Professor Ulla Liukkunen (University of Helsinki) and Assistant Professor Chen Yifeng (Peking University Law School) started a research project on “Transnational Labour Governance and Posted Workers” in the fall of 2016.

The economic globalization has made transnational movement of workers a growing phenomenon. Such a “delocalization” or “transnationality” of posted workers has brought much regulatory challenges for protection and enforcement of labour rights. The project offers a comparative study of the regulatory frameworks between China and EU on posted workers, and to certain extent, migrant workers. Through conceptualizing “transnationality”, the project aims to develop a general approach for possible transnational recognition and enforcement of labour rights.

Professor Ulla Liukkunen and Assistant Professor Chen Yifeng have already work together in the very successful research project funded by the Academy of Finland “ILO Core Labour Standards Implementation in China: Legal Architecture and Cultural Logic“.