Regulating Minimum Wages: Between the EU and the Member States

MONDAY, 10 NOVEMBER

13.00 Welcome – Light Lunch

14.00 Introduction

Luca RATTI, University of Luxembourg

14.30 SESSION I – MINIMUM WAGE POLICIES

Chair: Luca RATTI, University of Luxembourg
Christine AUMAYR-PINTAR, Eurofound
Torsten MÜLLER, ETUI
Valeria PULIGNANO, KULeuven
Claudia SCHUBERT, University of Hamburg

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 SESSION II – THE EU DIRECTIVE ON ADEQUATE MINIMUM WAGES: WHOSE COMPETENCE?

Chair: Elisabeth BRAMESHUBER, University of Vienna
Nicola COUNTOURIS, UCL London
Emanuele MENEGATTI, University of Bologna
Daniel ULBER, University of Trier

TUESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER

09:00 SESSION III – PERSPECTIVES FROM SELECTED EU MEMBER STATES

Chair: Vincenzo PIETROGIOVANNI, University of Southern Denmark
Michael DOHERTY, Maynooth University, Dublin
Daniel PÉREZ DEL PRADO, University Carlos III Madrid
Łukasz PISARCZYK, University of Silesia, Katowice
Mette SØSTED HEMME, Aarhus University
Stamatina YANNAKOUROU, European University Cyprus

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 SESSION IV – THE FUTURE OF EU SOCIAL POLICY AND THE ROLE OF SOCIAL PARTNERS

Chair: Takis TRIDIMAS, Luxembourg Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg
Catherine BARNARD, Cambridge University
Roland ERNE, University College Dublin
Antonio LO FARO, University of Catania
Sophie ROBIN-OLIVIER, Sorbonne Law School

13:00 Conclusion