The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University would like to invite you to the conference on The Labour Code in the Light of International Labour Law on 19 th November, 2013 VENUE: Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences 1088 Budapest, Szentkirályi utca 28-30. (Hall II. János Pál, 2nd floor) 9.00: REGISTRATION Participation is free but pre-registering is mandatory on the website: www.pazmanymunkajog.com. 9.20: OPENING Professor Dr. András Zs. VARGA (dean, PPCU FLPS) 9.30: WELCOME Jan ENGELS (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Budapest Head of Representation) Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
9.40 9.45: OPENING REMARKS Dr. Tamás GYULAVÁRI (Head of Department, professor, PPCU FLPS) 9.45-12.45: RECENT LABOUR LAW DEVELOPMENT IN EU MEMBER STATES 9.45 10.30: Jeremias PRASSL (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) Labour Law Reform and the Financial Crisis in the United Kingdom:the danger of (un-)intended consequences? 10.30-11.15: Beryl ter HAAR (Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies; Amsterdam Law School) EU pathways of flexicurity and the Dutch drift 11.15 11.30: COFFEE BREAK 11.30-12.15: Piotr GRZEBYK (Warsaw Faculty of Law) Overcoming the financial crisis with labour law regulations in Poland Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
12.15 12.45: DISCUSSION 12.45 13.45: RECEPTION LUNCH 13.45 15.45: LABOUR LAW AS AN IDEPENDENT BRANCH OF LAW AND THE RULES OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LAW SESSION 1 (Hall II. János Pál) Labour Law of the European Union and the new Hungarian Labour Code Chair: István HORVÁTH (assistant professor, ELU) Tünde HANDÓ (President of the National Office for the Judiciary): Relationship between case law and statute law Tamás GYULAVÁRI (Head of Department, professor, PPCU) Economically dependent regulation of work compulsion or possibility? Gábor KÁRTYÁS (assistant professor, PPCU): Temporary agency work who pays the price of flexibility? Vera ÁCS (PhD-student, University of Szeged): Employment of highly qualified third-country nationals Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
SESSION 2 (Council Room (2nd floor)) International obligations and the new Hungarian Labour Code Chair: Nikolett HŐS (assistant professor, PPCU) Attila KUN (Head of Department, associate professor, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church): The liability for damages rules in the light of expectations and tendencies of international law (Part I.) Jácint FERENCZ (assistant lecturer, Széchenyi István University): The liability for damages rules in the light of expectations and tendencies of international law (Part II.) Gábor MÉLYPATAKI (PhD-student, University of Miskolc): European labor standards direct effect of the issue of domestic labor and civil service law The issue of unlawful dismissal Szilvia HALMOS (PhD-student, PPCU): The requirement of reasonable adaption Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
SESSION 3 (12. seminar room on 3rd floor) Collective Labour Law rules and the international obligations Chair: Zoltán PETROVICS (assistant lecturer, National University of Public Service) László NEUMANN (Center For European Employment Studies, manager, sociologist): Enterprise reactions to the new Labour Code Gábor TAKÁCS (titular acting teacher, PPCU): Where is the limit? Possibilities of derogation from legal rules by collective agreements Katalin BAGDI (PhD-student, University of Debrecen): Changing role of the works council of the new Labour Code in light of EU and international rules Csilla FINTA (PhD-student, University of Szeged): The importance of the conciliation committee in respect of resolving labor disputes 15.30 15.45 COFFEE BREAK
Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem 15.45 17.30 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH SOCIAL PARTNERS Moderator: Katalin DUDÁS (assistant professor, PPCU) Trade union side: Pálné BUDAY - Trade Union of Commercial Employees, vice-president Tamás SZÉKELY - Autonomous Confederation of Trade Unions, president Rezső GÁL - United Trade Union of Electricity Industry Workers, president Employers side: Bálint ADRIENN - Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists, director in charge of labor and social policy area Ferenc DÁVID - National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers, secretary general Attila SUHAJDA - Hungarian Service and Outsourcing Association, president Expert side: ERZSÉBET BERKI economist, candidate
Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem LÁSZLÓ NEUMANN - Center For European Employment Studies, manager, sociologist, candidate 17.30: CLOSING REMARKS Katalin DUDÁS (assistant professor, PPCU) We would be very pleased to welcome you! Sponsors: Friedrich Ebert Foundation Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Department of Labour Law and Social Rights Eötvös Lóránd University, Department of Labour Law and Social Rights Labor Relations Society Hungarian Labour Law Society
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