Informe de la Comissió

Aquest Informe s’organitza al voltant de les tres missions assignades a la Comissió Internacional d’Expertes i Experts d’Alt Nivell sobre la Democràcia en el Treball.

La primera missió consisteix a avaluar l’estat actual de la democràcia en el treball a Espanya, a la llum del compromís històric consagrat a l’article 129.2 de la Constitució. Això implica, a la Part I.A, un estudi de l’evolució històrica d’aquest article i una contextualització de la situació espanyola en el marc europeu més ampli. A la Part I.B, s’articula un conjunt de coneixements que demostra que la democràcia en el treball pot servir com a resposta eficaç als principals reptes als quals s’enfronta la humanitat avui dia, com ara la desigualtat econòmica extrema, la sobreexplotació dels recursos naturals i la priorització de la competència per sobre de la cooperació, etc.

La segona missió, abordada a la Part II.A, consisteix a traçar una trajectòria per a la transició de l’economia espanyola cap a la democràcia en el treball. L’objectiu és definir una ruta clara perquè les empreses avancin cap a la democratització.

La tercera missió, que s’aborda a la Part II.B, consisteix a identificar instruments concrets de política pública, com ara impostos, subsidis, nous instruments financers i legislació sobre els drets de les treballadores i els treballadors, i a elaborar propostes normatives que fomentin un debat públic productiu i connectin aquestes iniciatives amb l’àmbit de la Unió Europea. Aquesta missió també implica identificar els obstacles institucionals i desenvolupar els mecanismes necessaris per fomentar una cultura de pràctiques democràtiques efectives al lloc de treball.

L’estructura d’aquest Informe segueix l’evolució d’aquestes tres missions. Presenta evidència objectiva i arguments econòmics i polítics sòlids per demostrar la necessitat imperiosa de la intervenció pública per fomentar la democratització del treball, especialment a la llum de les dinàmiques socials i de mercat imperants que limiten l’obtenció de resultats equitatius i sostenibles.

Membres de la Comissió

Presidenta: Professora Isabelle Ferreras(FNRS-University of Louvain/Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard University/ Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, Oxford University)

Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl
(University of Oxford)

Professora Julie Battilana
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Harvard Business School)

Professor Antonio Baylos
(University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Professor Benjamin Braun 
(London School of Economics)

Professora Dr. Isabel Gemma Fajardo-García
(University of Valencia)

Professora Francisca Maria Ferrando Garcia
(University of Murcia)

Professor Sergio Gonzáalez Begega
(University of Oviedo)

Daniel Innerarity

Professor Daniel Innerarity
(European University Institute/University of the Basque Country)

Doctor Sara Lafuente (European Trade Union Institute/Free University of Brussels)

Erinch Sahan
(Doughnut Economics Action Lab)

Vicente Salas Fumas

Professor emeritus Vicente Salas Fumás
(University of Zaragoza)

Professora Edurne Terradillos
(University of the Basque Country)

Esdeveniments

June 29, ETUI, Brussels, Belgium

JUNE 29 2026

Board-level employee representation in Belgium: What are the prospects?

Co-organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and Minerva Think Tank

In Belgium, there is (virtually) no system of board-level employee representation in for-profit companies. Nevertheless, the debate on industrial democracy has experienced a timid resurgence in Belgium, driven by various academic and political developments. At the academic level, publications by ETUI, Minerva, Isabelle Ferreras, and Stan De Spiegelaere have attracted some attention to the topic. On the political level, a current proposal by Les Engagés is being discussed in the Belgian Federal Parliament, and its sister party, CD&V, has recently expressed support for a system of employee representation in corporate boards in Belgium. This is happening while the risks for worker representation on corporate boards in EU member states are being examined in the context of the European Commission’s proposal for a 28th Corporate Law Regime (‘EU Inc.’) made public earlier this year.

Aim of the event: to examine board-level employee representation as a policy option, with a focus on the Belgian case, promoting an exchange of information and an open discussion about the desirability and feasibility of such a system in Belgium, from a trade union perspective. 

Who should attend? Trade unionists, worker representatives, activists, policy-makers, researchers, students and anyone with an interest in democracy at work in Belgium.

Date and time: Monday 29th June 2026, 12:30-17:45 CET

Location: Atelier 29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, Brussels, Belgium

Please register as soon as possible and at the latest by 22 June 2026 via this link: https://crm.etui.org/form/board-level-employee-representat

HYBRID: June 25, Oxford University

JUNE 25 2026

Reimagining the future of work – towards a right to shape AI

The recording of the morning programme is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/NywaHsAABvY?app=desktop&si=B6VBCXgYrHnEVbww&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=institute_for_ethics_in_ai_newsletter&utm_term=2026-06-26

In this one-day high-level conference, we explore the right to shape AI as key to the future of work in a democratic society. Hosted by Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI and the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights, the conference will bring together policy makers, academics, business leaders and employee representatives to explore concrete proposals to embed and renew human agency at work. Discussion will focus on the results of a recently released report on Democracy at Work commissioned by the Government of Spain led by Professor Isabelle Ferreras and on the ERC-funded iManage project led by Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl. 

Keynote speakers will include Yolanda Diaz, Vice-Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of Labour, who will set out her government’s agenda in support of worker voice and ownership, and economics Nobel laureate Professor Daron Acemoglu, who is championing pro-worker AI. This will be followed by interactive sessions bringing together senior academics, policy makers and stakeholders from different jurisdictions around the world, anchored in concrete regulatory proposals and real-life use cases, collaborating to reimagine a future of work characterised by a right to shape AI.

The proposals advancing a Right to Shape AI at Work will be discussed through the conference and can be downloaded here via these two booklets:

Booklet 1: ‘International High-Level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work: 5 Key Proposals’

Booklet 2: ‘Regulating AI At Work: A Policy Blueprint’

Speakers/Hosts: Isabelle Ferreras (Chair of the International High-level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work, UCLouvain; Harvard Law School; Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford) Jeremias Adams-Prassl (member of the International High-level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work, University of Oxford; Magdalen College; Institute for Ethics in AI) and Caroline Green (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)

Keynote speakers: Yolanda Díaz (Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Economy of Spain) and Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Date and time: Thursday June 25th 2026, 08:30-17:30 BST/09:30-18:30 CET

Address: Jesus College, Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DW, UK.

Full programme, HERE

Link to register, HERE

HYBRID: June 5, World Inequality Lab, Paris

JUNE 5 2026

World Inequality Conference 2026

Isabelle Ferreras will discuss the Report of the Expert Committee on Friday June 5th in a Plenary Session: ‘How Much Should the Wealth Scale be Compressed?

Date, time and location: Friday June 5, 11:30-13:00 (CET)
Amphithéâtre Daniel Cohen
48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France

Speakers: Isabelle Ferreras, Jean Drèze, Ingrid Robeyns

Moderator: Anmol Somanchi

Full programme: https://inequalitylab.world/www-site/uploads/2026/04/2026-WIC-Programme.pdf

TO FOLLOW THE LIVESTREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ANpqLT3wo

HYBRID: June 3, Québec, Canada

JUNE 3 2026

CIRA’s 2026 conference

16:30–17:30 (EDT) / 22:30 – 23:30 (CET): 
Conférence HD Woods & Cérémonie de remise des prix / HD Woods Lecture & Awards Ceremony — LAU-1334
By: Prof. Isabelle Ferreras 

To join virtually:
Zoom : https://ulaval.zoom.us/j/61554368688?pwd=Re9cYa2zv3vrUaV7K6AxcslfZkL7Ui.1
ID : 61554368688  
Password : 916160

The 63nd Annual CIRA Conference is taking place from June 2 to 4, 2026, at Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec.

During the annual meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA), Isabelle Ferreras has been invited to give the H.D. Woods lecture to present the Report on Democracy at Work to the Spanish Government on this occasion.

Program Details for Wednesday, June 3:

  • HD Woods Lecture by Professor Isabelle Ferreras on democracy in the workplace (for the time and how to join virtually, see above)
  • Workshops & panels
  • CIRA’s General Assembly
  • Launch of a CIRA’s 60th-anniversary – “Nouveaux dialogues et conversations émergentes en relations industrielles / New Dialogues and Emerging Conversations in Industrial Relations”

Further details, here.

N/B: English and French translation will be available


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