Representatives of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice participated in the XV ISLSSL European Congress in Ljubljana, held from 16 to 19 September 2026. The European Congress of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL) is recognized as one of the most important and prestigious academic events in the field, providing a global platform for the exchange of views among labour law scholars from all over the world.
During the event, researchers from the Faculty delivered the following presentations:
– Deputy Dean for Education and Students, dr Urszula Torbus presented “Realising the CSDD Directive: enforcing labour rights in global supply chains” as part of the “Corporate Due Diligence and Labour Rights” session.
– prof. Łukasz Pisarczyk (co-authored with dr Błażej Mądrzycki) delivered the paper “Filling the regulatory gap, the role of transnational company agreements in protecting worker rights in tech-based employment” in the “Worker Participation in Complex Work Relationships” panel.
– prof. Łukasz Pisarczyk (co-authored with prof. Attila Kun) also presented “The impact of the AMWD on CEE-countries` system of collective bargaining after the CJEU’s decision – with specific regard to Poland and Hungary” during the “Collective bargaining” session.
– dr Michał Barański and dr Iwona Gredka-Ligarska delivered a presentation titled “Precarious work of children in the light of the sharenting phenomenon” in the panel “The Disappearing Coordinates of Labour Law: Employer, Workplace, Worker”.
– mgr Miłosz Barłóg presented “A new architecture of power? The datification of the mind at work and the EU’s shift from risk governance to prohibitions” during the “Human Control and Fundamental Rights in Algorithmic Workplaces” session.
