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. 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 4 th 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 multidisciplinary 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. 15 the 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.