Organizers
Honorary patronage
The programme outline is provided below.
More information about the topics and the 12 thematic groups (streams) is available in the About section.
Wednesday, 16 September 2026: Pre-Congress DayThursday, 17 September 2026: First Congress DayFriday, 18 September 2026: Second Congress DaySaturday, 19 September 2026: Social Programme
10.00 - 11.30
11.30
Coffee break
12.00 - 13.00
(sessions running in parallel – continuation)
ISLSSL Executive Committee Meeting (in person and online)
Young Researchers Forum and preparation of poster sessions
16.00
Reception at the Ljubljana City Hall
(limited number of participants, prior registration required, details to be confirmed)
18.00
Congress registration
19.00
Official opening of the Congress
Opening addresses
(at the Law Faculty, indoors and outdoors, weather permitting)
19.30
Welcome cocktail dinner
8.00
Congress registration
9.00 - 10.30
Plenary Session: Individual Labour Law
Main challenges under:Stream 1: Subordination and New Forms of Organising Work
Stream 2: Digitalisation and Its Impacts
Stream 3: Existence and Substance of the Employment Relationship
Discussion
10.30
Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30
Plenary Session: Individual Labour Law
Main challenges under:Stream 4: Non-Discrimination
Stream 5: Occupational Health and Safety
Stream 6: Transformations of Labour Law
Discussion
12.30
Lunch break
14.00 - 15.30
Parallel Breakout Sessions
Stream 1: Subordination and New Forms of Organising Work
Stream 2: Digitalisation and Its Impacts
Stream 3: Existence and Substance of the Employment Relationship
Stream 4: Non-Discrimination
Stream 5: Occupational Health and Safety
Stream 6: Transformations of Labour Law
Discussion
15.30
Coffee break
16.00 - 17.00
Parallel Breakout Sessions – continuation
Stream 1: Subordination and New Forms of Organising Work
Stream 2: Digitalisation and Its Impacts
Stream 3: Existence and Substance of the Employment Relationship
Stream 4: Non-Discrimination
Stream 5: Occupational Health and Safety
Stream 6: Transformations of Labour Law
Discussion
19.30
Gala Dinner
(Grand Hotel Union Hall)
9.00 - 11.30
Plenary Session: Social Security Law
Main challenges under:Stream 7: Social risks
Stream 8: New forms of work organisation and automation of social security
Stream 9: Universality and adequacy of social security
Stream 10: Supervision of the social/welfare state
Discussion
11.30
Coffee break
12.00 - 13.00
Plenary Session: Collective Labour Law
Main challenges under:Stream 11: Diversity of collective bargaining and collective actions
Stream 12: Information, consultation and co-determination
Discussion
13.00
Lunch break
14.30 - 16.00
Parallel Breakout Sessions
Stream 7: Social risks
Stream 8: New forms of work organisation and automation social security
Stream 9: Universality and adequacy of social security
Stream 10: Supervision of the social/welfare state
Stream 11: Diversity of collective bargaining and collective actions
Stream 12: Information, consultation and co-determination
Discussion
16.00
Coffee break
16.30 - 17.30
Parallel Breakout Sessions – continuation
Stream 7: Social risks
Stream 8: New forms of work organisation and automation social security
Stream 9: Universality and adequacy of social security
Stream 10: Supervision of the social/welfare state
Stream 11: Diversity of collective bargaining and collective actions
Stream 12: Information, consultation and co-determination
Discussion
18.00
Closing of the Congress
Saturday is reserved for informal activities, with no official Congress programme. An optional social excursion may be organised to a selected venue (e.g. the seaside, Postojna Caves, Lipica or a similar destination), subject to sufficient interest.