Every fall, the Pärli professorship organizes a conference on social security law as part of the “Recht aktuell” event series hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Basel. The conference is primarily aimed at practitioners and addresses current issues in labor law, which are explained by knowledgeable and articulate speakers.

Upcoming Event: The next Social Security Law Conference will take place on December 4, 2026, with the theme “Ability (or Inability) to Work, Capacity (or Incapacity) to Earn—What Role Does the Labor Market Play?”

Past events:

• 9th Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 12, 2025 : Cash Benefits—How Social Security Programs Address Social Risks

• 8th Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 6, 2024: Benefits for “Impairments of Physical, Mental, and Psychological Health”

• 7th Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, November 10, 2023: Fact-finding and combating abuse
  Insured status, certificates of (in)capacity for work, medical reports, surveillance, fraudulent receipt of benefits, social security fraud, contribution fraud

• 6th Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 9, 2022: Interfaces of Social Security Law
  The Relationship Between Law and Medicine, Issues of Evidence, Coordination Law, Immigration and Administrative Law, Labor Law
  You can find the conference report by Laura Kunz and Michael Balmer on the 6th Basel Social Security Law Conference here.

• 5th Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 3, 2021: Social Security Law Between Change, Reform, and Continuity
  COVID-19 Regulations and Their Consequences, 7th IV Revision, EL Reform, Bridging Pensions, Social Assistance, EO Entitlements During Maternity, Paternity, and Caregiving Leave, ATSG and UVG, Procedural Issues

• 4th Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 4, 2020: Obligations to Cooperate and Mitigate Losses and Their Limits
  Duties of cooperation and duty to mitigate damages under the ATSG, their application in health insurance (KV), accident insurance (UV), disability insurance (IV), supplementary benefits (EL), and unemployment insurance (ALV), constitutional limits, data protection, and data requests.

• 3rd Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 6, 2019, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  Subject: Incapacity for Work—Who Determines It and What Are Its Consequences? Incapacity for work under the ATSG, in private insurance law, and in labor law. Impact on IV, UV, BV, ALV, daily allowance insurance, labor law, EL, and social assistance. Coordination of benefits in the event of incapacity for work. The issue of partial incapacity for work.
  Conference report by Aleksandra Milosevic, MLaw

• 2nd Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 7, 2018, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  Subject: Entitlement to Disability Insurance (IV) Pensions—Definition of Disability, Assessment Methods, Interfaces with Accident Insurance (UV), Occupational Health Insurance (BV), Supplementary Income (EL), Social Assistance, and Labor Law

• 1st Basel Social Security Law Conference on Friday, December 1, 2017, 9:15 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
  Subject: Monitoring, but Done Right—Requirements for Lawful Monitoring by Social Insurance Providers, Social Assistance Agencies, Private Insurers, and Employers