1. New Forms of Work and New Labour Contract Models. Irradiations. Towards a New Labour Law.

Responsible

Professor Doctor António José Moreira

Goals

Without neglecting the values that led to the emergence of Labour Law, asserting its autonomy from Civil Law, research will explore new values that may affirm the existence of a New Labour Law. From the Fundamental Rights of workers to the implications of artificial intelligence, electronic monitoring of employees, performance metrics and algorithms, respect for workers' privacy, digital nomadism, and categories of particularly vulnerable workers, there are numerous topics and themes to research towards a New Labour Law. This research carries an axiological weight that preserves the reason for being and ideology that have always guided Labour Law.

Key words

New Technologies; The New Slavery; Working Time; Rest; Absences; Decency; Dignity.

2. Democracy and Discipline in the Enterprise. Labor Conflicts and Social Peace. The Athlete's Labor Contract.

Responsible

Professor Doctor Paulo Sousa Pinheiro

Goals

Labour Law is a law of peace. However, conflicts arise within companies. In a democratic society, discipline must breathe democracy, which emanates from the Constitution. It is therefore important to dissect and research conflictuality, of which strikes, as a tool for rebalancing in an imbalanced contractual relationship, are the ultimate expression and naturally counterbalance corporate powers. Finding the limits, whether of the strike or, above all, of employer's disciplinary power is an ongoing research task, especially when labour relations models are increasingly atypical, new, and tend to intrude upon privacy.

The athlete's labour contract can be paradigmatic in terms of privacy protection, the right to image, and other contractual positions which may, sometimes at the expense of high wages, lead to what could be termed as the fourth type of work.

Key words

Transparency; Respect; Order; Fundamental Rights; Sustainability.