NATIONAL CONFERENCES
Each multi-disciplinary unit organized a national mid-term conference with the aim to discuss the mid-term achievements of the project. These conferences were the occasion to present the findings of the National Reports that each multi-disciplinary unit has prepared as a first step for the analysis of in-work poverty. The aim of each National Report is to understand how regulation directly and indirectly affects the working and living conditions of workers, with a particular focus on those persons belonging to VUP groups: persons working in low-wage sectors, solo self-employed, atypical workers and persons working for platforms and or in the gig economy. The analysis will help to identify policy priorities and feasible actions that Member States can take to alleviate in-work poverty (e.g. minimum wages, living wage, taxes and social contributions, family benefits and social assistance, in-work benefits, etc.,).
2nd National Conference WYP Poland
The aim of the 2nd of National Conference organised by the University of Gdansk was to present the results of the research project focusing on the Polish legal system. An important part of the meeting was the presentation of the Social Security system in Poland as well as the impact of determining these contributions on the choice of the basis of employment.
Presenter:
Prof. UG Monika Tomaszewska, dr Aleksandra Peplińska
Participants:
Władze Uczelni
• Rektor pan profesor Piotr Stepnowski
• Prorektor ds. Współpracy Międzynarodowej pani profesor Anna Jurkowska Zajdler
• Dziekan Wydziału Prawa I Administracji profesor Wojciech Zalewski
• Prodziekan do spraw nauki dr hab. Joanna Różycka-Tran, prof. UG
Samorząd Województwa
• Marszałkini – Agnieszka Kapała-Sokalska
• Pani Lena Teodorowic Starszy inspektor wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Gdańsku
Stanowisko ds. Oceny Sytuacji na Rynku Pracy
• Pan Mateusz Rutkowski inspektor
Wydział Pomorskiego Obserwatorium Rynku Pracy
Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Gdańsku
Partnerzy społeczni
• Pan Krzysztof Dośla – Przewodniczący Zarządu Regionu NSZZ Solidarność
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych
• Pani Aneta Pawłowska, dyrektor Oddziału ZUS w Gdańsku – aneta.pawlowska@zus.pl
• Pani Agnieszka Kurczewska – Stanisławowicz , z-ca dyrektora Oddziału ZUS w Gdańsku – agnieszka.kurczewska-stanislawowicz@zus.pl
• Pan Piotr Domaradzki – z-ca naczelnika UBS – piotr.domaradzki@zus.pl
• Pani Klaudia Skoniecka – koordynator ds. komunikacji społecznej i edukacji – klaudia.skoniecka@zus.pl
Główny Urząd Statystyczny
• Aleksandra Sarnowska – Konsultant Pomorskiego Ośrodek Badań Regionalnych
Gdański Urząd Pracy
Kamila Płowiec Dyrektorka Wspólnota Robocza Związków Organizacji Socjalnych – Europejskiej Sieci Przeciw Ubóstwu
Pomorski zespołu do spraw kobiet j.szydlowska@pracodawcyfpp.pl – Jolanta Szydłowska
Agenda:
12.00 – 12.10 Otwarcie
12.10 – 13.30 Aspekty prawne i społeczne aktywizacji zawodowej i jakości zatrudnienia
1. Przepisy prawne wpływające na jakość zatrudnienia i sprzyjające powstawaniu zatrudnienia a-typowego.
2. Konsekwencje kryzysu w sferze społecznej, psychologicznej i prawnej.
3. Kierunki zmian prawodawstwa w celu zwiększenia stabilności i przewidywalności zatrudnienia.
Dr hab. Marcin Zieleniecki, prof. UG – Wpływ składek na ubezpieczenia społeczne na wybór podstawy zatrudnienia
Stanowisko i ocena partnerów Projektu WorkYP.
13.30-14.00 Wnioski de lege lata i de lege ferenda czyli kierunki zmian.
2nd National Conference WYP The Netherlands
In association with the VvA (Labour Law Association (Vereniging voor Arbeidsrecht)) the Dutch research group of WYP organized a second National Conference.
With over 235 participants (35 in person, 200 via livestream) the Conference was a success.
Speakers:
Prof.dr. A.R. Houweling (Erasmus School of Law)
Prof.dr. M. Houwerzijl (University of Tilburg)
Dr. N. Zekic (University of Tilburg)
Dr. S. Bekker (University of Utrecht)
R. Coemmans (workers association FNV)
J. Brul (employers association AWVN)
Houweling, Houwerzijl, Zekic and Bekker gave insights in the research done over the past years and discussed some policy proposals as well as recent legislative developments in The Netherlands.
Coemmans and Brul reflected on ‘in work poverty’ from an employee and employers’ perspective. After the key note speeches a lively debate followed with the participants in the room as well as those online.
Video of the Conference here.
2nd National Conference WYP Italy
The Italian National Conference aims to promote the debate on in-work poverty in Italy.
Our partner the University of Bologna will present the results of the research project focusing on Italian legal system, and the special issue of the Italian peer-reviewed journal Variazioni su temi di diritto del lavoro “Il lavoro povero in Italia: problemi e prospettive” (In-work poverty in Italy: problems and perspectives).
The conference can also be followed on Teams by connecting in the following link.
Download the programme here.
Contact for more information: giulia.marchi13@unibo.it
2nd National Conference WYP Luxembourg:
Within the framework of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, this conference aimed to discuss working poverty in order to understand the main reasons behind it and to identify the challenges to improve the situation of the working poor in Luxembourg and in the EU.
The conference presented some elements of the “Working, Yet Poor” project and included also interventions from some of the participants who have closely collaborated in research on working poverty in Luxembourg (the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research and Caritas Luxembourg) as well as from one of the main players in Luxembourg’s social policy, the Chamber of Employees.
Photos: https://muar.lu/rencontre-working-yet-poor/
Agenda: https://muar.lu/agenda/
2nd National Conference WYP Germany:
To make use of synergies and attract a broader audience, the 2nd National Conference was integrated in a whole-day event devoted to the discussion of the German government’s plans to introduce a Citizens’ Income (Bürgergeld), the purpose of which is both to reduce the pressure to accept poorly paid work and to allow those living in in-work poverty a dignified existence.
The conference featured a dialogue between Christina Hiessl, lead researcher of the German unit of the Working Yet Poor project, and Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn, the MP who at that point was leading the elaboration of the legislative proposal on a Citizens’ Income in the National Parliament.
The mid-term national conferences took place between June and September 2021:
The event focused on presenting the findings related to the national report, which assesses the phenomenon of in-work poverty in Sweden in relation to the four specific VUP groups identified within the Working, Yet Poor project.
The event aimed at presenting the results of the Dutch national report and to discuss the challenges related to minimum wage and minimum income from a EU perspective.
. The conference aimed to present the final version of the National Report and assess the current legal bases and outline the desired directions of changes that would provide the basis for decent working conditions regardless of the form of employment.
The aim of the event was to highlight the legal, economic and social aspects of in-work poverty in the context of the WorkYP Project’s preliminary results and findings.
The event aimed at discussing the working poor in Italy and precarious work in relation to low wages and poverty. Guest speakers highlighted the challenges related to platform work, gender-based working poverty and so called “bullshit jobs”.
The event gave an introduction to the WorkYP Project embedded in the context of recent policy developments at European level, as well as the main insights from the German National Report
The aim of the conference was to explore the Belgian WorkYP report and the issues that it identifies concerning in-work poverty in Belgium more in detail, and look ahead at possible solutions to tackle these issues from a legal and social policy perspective.