International Labor and Employment Law Committee

2010 Midyear Meeting

On behalf of the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law's International Labor & Employment Law Committee, we invite you to join us for our Midyear Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey from May 9-13, 2010. Istanbul's location at the intersection of Europe and the Middle East geographically, culturally and politically makes it an ideal place for union, employee and management lawyers from Europe, the Middle East and North America to come together to discuss the legal challenges facing them. The Committee is coming to visit Istanbul in a year in which it has been designated by the European Union as the 2010 Capital of Culture. As a result, Istanbul, along with the EU, will be celebrating its unique cultural heritage throughout the year with a multitude of special events.

It is against this backdrop that the Committee will be holding a number of panels on cutting edge issues that will be of interest to any management, employee or union lawyer, no matter where they practice. The panels at this meeting will explore hot topics in EU labor law; the UN report on the effect of corporate social responsibility codes on labor practices in Turkey and its implications for multinationals; cross-border labor issues governing the use of migrant workers and the transfer of executives in the Middle East; an evaluation of the labor standards contained in various trade agreements entered into by the U.S. and European countries with countries in the Middle East and elsewhere; an evaluation of the green jobs revolution on environmental, labor and supplier interests; and labor and employment law practice in Turkey and also in other nations (including a linkage to related subjects to be covered in our 2011 planned Berlin meeting). The meeting also will set aside some time to obtain the perspectives of representatives from the media, NGO's and government officials on some of these topics.

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Who We Are

Each year, since 1979, this committee has held timely and informative midwinter meetings overseas to exchange views face-to-face with leading labor relations and employment law experts in foreign capitals and leading cities (Prague, Amsterdam, Dublin, Berlin, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, Paris, Dusseldorf, Munich, Rome, Vienna, Madrid, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Copenhagen and Stockholm). As an important task force for the Section, committee members study and report on current developments in foreign labor relations law and employment law practices, particularly those affecting U.S. multi-national enterprises operating abroad.

The committee also maintains on-going liaison with key spokesmen for the labor and employment branches of international agencies, such as the European Community (EC), International Labor Organization (ILO), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which establish transnational codes of conduct applicable to international labor law.

Committee planning meetings are also held each year in the United States and at the ABA Annual Meeting. Periodic updates and background papers are also furnished to committee members several times a year. These reports interpret the latest labor law developments in those foreign nations and international bodies previously visited or about to be visited by the committee. The committee has published International Labor and Employment Laws, Volume I and International Labor and Employment Laws, Volume II, treatises providing an overview of labor and employment law in the major industrialized countries.

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