The Labour Law Subject Section of the Society of Legal Scholars invites submissions to a workshop on the Employment Rights Bill 2024, funded by the Society of Legal Scholars, to be held in the University of Southampton on 29 January 2025.
The UK government published its landmark Employment Rights Bill 2024 on 10 October 2024. The Bill aims to overhaul many of the existing legislative protections of workers under British employment law. The proposed research workshop will bring together academics to offer analysis and critique of the legislation as proposed, as part of an ongoing project on the part of the SLS Labour Law Subject Section to respond to the Labour Government's labour law reforms as representatives of the UK labour law academic community.
The workshop will be a hybrid event, but those accepted to present a paper are expected to attend in person.
Those interested in presenting at the workshop should submit an abstract of no more than 300 words on an aspect of the 2024 Bill, addressing one of the following topics:
* Theme 1: atypical and casual work relations
* Theme 2: collective labour law and industrial relations
* Theme 3: job security and equality at work
We particularly welcome submissions from early-career scholars and scholars from backgrounds underrepresented in academia.
The closing date for abstracts is 16 December 2024. It is the intention of the co-convenors that presented papers will be published as a special issue of an academic journal. A deadline for the submission of full papers will be notified after the workshop.
There is limited funding available for speakers' travel costs; priority will be given to early-career scholars and those who cannot access institutional funding. Decisions on allocation of funding will be made at the co-convenors' discretion after the call has closed.
Registration details for non-speaker attendees will be circulated at a later date.
For more information, or to submit an abstract, please contact SLS Labour Law Subject Section co-convenors Joe Atkinson (j.r.atkinson@soton.ac.uk) or Alan Eustace (eustacal@tcd.ie).