The Case Western Reserve Law Review announces a Call for Papers addressing present problems and proposing new solutions concerning the future of private and public sector collective bargaining rights. Abstracts should be sent to lawreview@case.edu by June 1, 2011.
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MitraTech presents Interact 2011 – The Legal & Compliance Technology Forum in Miami, FL May 15-18, 2011. sr
New York University School of Law hosts the ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law April 27-29, 2011 in New York, NY. sr
The Regulating for Decent Work project presents Conference on Regulating for a Fair Recovery, International Labour Office, Geneva, July 6-8, 2011. The Conference is organized by the International Labour Office in collaboration with the University of Manchester’s Fairness at Work (FaW) Research Group and the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law (CELRL). The call for papers submission deadline has already passed. mw
The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 11-15, 2011. The call for papers deadline is March 15, 2011. mw
The International Finance Corporation (a member of the World Bank Group) will host the Better Work Research Conference Oct. 26-28, 2011, in Washington DC. Here’s a short description:
The last decades have witnessed a growing concern over labour rights and working conditions in developing country locations supplying for the global market. The Better Work research conference Workers, Firms, and Government: Understanding labour compliance in global supply chains aims at analysing the impact of labour standards compliance in global supply chains on firms and workers, looking at the ‘business case’ as well as at the ‘development case’ for labour standards.
Abstracts are due by March 31, 2011. Full call for papers posted on Workplace Prof Blog. mw
Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left presents Local 1330 v U.S. Steel: 30 Years Later, Feb. 25, 2011, 12-5pm. mw
Osgoode Hall Law School (York University) Graduate Law Students Assocation presents its 2011 Conference, No Boundaries: Transnational Law and a New Order of Global Governance, May 9-10, 2011. Abstract proposals are due March 4, 2011.
We welcome papers that engage in questions of “boundaries”, particularly those with a focus on globalization, models of governance and transnational law. We are interested in a broad range of work dealing with the financial markets (commercial, banking and financial law), environmental protection, administrative law, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, tax, e-commerce, intellectual property, women’s studies, trade, human rights, crisis and emergency planning, labour and employment, health, disability, historical conceptions of regulation and governance, reflections upon the nature and operative conditions of governance, the relationship between state sovereignty and regulatory authority. Papers with an interdisciplinary focus and from graduate students in other disciplines are strongly encouraged.
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The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Law is issuing a call for original research papers to be presented at the Conference on Public Sector Unions in the United States. The conference will be held at Northwestern University School of Law Oct. 13, 2011 (noon) to Oct. 14, 2011 (2:30). The call for papers deadline is May 1, 2011. mw
The Community Development and Research Departments of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland invite paper submissions for its 2011 annual Policy Summit, to be held June 9-10, 2011, in Cleveland, Ohio. The policy summit will focus on housing, inequality, neighborhoods, and labor market issues, with special consideration given to research related to the foreclosure crisis. The submission deadline is Feb. 1, 2011.
The ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law (published by the University of Minnesota School of Law) welcomes contributions from professionals. See submission information here.
In addition, the journal will publish the winning paper from the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law and College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Annual Law Student Writing Competition 2011. The submission deadline is May 15, 2011.
Monash University Law presents Business Innovation: A Legal Balancing Act: Perspectives from IP, Labour and Employment, Competition and Corporate Laws. The conference will be held at the Monash University Centre in Prato, Tuscany, Italy May 2-4, 2011, Monash University.
The Center for Labor and Employment Law at St. John’s School of Law presents The Theology of Work and the Dignity of Workers March 18-19, 2011. Abstracts are due Feb. 1, 2011.
St. John’s School of Law Center for Labor and Employment Law presents Worlds of Work: Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe July 20-22, 2011, at University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England.
Worlds of Work: Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe builds on two prior international conferences hosted by St. John’s Law School. In 2000, St. John’s sponsored a conference on Transnational Perspectives in Labor Law at University College, Dublin, Ireland. In 2006, St. John’s sponsored a conference on Transnational Perspectives in ADR at the University of London’s Queen Mary College. The current Symposium integrates these past conference themes to explore the increasingly important topic of international employment dispute resolution.
Those interested in participating as speakers or panelists should submit abstracts by Feb. 1, 2011.
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law presents The Biggest Issues for the Smallest Stuff: Regulation and Risk Management of Nanotechnology March 21, 2011. The event is sponsored by the Center for Law, Science & Innovation, in partnership with the law firm of Polsinelli Shughart PC and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU.
Nanotechnology, the science of the very small, is a rapidly emerging set of technologies being applied in virtually every industry sector, including health care, energy, food, cosmetics, materials, computer and communication technologies, automotive, environmental services and many others. At the same time that nanotechnology is providing many new exciting applications and benefits, it also has the potential to create significant new risks for workers, consumers and the environment. After several years of studying the problem, federal agencies such as EPA, FDA, and NIOSH are now moving forward with more aggressive regulation of nanotechnology, and a variety of other non-regulatory risk management and safety initiatives are being proposed or implemented.
The American Economics Association annual meeting is Jan. 6-9, 2011, in Denver. Law-related sessions are listed after the jump. Jump to full post
Marquette Law Review and the Marquette Labor and Employment Law Program present Promoting Employee Voice in the New American Economy Oct. 1, 2010. Details are on Milwaukee Employment Lawyer blog.
The Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law and the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security present Paving the High Road: Labor Standards and Procurement Policy in the Obama Era April 23, 2010. mw
The Center for Social Justice and Public Service at Santa Clara University Announces the 2010 Women and the Law Stories Conference, The Power of Women’s Stories ll: Examining Women’s Role in Law and the Legal System. It will take place April 16, 2010. mw
The Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law and the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security present Paving the High Road: Labor Standards and Procurement Policy in the Obama Era April 23, 2010.
Since the year 2000, federal government contracting for goods and services has more than doubled, to over $526 billion dollars per year. These expenditures create millions of jobs—jobs that are funded with federal tax dollars, but under the control of private employers. However, unlike federal jobs, economic data show that many of these procurement-based jobs pay low wages and offer few or no benefits. Such increases in federally funded private employment raise important questions: How well do existing laws and policies ensure that taxpayer dollars spent on federal contractors create good jobs and raise standards in the broader labor market? How might policymakers develop new laws and policies to encourage the development of good jobs in the federal contractor workforce? What are the legal implications of these tools? Our upcoming symposium brings together top national experts in this area to discuss these and other related questions. kja
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