KICK-OFF CONFERENCE: FIT FOR THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL WORK?

 

On the 24 April 2017, the kick-off conference “Fit for the new world of digital work?” will take place in Vienna.

The conference will signal the start of the project “danube@work” – an international cooperation between trade unions, employers’ organisations and government in Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Austria. Through the specialised lectures and workshops, experts and all those who are interested will be able to gain more insight into the subject of digitisation of labour markets in the Danube Region.

Date: 24 April 2017 | 9:30 – 15:00

Venue: Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB), Johann-Böhm-Platz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria

Please find the ">Agenda here.

Registration (until 7 April 2017):

 

Project “danube@work” – Risks and challenges through the digitisation of work
Digitisation is changing all social and economic areas of life and has a great influence on work and
employment. On the one hand, digitisation provides innovative services and increased productivity
as well as more choices for consumers. On the other hand, it has a considerable impact on the labour
market and the organisation of labour. If not regulated, digitisation will cause serious increases in
differences in income as well as limited access to social security systems not only due to cutbacks
from a decrease in contributions but also due to the often unstable nature of digital employment
itself.

Within the framework of „danube@work“, trade unions and employers‘ organisations will cooperate
with ministeries in order to be sensitised to the effects of digitisation on the labour market and to
provide solutions to challenges as well as to future possiblities of the organisation of labour.

Partners:

Trade Unions:

• CITUB (Bulgaria)
• CNSLR-Fratia (Romania)
• CATUS (Serbia)
• TUC Nezavisnost (Serbia)
• ÖGB (Austria)

Employers’ Organisations:

• Bulgarian Association for People Management
• The General Union of Romanian Industrialists
• Serbian Association of Employers