The 10th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) Regional Congress for the Americas was held online from June 24 to 28, jointly sponsored by the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA), the Ted Rogers School of Management of Ryerson University and the International Labor and Employment Relations Association(ILERA). More than 200 experts and scholars from more than 10 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil, attended the congress and formed more than 40 thematic sessions for in-depth academic discussions. Associate Professor QIAO Jian, Director of International Exchange and Cooperation Department of CULR and Dr. CHEN Cheng of the School of Law of CULR were invited to the congress.

At the congress, scholars from all over the world discussed topics such as trade union organization and other forms of employee representation, human resource management and organizational behavior, work and labor welfare, labor market development and challenges, labor law and public policy development, labor relations disputes and resolutions, employment diversity and workplace equality, as well as new viewpoints and experiences of employment relations comparison.

During the discussion, Associate Professor QIAO Jian presented a paper entitled “Challenges and solutions to industrial relations in the face of the pandemic: China’s experience in building decent work”. Dr. CHEN Cheng also submitted a thesis entitled “The trend of flexible labor security supervision in China: The typological development of ordering correction”. During the “Privacy and regulation in labor relations” thematic section, Dr. CHEN Cheng gave a keynote presentation on his submitted paper. He pointed out that, as an important part of maintaining harmonious and stable labor relations, labor security supervision shows a certain tendency of flexible law enforcement, which is mainly reflected in ordering correction. Its legal nature and legal role should be clarified to construct typological models and effectiveness paths under different circumstances so as to provide an analytical framework and comparative experience for flexible labor law enforcement in different countries.

Participating in this congress has enhanced the popularity of CULR among international universities and scientific research institutions, expanded CULR’s international influence of academic research in related fields, and laid a solid foundation for CULR to carry out international academic exchange and cooperation.

　　(Department of International Exchange and Cooperation  School of Law)