De Araujo Chavante, Maria Cecilia De Almeida Monteiro Lemos, Sustainable virtual work: the reappropriation of human dignity
Giulia Giaimis, Decent work and global production chains
Marta Navas-Parejo Alonso, Decarbonization and occupational health: a symbiotic relationship
Tiziana Vettor, The contributions of the notion of decent work in the international legislation

Part II. Social protection systems: lessons learned and new ideas

Agata Grochowska, Working through digital platforms – challenges and implications for labour law. A comparative perspective of Poland, Spain and European Union
Djamil Tony Kahale Carrillo, Gender bias in Artificial Intelligence and algorithms
Azucena Escudero Prieto, Scope of algorithmic workers emotions recognition systems in the light of the Artificial Intelligence regulations
María Rosa Vallecillo Gámez, Analysis and comparative study of the challenges of applying AI to labor intermediation processes
Lara Munín, Digitalisation, dismissal and employees’ training
Olgu Özdemir Ertürk, From data to decision: protecting employees against unjust inferences in the era of AI

Part III. The new trends in the collective labour law

Ana Rosa Argüelles Blanco, Collective governance as a guarantee of the right to disconnect in Spain: conclusions on the role played by collective agreements
Paulo Campanha Santana, Kamilla Mendonca, New trends in collective labor law: challenges and collective negotiations
Massimiliano De Falco, Occupational welfare for workers’ well-being
Andrea Iossa, All quiet on the northern front? – Challenges to autonomous collective bargaining and wage-setting in Sweden after the adoption of the directive on adequate minimum wages
Federico Pisani, The challenges of collective bargaining in digitised work and Artificial Intelligence
Emma Rodríguez, Spanish and comparative collective bargaining in the regulation of working time and care
Mariola Serrano Argüeso, The challenges of collective negotiation in Spain to address age management in companies

Part IV. Occupational health issues

Aza Lidia De La Iglesia, Menstrual health as an occupational risk
Cecile De Villiers, Regulating heat health of employees: a case study of South African public schools
Maria Del Lujan Charrutti Garcen, Harassment and violence at work through ICTS. Psychosocial risks, occupational health and safety management. A study from the application of the ILC 190
María Belén Fernández Collados, Challenges of preventing violence at work
Jana Komendová, Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities – the matter of equal treatment in employment or the instrument of health and safety at work?
Bárbara Torres García, Matter of equal treatment in employment or the instrument of health and the prevention and management of psychosocial risk in telework
María Teresa Igartua Miró, Ecological transition and psychosocial risks in agriculture
Ana Mª Moreno Márquez, Decarbonization and participation in occupational risk prevention in Spain and France: a comparative study
Federico Maria Putaturo Donati, European disability and the right to job preservation in case of illness absences
Michal Smejkal, Paid annual leave as a tool of protection against psychosocial risks
Macarena Angel Quiroga, New approach to the prevention of psychosocial risks new professions and vulnerable groups
Wioletta Witoszko, Work-related psycho-physical risks: impact on fitness for work and countermeasures

Part V. Digitalization, AI and employment

Susana Barcelon, Decarbonization and the challenge of protecting prime-age workers
Michele Dilenge, Platform worker: challenges in regulation for social security
Paulina Matyjas-Lysakowska, The concept of subordination as a criterion for determiningthe status of an employee in the light of the case law of the Court of Justice and the polish experience
Qi Zhong, New developments in taiwan’s labor occupational accident insurance system
Marianna Russo, Promoting sustainable employability of older workers thanks to new technologies

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