Isabelle Schömann

Senior Researcher, ETUI-REHS - NETLEX Coordinator

Phone: +32 (0) 2 224 07 24 and + 49 421 200 5020
Fax: +32 (0)2 224 05 02

Bio/Description

Isabelle Schömann joined the European Trade Union Institute (Belgium) in 2002 as labour lawyer to coordinate the NETLEX, the ETUC network of trade union labour lawyers as well as research officer in European and comparative labour law. Senior research officer since 2005, her fields of research cover European social dialogue and European labour law, comparative labour law and corporate governance. Further training in EC Competition Law (2003).

Graduate (DEA) of the University Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1994 (France) in labour and social law and European labour law. Former research fellow in the unit of Prof. Günther Schmid, labour market policy and employment, at the Social Science Reseach Center in Berlin 1994-2002 (WZB - Germany). Her fields of research were: Legal and political guaranty of the right to work in Europe, non-standard employment relationships in the EU and early recognition of skill needs and worker participation in Europe.

Language spoken

French (mother tongue), English, German.

Research Fields

European Social Dialogue:
Legal advisor to the ETUC in EU social dialogue negotiations.

European and comparative labour law:
Analysis of the implementation at national level of European labour law directives.
Comparative analysis of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Europe.
Comparative analysis of labour relations in the Balkan region, in the Mediterranean region.

Transnational trade union rights:
Coordinator of the ETUI research group on transnational trade union rights (Collective action v. economic freedoms, Manifesto for a social Constitution Europe, European labour law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Information and consultation rights in Europe)

Corporate social responsibility:
Research on the complementarity of hard and soft law. Analysis on the instrumentalisation of soft law in CSR initiatives; Research on the role of labour law in modern and globalised industrial relations systems; Analysis of the evolution of negotiated labour norms and the guaranty of labour standards.

CV

  • ETUC/ETUI NETLEX Coordinator
  • Member of the ETUC Legal Coordination Group
  • Member of the Conseil d'Administration of Institut Européen des Juristes en Droit Social (IES - France)
  • Member of the ETUC Delegation and/or Drafting Group within the framework of the EU social dialogue negotiations on stress at work, and harassment and violence at work, as well as for the elaboration of the autonomous social dialogue work programmes
  • Member of the ETUCE project advisory committee in relation to the establishment of a trade union legal experts network in the education sector.
  • Member of the steering committee of the UET (European Labour University).
  • Legal adviser to the ETUC Task Force of the negotiation committee within the framework of the EU Social Dialogue Negotiations on Stress at work and violence at work.
  • Member of the German/French working group 'The judge and the Labour law', with the support of the University of Cergy-Pontoise and the University of Nancy (France)

Publications

Most recent publications:

  • Co-author of the chapter on European Social Dialogue in Benchmarking Working Europe publications (2003-2008)
  • Co-author of the chapter on Workers' involvement, CSR and corporate governance in Benchmarking working Europe 2008 Brussels : ETUI-REHS, (2004-2008)
  • Coordinator of the Benchmarking working Europe 2006, 2007 and 2008
  • Co -coordinator of Transfer, the European Review of Labour and Research 2008, vol. 13, n° 1 (195 pages): Does good corporate governance need worker participation?
  • Coordinator of Transfer, the European Review of Labour and Research 2004 vol. 13, n° 3: Corporate social responsibility: a threat or an opportunity for the trade union movement in Europe?

  • Schömann, Isabelle (forthcoming) Regard syndical critique sur le traitement de la RSE par les institutions européennes in Isabelle Daugareilh: Responsabilité des entreprises transnationales et mondialisation de l'économie. Bruxelles: Bruylant.
  • Schömann, Isabelle ; Sobczak, André ; Voss, Eckhard ; Wilke, Peter (2008) Codes of conduct and international framework agreements: new forms of governance at company level. Luxembourg : EUR-OP, 2008 , 93 p.
  • Isabelle Schömann, André Sobzack, Eckhard Voss and Peter Wilke (2008) International framework agreements: new paths to workers’ participation in multinationals’ governance? In Does good corporate governance need worker participation? Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2008, vol. 13, n° 1.
  • Norbert Kluge and Isabelle Schömann (2008): Corporate governance, workers’ participation and CSR: the way to a good company In Does good corporate governance need worker participation? Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2008, vol. 13, n°1, 13-26.
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2008) From corporate social responsibility to international framework agreements München : Okologisches Wirtschaften, 2008, n° 1 , 39-41.
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2007) Option 4 : The Schengen Model : 'Variabel geometry' in : Manifesto for a social Constitution. 8 options for the European Union Brussels : ETUI-REHS, 2007 , 85-94.
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2006) Transnational collective bargaining: a tool in the service of the Lisbon strategy? Brussels : Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2006, vol. 12, n° 2 , Summer , 297-301
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2006) Le contrôle de l'effectivité des normes communautaires in : L'éffectivité du droit du travail : à quelles conditions? Actes du séminaire international de droit comparé du travail, des relations professionnelles et de la sécurité sociale Bordeaux : Comptrasec, 2006 , 277-289.
  • Bercusson, Brian ; Clauwaert, Stefan ; Schömann, Isabelle (2006) Legal prospects and legal effects of the EU Charter in : European labour law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2006 , 41-83
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2006) Vers une dimension européenne de la RSE entretien avec Isabelle Schömann in: La responsabilité sociale des entreprises. Paris : Alternatives Economiques, 2005 , 44-45.
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2006) A hard climb towards company democracy in Europe. Implementation of the EU framework Directive 2002/14/EC on information and consultation at national level Brussels : Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2006, vol. 12, n° 1 , Spring , 103-105
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2004) Corporate social responsibility. Threat or opportunity for the social dialogue? in: European trade union yearbook 2003/2004 Brussels : ETUI, 2004 , 137-155
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2003) Social dialogue and concertation in the partner countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. Brussels : Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2003, vol. 9, n° 4 , Winter , 743-748
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2003) Main results of the EUROMED Forum meetings of national experts in 2002-2003 in the field of labour law. Brussels : Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2003, vol. 9, n° 2 , Summer , 356-361
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2003) Alternative dispute resolution procedures in labour issues: towards an EU mechanism? Brussels : Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 2002, vol. 8, n° 4 , Winter , 701-707
  • Schömann, Isabelle (2003) Euro-mediterranean trade union forum: or the impact of the ETUC/ICFTU in paving the way towards a euro-mediterranean social model. In: European integration as a social experiment in a globalized world Düsseldorf : HBS, 2003 , 181-193.
  • Clauwaert, S., Düvel, W., Schömann, I. and C. Wörgotter (eds.) (2003) Fundamental social rights in the European Union – Comparative tables and documents – Revised and updated version, ETUI-REHS Report 82, Brussels: ETUI-REHS.
  • Schömann, Isabelle and Clauwaert, Stefan (2002) The EU Charter of fundamental rights in the case law of the courts of the European Union: towards recognition of the constitutional value of the EU Charter In: European trade union yearbook 2002.Brussels : ETUI, 2003 , 65-86.
  • Rouault, Sophie ; Oschmiansky, Heidi ; Schömann, Isabelle (2002) Reacting time to qualifications needs: towards a cooperative implementation? Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Berlin : WZB, 2002 , 273 p.
  • Schömann, Klaus ; Flechtner, Stefanie ; Mytzek, Ralf ; Schömann, Isabelle (2000) Moving towards employment insurance - unemployment insurance and employment protection in the OECD. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Berlin : WZB, 2000 , 48 p
Last modified: 23 Jun 2008
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