2026 Webinar Series

TUAC’s 2026 webinar series brings together trade unionists, OECD experts, and leading researchers on the issues shaping working life.

Artificial intelligence and gender equality

16 June 2026, 13.00–14.00 CEST

Rapid advances in AI have prompted enthusiastic claims about its potential to boost productivity, improve well-being and spur economic growth. However, research is already revealing patterns that suggest that the impact of AI will differ between genders, with more than double the share of women potentially affected by automation. Since women already make up less than a quarter of AI professionals globally, there are fears about their ability to access new employment opportunities in AI. This webinar will examine the issues that AI raises for gender equality and the policy responses needed to ensure shared prosperity.

Moderator: Éric Gingras, President, Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Canada

Speakers: Janine Berg, Senior Economist, ILO; Anna Milanez, Labour Market Economist, OECD

Worker participation in boards: making workers’ voices heard in corporate governance

October 2026

In its Corporate Sustainability Report of 2025, the OECD highlighted the growing importance attached to social and environmental risks in corporate governance. Yet only a minority of jurisdictions provide for the participation of workers in boards, even though the G20 Corporate Governance Principles suggests it as a key tool for meaningful stakeholder engagement. This webinar will reflect on worker participation on boards and the benefits of it, across OECD countries and beyond. There will also be a discussion on ways to ensure appropriate participation in corporate governance, including in state owned enterprises, and an opportunity to engage with the OECD’s Corporate Governance Committee.

Deregulation or destabilisation? The risks of rolling back financial market safeguards (again)

November 2026

The global financial crisis of 2008 triggered a decisive regulatory response. Governments introduced wide-ranging reforms aimed at reducing excessive leverage and volatility in financial markets and strengthening banking supervision. While these reforms increased the resilience of the banking sector, risks have not been fully contained. Technological developments, from artificial intelligence to the rapid expansion of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, add further complexity and uncertainty to an already evolving financial landscape. This webinar will discuss how to safeguard financial stability – and how to ensure the costs of future crises are not, once again, shifted onto the public.

Beyond burnout: tackling psychosocial risks and building mentally healthy workplaces

November 2026

Work-related stress, burnout and poor mental health have become defining challenges of contemporary labour markets. Intensified workloads, job insecurity, always-on connectivity, and – increasingly – algorithmic surveillance are driving a crisis in worker wellbeing. While mental health is now recognised as an occupational safety and health issue, regulatory and enforcement frameworks remain patchy, with many employers treating it as an individual problem rather than a systemic one. This webinar will look at the policy landscape on psychosocial risks, drawing on OECD research on job quality and mental health. Speakers will discuss what effective regulation looks like, the role of worker autonomy and control, and how unions can push for stronger employer obligations. The session aims to equip affiliates with evidence and strategies for advancing mentally healthy workplaces in their own national contexts.