[Air-L] Fair Work on Digital Platforms – September 14, 2022, 14.00 - 16.00 CEST

[Michelle Gardner]

The Fairwork project invites you to attend the global Fairwork Summit:

'Fair Work on Digital Platforms' – September 14, 2022,
14.00 - 16.00 CEST

Taking place online, and in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenrbeit (GIZ), the Summit will bring together leaders from academia, workers’ organisations, public policy, and the private sector to discuss the future of platform work.

We will be joined by expert guests Lilian Tschan, Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Richard Samans, Bill Mutoro, Laura Garcia, Manuela Geleng, Dr Sakshi Khurana, Mattias Weber, and Prof. Balaji Parthasarathy.

Broadly, the event will discuss these overarching questions in the context of digital labour platforms:

  *   What does fair work mean in the context of digital labour platforms?
  *   What is the status quo for workers as well as platforms and which opportunities and challenges lie ahead?
  *   Which policy options are required to pave the way for fair working conditions while simultaneously maintaining the positive effects of digital labour platforms?
  *   How can we move toward global standards for fair working conditions on platforms?

REGISTER HERE: https://registrierung-veranstaltung.de/fairworksummit

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

Digital labour platforms are growing around the world and increasingly challenging conventional ideas of work. On the one hand, the rise of digital labour platforms promotes economic growth and the creation of new jobs, lowers entry barriers into the labour market, and enables more flexible working.

On the other hand, many platforms slip through existing regulatory frameworks and thereby create unfair working conditions for many platform workers across the globe.

In recent years workers in several countries have been organising and protesting unfair conditions and challenging platforms before several national courts. This has led to an increasing international awareness for fair working conditions and different ways of regulating the platform economy.

Against this backdrop Fairwork is organising this virtual Summit with international stakeholders and experts to discuss the status quo and ways forward for digital labour platforms. The Summit will explore the opportunities and challenges faced by workers, the role of platforms, and different policy options for fair work within the platform economy.

To address these questions, our expert guests will take part in the following panel discussions:

  *   Panel 01: Status Quo of the Global Platform Economy – Workers’ Prospect or Peril?
  *   Panel 02: Policy Options for Global Standards of Fair Work in the Platform Economy: Looking Ahead

REGISTER HERE: https://registrierung-veranstaltung.de/fairworksummit

SUMMIT SPEAKERS
The Summit will bring together experts from several countries in the Fairwork network, government ministries, platform labour companies, transport unions, and more.

  *   Laura Garcia, Courier Protections and Benefits Lead, Glovo
  *   Manuela Geleng, Deputy Director-General, Jobs, Skills and Social Affairs, DG EMPL, EU Commission
  *   Prof. Mark Graham, Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute
  *   Dr. Sakshi Khurana, Senior Specialist, Skill Development, Labour & Employment Vertical, NITI Aayog, India
  *   Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
  *   Bill Mutoro, Assistant General Secretary, Transport Workers Union Kenya
  *   Prof. Balaji Parthasarathy, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, Fairwork India
  *   Richard Samans, Director of Research, International Labour Organisation
  *   Lilian Tschan, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  *   Matthias Weber, Director of the Competence Centre on the Future of Work, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Brussels

REGISTER HERE: https://registrierung-veranstaltung.de/fairworksummit