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DAY I: Sunday, 15 May 2011

09:00-09:30 Welcome and registration

09:30-09:45 Greetings

09:45-11:15 Session I: Precarious Workers in the European Context

Papers:

Virginia Mantouvalou, University of Leicester, UK

Precarious Workers: Lessons from the European Human Rights Framework

Bernd Waas, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

A Quid Pro Quo in Temporary Agency Work: Abolishing Restrictions and Establishing Equal Treatment - Lessons to be Learnt from European and German Labour Law?

Comments: Tomer Broude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

11:15-11:45 Refreshments

11:45-13:15 Session II: Trafficking and Domestic Workers

Papers:

Deirdre McCann, University of Manchester, UK

New Frontiers of Regulation: Working Time Precariousness in Domestic Work

Hila Shamir, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Trafficking: The Labor Rights – Human Rights Divide

Comments: Yofi Tirosh, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

13:15-14:30 Recess

14:30-16:00 Session III: Beyond Borders

Papers:

Judy Fudge, University of Victoria, Canada

The Human Rights of Migrant Workers

Amir Paz-Fuchs,Ono Academic College, Israel

Yaël Ronen, Sha’arei Mishpat College, Israel

Occupational Hazards: Labor Rights in the Occupied Territories

Comments:Yossi Dahan, Academic Center of Law and Business, Israel

16:00-16:30 Refreshments

16:30-18:00 Session IV: Precarious Work in Israel - Responding to the Challenge

Panelists:

Sharon Abraham-Weiss, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Israel

Yuval Livnat, Refugee Rights Clinic, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

When Does Hard Work Become Slavery? Between Employment Law and Anti-Trafficking Law

Itai Svirski, Workers' Rights Clinic, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Chair:Guy Mundlak, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

DAY II: Monday, 16 May 2011

09:30-11:00 Session V: Legal Frameworks for Addressing Precariousness

Papers:

Nicola Countouris, University College of London, UK

The Legal Determinants of Precariousness in Personal Work Relations

Guy Davidov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

The Principle of Proportionality and Precarious Workers

Comments: Sharon Rabin-Margalioth,Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

11:00-11:30 Refreshments

11:30-13:15 Session VI: Development and Precariousness in a Globalized World

Papers:

Kevin Kolben, Rutgers University, US

Better Work and Precarious Work – A Case Study

Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto, Canada

Precarious Work and the Fragmentation of International Labor Law

Kamala Sankaran, University of Delhi, India

The Human Right to Livelihood: Recognizing the Right to be Human

Comments: Faina Milman-Sivan,Haifa University, Israel

13:15-14:30 Recess

14:30-16:00 Session VII: Precarious Work and Human Rights – Differences in Strategy and Discourse

Papers:

Einat Albin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

The Multi-Layering of Precarious Work

Guy Mundlak, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Human Rights and Labor Rights – Why the Tracks Don't Meet?

Comments: Frances Raday,College of Management Academic Studies and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

16:00-16:30 Concluding Remarks