On June 13th and 14th 2024, the conference "Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU" took place at the University of Luxembourg. It focused on European wage policy and its current development through Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages. Experts from...
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Adam Feher successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled "Essays in Law and Economics," at the University of Amsterdam. His thesis develops three microeconomic models grounded in standard labor economics theory to investigate how regulatory measures regarding...
On April 11th and 12th, 2024, the 16th Workshop on Labour Economics took place at the IAAEU. This year, amidst a pool of over 100 submissions, we curated a diverse and compelling programme, featuring 37 papers presented by participants from 8 countries. The...
In its recent decision C-218/22, the ECJ once again clarified its case law on European minimum leave requirements. The Court ruled that a blanket ban on monetary compensation for leave is also contrary to EU law if it applies in the event of voluntary early...
The Moot Court of the Federal Labour Court is a trial simulation that takes place every two years. This year, 29 teams from different universities took part and acted as trial representatives. In July, all teams were given a fictitious case that dealt with...
In December 2023 Björn Becker , Marco Clemens und Sven Hartmann from the IAAEU attended the 2023 Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Conference (AASLE) at the National Taiwan University in Taipei. At AASLE, researchers presented their latest...
An article by Jana Hagenmüller and Dominik Leist on the topic of "Leave entitlements under the influence of EU law - forfeiture and compensation in the case of long-term illness" continues the series of articles "Casework in labour law" founded by the...
For his article published in the journal Kyklos entitled "Can Television Reduce Xenophobia? The Case of East Germany", Sven Hartmann , a research associate in the economics team at the IAAEU, was awarded this year's publication award of the Graduate Center...
Marco Clemens , a PhD student and member of the economics team at IAAEU, visited the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) from September 1 to October 30, 2023. During his visit, Mr. Clemens participated in a variety of research seminars and workshops on topics...
Sven Hartmann , a research associate at IAAEU, was rewarded for his outstanding Doctoral Thesis by the Association "Freundeskreis Trierer Universität e. V." in November 2023. The 2,000 Euro prize, sponsored by Volksbank Trier, was presented by the board...
