IEA Informal Work Technical Committee Webinar: Informal Work in Europe: Human Factors Perspectives and Challenges
Posted February 05, 2025
The IEA Informal Work Technical Committee conducts a free webinar series to share information about the nature of informal work, its relationship and implications for ergonomics and human factors (E/HF), and research occurring at the intersection of informality and E/HF around the world. Prior webinar recordings can be found here.
The next webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, 15:00hrs UTC, is on "Informal Work in Europe: Human Factors Perspectives and Challenges."
This webinar, organized by the IEA Informal Work TC, begins with an overview of the situation of informal work in Europe and then delves into the specific case example of sex work/prostitution in Germany. The example highlights the difficulties of legally defining what is work and getting agreement on regulations in morally contentious areas. It goes on to show the practical implications of implementing public policy decisions in this area. The discussion will then focus on issues of working conditions including labor exploitation and what professionals in the HFE field can do to support people working in sex work/prostitution.
Registration is complimentary but required.
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For event details please see the attached flyer or the IEA website.
Webinar Flyer
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