Time

Subject

TR speaker

DG EMPL expert

Monday 20 March 2006

09.00

Opening & Introduction

09.30 –10.40

Health and Safety at Work

·         Strategy

·         Framework

·         Horizontal implementing regulations

·         Manual handling of loads

·         Display screen equipment

·        Construction

Ms Sabine Böhmert, EMPL/D

10.40 – 11.10

Time for EC questions

11.10 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 12.40

Health and Safety at Work (cont’d)

·       Vessels

·       Mineral extracting industries

·        Asbestos

·        Chemical, physical and biological agents at work

·        Explosive atmospheres

·       Carcinogens and mutagens

Ms Sabine Böhmert, EMPL/D

12.40 – 13.00

Time for EC questions

13.00 – 14.40

Lunch Break

14.40 – 15.20

People with Disabilities

Mr Kristian Takac, EMPL/G3

15.20 – 15.40

Time for EC questions

15.40 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 16.30

European Social Fund

Mr Antonio Marquez Camacho, EMPL/C3

16.30 – 16.45

Time for EC questions

Tuesday 21 March 2006 

09.30 – 10.30

Labour Law

·         Working time

·         Working conditions I

Mr Dimitris Dimitriou, Mr Jonas Alberg, EMPL/D2

10.30 – 11.00

Time for EC questions

11.00 – 11.15

Coffee break

11.15 – 12.30

Labour Law (cont’d)

·         Working conditions II

·         Information and consultation of employees

Mr Dimitris Dimitriou, Mr Jonas Alberg, EMPL/D2

12.30 – 13.00

Time for EC questions

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch Break

14.30 – 15.20

Social Dialogue_1

Social Dialogue_2

·        Including presentation of draft amendments to Trade Unions Act 2821 and planned amendments to Law 2822 on collective labour agreements

Ms Marta Pradanos Gonzalez, EMPL/D1

15.20 – 15.35

Time for EC questions

15.35 – 16.00 

Coffee break

16.00 – 16.30

Employment Policy

·         Presentation of progress on the JAP

·         Measures on transforming undeclared work into regular employment

Ms Frédérique Rychener,

EMPL/A1

16.30 – 16.45

Time for EC questions

Wednesday 22 March 2006 

09.00 – 09.45

Anti-discrimination

Mr Tony Lockett, EMPL/D3

09.45 – 10.00

Time for EC questions

10.00 – 10.20

Social Protection

Mr Paul Todd, EMPL/E4

10.20 – 10.45

Social Inclusion

Mr Walter Wolf, EMPL/E2

10.45 – 11.00

Time for EC questions

11.00 – 11.20

Coffee break

11.20 – 12.30

Equal Opportunities_1

·         Equal pay

·         Statutory social security

·         Equal treatment of self-employed

·         Health and safety of pregnant workers

·         Parental leave

Mr Helmut Maurer, EMPL/G2

12.30 – 13.00

Time for EC questions

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch Break

14.30 – 15.30

Equal Opportunities_2 (cont’d)

·         Occupational social security

·         Burden of proof

·         Access to employment, vocational training, promotion, working conditions

·         Access to and supply of goods and services

Mr Helmut Maurer, EMPL/G2

15.30 – 15.50

Coffee break

15.50 – 16.20

Time for EC questions

16.20 – 17.00

Closing questions & Remarks

Mr Jean-Paul Tricart, EMPL/I1 (tbc)