LIST OF PUBLICATIONS – ELMARIE FOURIE

A. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS PUBLISHED

1. Fourie E & Smit N 2011 " Labour Market Flexibility, Migration and Inflexible Social

Protection in the SADC region" The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law

and Industrial Relations, 27, pp 41- 64.

2. Smit N & Fourie E 2010 "Extending protection to Atypical Workers, Including workers

in the Informal Economy in Developing countries" The International Journal of

Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 26, pp 43-60.

3. Smit N & Fourie E 2009 "Perspectives on extending protection to atypical workers,

including workers in the informal economy in developing countries", Journal of South

African Law / Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, 3, pp 516-547

4. Fourie E 2008 "Non-standard workers: the South African Context, International Law and

Regulation by the European Union PER.

5. Fourie E 2008"The Informal economy, Social Security and Legislative attempts to

extend Social Security Protection." Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations The

Modernization of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in a comparative Perspective, pp

271-294.

6. Mpedi LG & Fourie E 2008 "Unemployment Protection in South Africa." In Olivier M

and Kuhnle S Norms and institutional design: Social Security in Norway and South

Africa CICLASS/ROKKEANSENTERET pp 285-296

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B. PAPERS PRESENTED AND RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED

1. "The ultimate challenge: Teaching and learning law in a rapidly changing social, economic

and intellectual environment: A South African Perspective" Fourie E & Coetzee E

International Congress on Law and Mental Health. (Berlin, Germany, 17 -23 July 2011)

2. "Labour market flexibility, migration and inflexible social protection in the SADC

region" Smit N & Fourie E International policy and research conference on social

security Emerging trends in times of instability: New challenges and opportunities for

social security. (Luxembourg 29 September 2010)

3. "Perspectives on extending protection to atypical workers, including workers in the

informal economy, in developing countries." Smit N & Fourie E 15th World Congress of

the International Industrial Relations Association The New World of Work Organisation

and Employment. (Sydney, Australia August 2009)

4. “The informal economy, social security and legislative attempts to extend social security

protection.” (paper presented at the Marco Biagi Conference “Rights and protection in

the new world of work.” Modena, Italy March 2008)

5. “Unemployment protection in South Africa.” (paper presented at a Norwegian-South

African research seminar, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, May 2004)

6. Comparative review of rights of access of non-citizens to social benefits, with

specific reference to social security and social assistance: A report to National

Treasury (MP Olivier, G Vonk, N Smit, M Nyenti, R Kloosterman and E Fourie),

August 2004.

7. “An analysis of the conditions of service for the Road Freight Industry” (a paper

presented at an IRASA conference, Johannesburg on 14 April 2005).

8. Olivier MP, Fourie E & Nyenti M “Non-standard employees: The need to balance

flexibility and protection - a labour law and social security enquiry” (a paper presented at

the 4th

IIRA Regional Conference, held in Mauritius, November 2005).

9. Olivier MP, Fourie E & Nyenti M Drafting of Social Security Bill, 2005, Republic of

Tanzania with assistance of the parliamentary drafters in Tanzania.

10. Olivier MP, Govindjee A, Fourie E & Nyenti M Drafting of a legislative framework for

Micro-Health Insurance in South Africa, 2005.

11. Olivier MP, Fourie ES & Nyenti M: Commentary on the Regulations in terms of the

Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No 13 of 2004) a submission to the South African

Social Security Agency (SASSA), October 2005.

12. Olivier MP, Fourie ES & Nyenti M “Gender and social security in South Africa” a paper

prepared for a SADC Social Security Specialists Conference in Windhoek, Namibia, July

2006.

C. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT/PROJECTS

The Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law conducts in-depth

research in the areas of labour and social security law, both from a comparative and multi-

disciplinary perspective, with regard to issues of practical application to the South African

situation. The Centre is also involved in several labour and social security law training courses

and in policy-making initiatives and publications

The Centre has been involved in various research and other initiatives and co-operative efforts of

national and international concern

1. Norwegian-South African project (2002-2005)

A Member of the Norwegian - South African Research Project. This project is carrying out

research aimed at developing a normative framework for reform of social security institutions.

Co-ordinator of workshop held during November 2006 and a member of the research team.

2. CROP-CICLASS workshop: Law as a tool in addressing poverty: Social perspectives, with

particular reference to sub-Saharan Africa.

Co-ordinator for the CROP/CICLASS workshop, held Johannesburg, January 2005.

3. Max Planck Institute for Foreign and Comparative Social Law – CICLASS research

project: Access to social security for non-citizens and informal sector workers.

Co-ordinator for the MPI/CICLASS workshop, held at Johannesburg, January 2006.

4. Report to the Tanzanian Labour Law Reform Task Team (May 2005)

Assisted with background research for the above report.

5. Drafting of Tanzanian Social Security Legislation 2005 (June 2005)

Attended a legal drafting team workshop Developing of a Social Security Bill of the Republic of

Tanzania 2005, 20- 24 June 2005 in Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania.

Part of the team to draft a Social Security Bill of 2005 for the Republic of Tanzania.

6. Micro-Health Insurance for South Africa

Assisted with research and drafting of legal framework for Micro-health legislation for South

Africa.

7. Legal opinion for the National Department of Social Development

Part of team to draft legal opinion for the above department in respect of temporary disability

grants.

8. Social Security in South Africa

Part of team to host social security delegates from Thailand, and present an overview of the

South African system, April 2006.

9. Social Security Law: Adjudication and Practice, a course presented by the Universities

of Johannesburg and Pretoria, July 2006.

Part of team to draft framework for the study guide for adjudication and practice.

D. CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

The School for Advanced Studies in Industrial and Labour Relations of ADAPT

and the Marco Biagi Foundation “Workers’ Rights protection in a new world of

work” University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Italy, March 2008.

Social Protection Perspectives on Migration in South Africa, CICLASS,

Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2008.

SASLAW Annual Conference, October 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa.

National Benchmark Test Project Standard Setting, Cape Town, May 2009.

15the

World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)

The new world of work: Organisations and employment Sydney, Australia, August

2009.

International Society for Labour and Social Security Law XIX World Congress

Sydney, Australia, September 2009.

SASLAW Conference “A celebration of 10 years of SASLAW” Cape Town, 5

October 2007.

Current Labour Law 2006 LexisNexis Butterworths Johannesburg, 2006.

CROP/CICLASS "Law and Poverty VI” Workshop on "Law as a tool in addressing

poverty: Social protection perspectives, with particular reference to sub-Saharan

Africa" Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 – 28 January 2005.

Industrial Relations Association of South Africa (IRASA) Seminar on "The Road

Transport Strike" Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 April 2005.

SADC Core Group Meeting Johannesburg, South Africa, 6 December 2005.

SADC Seminar on “Extending social security coverage to the informal sector”

Johannesburg, 5 December 2005.

South-African/Norwegian Workshop on "Developing a normative framework for

effective social security provisioning: An institutional perspective" Johannesburg,

South Africa, 16 – 17 November 2005.

Tanzania Social Security Legal Drafting-Workshop Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 13 – 14

June 2005.

Labour Law Seminar “Ten Years of the LRA”, Stellenbosch, 31 March -1 April 2005.

E. LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING

1. Drafting of Tanzanian Social Security Legislation 2005 (June 2005)

Attended a legal drafting team workshop Developing of a Social Security Bill of the Republic of

Tanzania 2005, 20- 24 June 2005 in Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania.

Part of the team to draft a Social Security Bill of 2005 for the Republic of Tanzania.

2. Micro-Health Insurance for South Africa

Assisted with research and drafting of legal framework for Micro-health legislation for South

Africa.