Latest developments in Labour Law and Immigration

El objeto de esta entrada es comentar la sentencia de la Corte Europea de Derechos Humanos de 9 de enero de 2018, derivada de la demanda interpuesta contra el Estado español por las trabajadoras Sras. López Ribalda, Gancedo Giménez, Ramos Busquets, Saborido Apresa y Pozo Barroso, frente a las decisiones de los Tribunales de Justicia españoles que validaron el despido del que fueron objeto por el supermercado M. (S.A.),en el que trabajaban.

I am very pleased to announce the publication of my book “Decent work and immigrants in Spain. A study on labour rights for migrant workers and on decent work as an international objective”. It has been published by the Barcelona-based Huygens Editorial in their LEX collection. You can find the main details about this book on the Huygens Editorial website by clicking on this link.

From 8 to 12 May I took part as a professor in the Seminar “The informal economy and the world of work”,held in the Latin American Training Centre for Employees and Employers in the municipality of Vicente Lopez in the GreaterBuenos Aires Metropolitan Area.This Seminar was sponsored by SOCIEUX+, the platform that invited me to attend as an expert, but it was also funded by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Argentina.

Summary: Not only shouldInternational Migrants Day 2016serve to remind us of the tragedy of migrants seeking refuge, but it should also alert us to the dangers faced by the European Union: the questioning of its common project and the setback in its development as a diverse society.

Opinion article:
The celebration of this year’s International Migrants Day on 18 December coincides with a historical situation, systemically speaking, in the world’s movement of people and in the recognition of diversity in our societies.

As part of my duties as Director of the Department of Labour and Social Security Law and Director of the Chair of Immigration, Rights and Citizenship of the University of Girona, and with the help of the teams from both departments, I have planned a series of activities that I am delighted to present as follows:

1. Firstly, during September 2016 I have been invited to take part in the Residential Summer School organized by the University of Ferrara and Padova to give two lectures on "Multinational enterprises faced with global migratory movements: facilitation or obstruction of international labour mobility?" and "Multinational enterprises and the promotion of decent employment inspired by the International Labour Organization: special attention to the access to employment, training and working conditions".

Offers for postgraduate posts in my Research Group for the coming academic year

The Research Group I direct at the University of Girona has specialised in the subject of migratory movements for several years, mainly through our work in the Chair of Immigration, Rights and Citizenship. Based on our past experience, we are seeking to widen our field of research to encompass any form of international business and worker mobility, in the hope of applying for and being granted a Spanish or European Project. Consequently, we are open to any suggestions or collaboration in this regard, which other entities may wish to provide.

The team of persons working in the Area of Labour and Social Security Law of the University of Gironaand collaborating with the Chair of Immigration, Rights and Citizenship, of which I am director, have committed themselves to meeting, for 2014-2015,a series of high-level, demanding objectives in the area of university teaching and research

The International Seminar for Students of Labour Law and Social Security will be hosted this year on 7 and 8 April 2014 by the University of Girona, led by Dr. Ferran Camas Roda, Professor of Labour Law and Social Security at this University.

Last week, I was invited by the Research Group in Labour Law of Pr. M. Rigaux in the University of Antwerp, to do a Lecture for the students of Law and Union reprsentatives about "The Influence of European on Spanish social law: The labour market reforms in Spain". The aim of my participation in this act was to explain the labour reforms carried out in Spain, mainly since the 2008 economic crash, and the subsequent letter sent by the European Central Bank to the Spanish Government (a letter whose contents are still unknown),which have led to an unprecedented cut in public spending and the beginning of far-reaching labour market reforms.

 

I am greatly looking forward to starting the 2013/2014 academic year in both teaching and research within the framework of the University of Girona Department of Law and Social Security of which I am the Director. I am also looking forward to performing my duties as Director of the Chair of Immigration, Rights and Citizenship of the same university.