Welcome to the online seminar on methodological issues in comparative labour law on 5 May 2025. The seminar is organised by the Labour Law Research Group of the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, and the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL).

ONLINE SEMINAR 5 May 2025

This online seminar, organized by the Labour Law Research Group of the Faculty of Law at the
University of Helsinki and the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL),
explores key methodological issues in comparative labour law. It analyses challenges comparatists
encounter when analyzing labour law developments across different countries and from global or
transnational perspectives.
The seminar is open to all interested participants but requires prior registration by 2 May 2025 at
https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Comparative_Labour_Law_Methodology_in_the_Chang...
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We particularly encourage early-career researchers and doctoral students engaged in legal
comparison to join us.

Programme

14:30 – 14:35
Helsinki time

Opening

Part I

14:35 – 15:05
Helsinki time

Legal Transplants in Labour Law: Board-Level Representation of Workers
as an Example
Professor Achim Seifert, Chair of Civil Law, German and European Labour
Law and Comparative Law at the Saarland University

15:05 – 15:35
Helsinki time

Reflections on the Complex Study of Comparative Labour Law: The Case of
the Ecological Just Transition
Ángela Martín-Pozuelo López, Assistant Professor of Law at the University
of Valencia

15:35 – 16:05
Helsinki time

And if there was a Foreign Element in the Employment Contract? On the
Use of Comparative Labour Law in French Court Practice and Scholarship
Marcel Zernikow, Dr., Contractual Lecturer-Researcher, University of
Corsica Pasquale Paoli
Part II

16:05 – 16:35
Helsinki time

Describing West African Labour Laws - Some Methodological Concerns
Jérôme Porta, Professor of Private Law at the University of Bordeaux

16:35 – 17:05
Helsinki time

Culture and Labour Law: The Case of Laws on Occupational Health and
Safety in China

Yifeng Chen, Associate Professor at the Peking University Law School

17:05 – 17:35
Helsinki time

The Importance of Cultural and other Non-Legal Dimensions in
Comparative Labour Law
Jean-Michel Servais, President of the International Society for Labour and
Social Security Law (ISLSSL)

17:35 – 18:05
Helsinki time

Some Thoughts about Comparative Labour Law from a Decolonial
Perspective
Ulla Liukkunen, Professor of Labour Law and Private International Law at
the University of Helsinki

18:05 – 18:20
Helsinki time

Comments and Reflections
Cynthia Estlund, Crystal Eastman Professor at the New York University
School of Law

18:20 – 18:25
Helsinki time

Conclusion