MoveS seminar Portugal
Free Movement of Workers in Portugal: Obstacles and challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic
Lisbon, 29 March 2022
This seminar is organised by MoveS in collaboration with the Portuguese national experts Francisco Pereira Coutinho and Emellin de Oliveira.
Location: Room 007 – NOVA School of Law and online via Zoom
Language: PT & EN
Simultaneous interpretation: PT/EN and EN/PT
Agenda
Morning Session
Registration
9h00-9h30
Welcoming Session
The MoveS Network
Jorge Morais Carvalho, NOVA School of Law
Emellin de Oliveira, NOVA School of Law and FMW MoveS national expert
9h30-9h40
Free Movement of Workers in Portugal
Dulce Pimentel, NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH)
9h40-10h00
Session 1
Recent Developments of EU Legislation and Caselaw in the Field of Free Movement of Workers
Chair: Emellin de Oliveira, NOVA School of Law and FMW MoveS national expert
Francisco Pérez Flores, European Commission, DG EMPL (online participation)
10h00-10h25
Freedom of movement, principle of non-discrimination and social benefits in the light of recent CJEU Case-law
Sofia David, Portuguese Court of Auditors
10h25-10h50
Questions and discussion
10h50-11h10
Coffee break
11h10-11h30
Session 2
COVID-19 and the Free Movement of Workers
Chair: Francisco Pereira Coutinho, NOVA School of Law and FMW MoveS national expert
The impact of COVID-19 on the free movement of workers and restrictions justified on grounds of public health
Constança Urbano de Sousa, Autonoma University of Lisbon
11h30-11h50
Telework and COVID-19
Jean-Philippe Lhernould, MoveS FMW visiting expert, University of Poitiers (online participation)
11h50-12h10
‘Worker’ (and) ‘Mobility’ in the Case Law of the Court of Justice EU on Free Movement: A Critical Appraisal
Edoardo Ales, MoveS FMW visiting expert, University of Naples Parthenope (online participation)
12h10-12h30
Questions and discussion
12h30- 13h00
Networking Lunch
13h00-14h30
Afternoon session
Session 3
Obstacles to Free Movement of Workers
Chair: Rita Gião Hanek, Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law (tbc)
Recognition of Academic and Professional Qualifications
Pedro Góis, University of Coimbra, School of Economics
14h30-14h50
Access to Study Grants
Patrícia Jerónimo, University of Minho, School of Law (online participation)
14h50-15h10
Questions and discussion
15h10-15h30
Coffee break
15h30-15h50
Sportsmen/Sportswomen
Artur Flamínio da Silva, Autonoma University of Lisbon
15h50-16h10
Frontier Workers
Teresa Ventín, EURES Portugal – European Employment Network (online participation)
16h10-16h30
Questions and discussion
16h30-16h50
Closing of the seminar
Francisco Pereira Coutinho, NOVA School of Law and FMW MoveS national expert
16h50-17h00
Registration
Participation in the seminar is free of charge, but it requires prior registration.
In case you wish to participate in this seminar, please register here.
Important Notice
Participation in the seminar is free of charge. Please note that all costs connected to the participation to the seminar (travel, accommodation) are at the participants’ expense. Admission is subject to availability of seating.
Any questions?
Please do not hesitate to contact us by email: moves.seminars@eftheia.eu