prof. dr. sc. Ivana Vukorepa
prof. dr. sc.
Ivana Vukorepa

Ivana Vukorepa completed LL.B. studies at the University of Zagreb in 1999, while LL.M. at the College of Europe in 2001. In 2002 she did the Croatian Barr exam. From 2007 to 2008 she was Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Georgetown University Law Center. In 2011 she earned her doctoral degree in legal sciences at the University of Zagreb.  She is proficient user in English, independent user in German, good user in French and basic user in Italian.

Since 2004, she works at the Departement for Labour and Social Security Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. Before that, she used to work in the law office as law trainee and in the Croatian Ministry for European Integration as expert associate and head of division. From 2005 to 2012 In the Negotiations for the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the EU she was Head of the Working group for negotiating chapter “Freedom of movement for workers”.

She has been actively participating in national and international conferences and seminars, as well as scientific research in the field of labor and social security law topics and free movement of workers. In social security law she has a particular interest in pensions. She has been the author and co-author of scientific articles and books. She is a member of the editorial board of the journal "Revija za socijalnu politiku" (since 2010) and the journal "Labor" (since 2023), a newly founded journal of the International Society for Labor and Social Security Law. She is also a member of the editorial board of national correspondents of the "European Labor Law Journal" (since 2009). She participates in the work of several professional associations: she is a member of the Croatian Association for Labor Law and Social Security (since 2004), the European Institute of Social Security (since 2011), and the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (since 2022).

She collaborates as a professional advisor and collaborator on several research projects and to the European independent experts' networks such as: ESPN in the field of social policy (from 2014 to 2018), MoveS in the field of fee movement of workers, posting of workers and social security coordination (from 2018) and ECE in the field of labour law, employment and labour market policies (since 2020).

During her graduate studies, she received several awards: the dean's award (1997), the rector's award (1999), and the award of the Pace University School of Law Institute for International Commercial Law (1999). In 2022, she received acknowledgment of the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute (HZMO) for her exceptional contribution to the development of the pension system of the Republic of Croatia and HZMO.

She is registered in the register of scientists of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, number 258330. Other scientific profiles and numbers:

- CROSBI: https://www.bib.irb.hr:8443/pregled/profil/29726;

- CroRIS: https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/1457;

- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dFdnoQsAAAAJ&hl=hr&oi=ao;

- ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-9992.

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Education

Graduation year: 1999

mr.sc. graduation year: 2001

PhD graduation year: 2011

Employed since: 2004

Contact

E-mail:
E-mail
Public phone number:
4890 225
Address:
Gundulićeva 10, soba 13
Department:
Labour Law and Social Security
Consultations:

Thursdays at 11.00. 

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database (CROSBI)

Croatia

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2023.

Factual (Indirect) Transfer of Economic Entity and Influence on Employment-Related Legal Position of Workers

Vukorepa, Ivana
2022.
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu

Tackling New Forms of Work in Pension Systems: Necessary Shift from ‘Work-type-related’ to ‘Income-related’ Systems

Vukorepa, Ivana
2022.

Pensions

Vukorepa, Ivana
2022.
ERA Summer School on European Social Security Law (2022)

Pensions: workshop and practical cases

Vukorepa, Ivana
2022.
ERA Summer Course on European Social Security Law (2022)

Protection of pension rights in the context of free movement of persons

Vukorepa, Ivana
2022.
MoveS seminar Iceland: Social security coordination and free movement in the EEA: Pension rights, maternity/paternity payments

New forms of work: challenge for social security financing and benefit adequacy

Vukorepa, Ivana
2021.
EISS Conference 2021 Zagreb: Tackling new forms of work in social security

Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2021.

Pensions in the Fluid EU Society: Challenges for (Migrant) Workers

Vukorepa, Ivana (i u ime Jorens, Yves ; Strban, Grega)
2020.
The Future of Pension Plans in Europe

MoveS analytical report 2018 - Social security coordination and non-standard forms of employment and self-employment: Interrelation, challenges and prospects

Strban, Grega ; Carrascosa Bermejo, Dolores ; Schoukens, Paul ; Vukorepa, Ivana.
2020.

Cross-Border Platform Work: Riddles for Free Movement of Workers and Social Security Coordination

Vukorepa, Ivana
2020.
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu

Continuation of wage payment - Sickness and accidents at work ; The situation in Croatia

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2020.
Internationaler Arbeitsrechtlicher Dialog: Entgeltfortzahlung bei Krankheit und Arbeitsunfall im internationalen Vergleich

Pensions of atypical workers in cross-border situations: legal and financial challenges

Vukorepa, Ivana
2019.
Workers' Rights at the Intersection of Labour Law and Economics

Pensions

Vukorepa, Ivana
2019.
ERA Summer Course on European Social Security Law (2019)

Pensions: workshop and practical cases

Vukorepa, Ivana
2019.
ERA Summer Course on European Social Security Law (2019)

Changing family structures and impact on pensions

Vukorepa, Ivana
2019.
Annual Conference of the European Institute of Social Security (EISS Conference 2019: "Changing Family Structures and Social Security")

A1's probative value and the duty of sincere cooperation: legal framework and CJEU case law

Vukorepa, Ivana
2019.
MoveS seminar Croatia: Upućivanje radnika u kontekst slobode kretanja i koordinacije sustava socijalne sigurnosti te najnovije promjene u zakonodavstvu EU (Posting of workers in the context of free movement and coordination of social security and recent changes in the EU legislation)

Pensions in the Fluid EU Society: Challenges for (Migrant) Workers

Vukorepa, Ivana ; Jorens, Yves ; Strban, Grega
2019.

Impact of digital economy on employment in Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2019.
XIV International Congress on Comparative Labor Law

Comparative Legal Report 2019: Report on the preliminary assessment of the national transposition measures of Directive 2014/50/EU

Vukorepa, Ivana. ; Wollenschläger, Ferdinand
2019.

Irregular immigrants: employment and social security protection in Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
XII International Conference on Comparative Labor Law

Migrations and Right to Work in the European Union

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu

Croatia: Government remains committed to second pension pillar in face of public debate

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.

Rethinking Labour law in the Context of 4th Industrial Revolution

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
Novelties in Labour Law

Book review: Maximilian Fuchs, Franz Marhold, Europäisches Arbeitsrecht, Handbuch, 5. izdanje, Verlag Österreich, Wien, 2018.

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu

Maximilian Fuchs (Hrsg.): Europäisches Sozialrecht

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Rethinking social security in the context of non- standard working arrangements

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
Organisation of the labour market: stimulating innovation and the growth of skills

Pensions

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
ERA Summer Course on European Social Security Law

Pensions: workshop and practical cases

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
ERA Summer Course on European Social Security Law

Probative value of A1 (E 101) certificates and the duty of cooperation

Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
MoveS seminar Latvia: Posting of workers in the context of free movement and coordination of social security

Flexible and New Forms of Employment in Croatia and their Pension Entitlement Aspects

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.

Second pension pillar: debates and possible improvements

Potočnjak Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2018.
56. susret pravnika: Aktualnosti zakonodavstva i prakse

Retirement Policy Changes for Workers in Arduous and Hazardous Jobs: Comparative Overview and Lessons for Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2017.
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu

ESPN thematic report on access to social protection of people working as self-employed or on non-standard contracts

Vukorepa, Ivana ; Tomić, Iva ; Stubbs, Paul
2017.

Analytical Report 2017: The interrelation between social security coordination law and labour law

Lhernould, Jean-Philippe ; Strban, Grega ; Van der Mei, Anne Pieter ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2017.

ESPN Thematic Report: Contribution to the 2018 Pension Adequacy Report (Croatia)

Vukorepa, Ivana
2017.

Flexible retirement: working into old age

Vukorepa, Ivana
2016.
2016 European Annual Conference of the European Institute of Social Security (EISS): Social security and the changing concept of work

ESPN Thematic Report on retirement regimes for workers in arduous or hazardous jobs: Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2016.

The effectiveness of Directive 2014/54 and its implementation in Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2016.
FreSsco Network Final Conference

Advantages and disadvantage of the 2nd pension pillar

Vukorepa, Ivana
2016.
Hrvatski mirovinski sustav i održivost drugog stupa

Pension aspects of new and flexible forms of employment in Croatia

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2016.
Fleksigurnost i novi oblici rada: izazovi modernizacije hrvatskog radnog prava

Employer's and employee's liability for damages in Croatia: Social Point of View and the Risk of the Employer

Vukorepa, Ivana
2015.
Prvi hrvatsko - mađarski poredbeni seminar radnog prava

Lost between Sustainability and Adequacy: Critical Analysis of the Croatian Pension System’s Parametric Reform

Vukorepa, Ivana
2015.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Radno vrijeme u Hrvatskoj: kritička analiza pravnog okvira

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2015.
VII. International Dialogue of Labour Law, Univesity of St. Gallen

The Role of Trade Unions in Period of Economic Crisis in Croatia

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2015.
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu

Labour Law

Vukorepa, Ivana
2014.

Trade Unions and the Economic Crisis in Europe: Croatian Perspective

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2014.
The labour unions before the economic crisis in Europe and in the United States

Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union

Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.
165. tribina Kluba pravnika Grada Zagreba

Book review: Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Global Financial Crisis. Igor Guardiancich (London, New York, NY: Routledge/ EUI studies in the political economy of the welfare state, 2012, pp. 304, ISBN 978-415-68898-7)

Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.
Croatian economic survey

Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union

Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.
Tribina Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti o EU

Pension System Reform: Quo vadis?

Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.
180. tribina Kluba pravnika Grada Zagreba

Development and Changes of Croatian Labour Act

Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.
Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale

Report on the Free Movement of Workers in Croatia in 2012-2013

Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.

Minimum Wage as a Tool in the Fight against Poverty: Croatian Labour Law Perspective

Grgurev, Ivana ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2013.
VI. International Dialogue of Labour Law, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Pension Systems: Funded Scheems as Social Security Factors

Vukorepa, Ivana
2012.

Experience of the Republic of Croatia in the negotiations with the EU: Freedom of movement for workers

Vukorepa, Ivana
2012.
Seminar namijenjen edukaciji zastupnika u parlamentima Bosne i Hercegovine u okviru projekta "Uključivanje parlamentarnih komisija za EU" u organizaciji Vanjskopolitičke inicijative BH

Lifecycle Portfolio Modelling

Vukorepa, Ivana
2012.
Nova arhitektura mirovinskog osiguranja

Freedom of Movement for Workers within the EU

Vukorepa, Ivana
2012.
Stručna predavanja Hrvatske odvjetničke komore u okviru projekta „Europska pravna kultura i praksa“ posvećeno edukaciji odvjetnika o pravu EU

Lifecycle Portfolio Modelling in Funded Defined Contribution Pension Systems

Potočnjak, Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2012.
Privredna kretanja i ekonomska politika

Funded Pension Schemes as Social Security Factors

Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.

Labour Migrations with the EU with Emphasis on Freedom of Movement for Workers and

Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.
Stručni seminar o europskim pitanjima namijenjen članovima sindikalnih središnjica u organizaciji Ministarstva vanjskih poslova i europskih integracija

Pension Insurance Act Amendments – new regulation review

Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Act on Compulsory and Voluntary Pension Funds Amendments

Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Labour migrations within the EU with the emphasis on the freedom of movement for workers

Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.
Tribina Radne migracije u EU s posebnim naglaskom na slobodu kretanja radnika u oganizaciji Ministarstva vanjskih poslova i europskih integracija u suradnji sa Županijskim savjetom za europske integracije Virovitičko-podravske županije

Challenges and opportunities for providing adequate old-age pensions in Croatia

Nestić, Danijel ; Potočnjak, Željko ; Puljiz, Vlado ; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana ; Švaljek, Sandra ; Tomić, Iva ; Vehovec, Maja ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.

Challenges and Opportunities for the Realisation of Adequate Old-Age Pensions in Croatia (a project study)

Nestić, Danijel ; Potočnjak, Željko ; Puljiz, Vlado ; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana ; Švaljek, Sandra ; Tomić, Iva ; Vehovec, Maja ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2011.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Proposal for Changes into the Croatian Pension System

Vukorepa, Ivana
2010.
Mirovinski sustav između financijske održivosti i socijalne neizdržljivosti

EU Labour Migration Policies with the Emphasis on Rules on Freedom of Movement for Workers

Vukorepa, Ivana
2010.
Računovodstvo i porezi u funkciji gospodarskog razvoja Hrvatske

New Labour Law

Vukorepa, Ivana
2010.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Labour migrations within the EU with the emphasis on the freedom of movement for workers

Vukorepa, Ivana
2010.
Tribina Radne migracije u EU s posebnim naglaskom na slobodu kretanja radnika u organizaciji Ministarstva vanjskih poslova i europskih integracija u suradnji sa Varaždinskom županijom

Labour Act and other Sources of Labour Law: legal texts, international sources of law, index

Potočnjak, Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2010.

A Critical Overview of the new Labour Act

Potočnjak, Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2010.
Hrvatska pravna revija

EU Labour Migration Policies

Vukorepa, Ivana
2009.
Labour Migration in the Western Balkans

Dismissal due to Business Reasons in the Republic of Croatia

Potočnjak, Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2008.
II. International Labour Law Dialogue on the topic of Termination of Employmnet Contracts on Economic Reasons

Risk Management of Returns in Mandatory Capital Financed Pension Systems

Potočnjak, Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2008.
Revija za socijalnu politiku

Employment of foreigners

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Salary compensation

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Compensation of damages in an employment relationship

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Part-time

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Worker's rest

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Remuneration, salary, wage

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Permission to establish business

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Work permit

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Regular working time

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Shortened working time

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Employment of foreigners

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Health and safety at work

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.

Employment of foreigners

Vukorepa, Ivana
2007.
Radni odnosi u Republici Hrvatskoj

Social Welfare Act

Potočnjak Željko ; Vukorepa Ivana
2007.

Croatia on the Way to EU: Labour Law and the Free Movement of Workers

Vukorepa, Ivana
2006.
Transition Studies Review

Public Holidays and thereto Related Labour Rights in Republic of Croatia

Gotovac, Viktor ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2006.
International Labour Law Dialog on the topic Public Holidays and Labour Law

Labour Act and other Sources of Labour Law: legal texts, by-laws, international sources of law, index

Potočnjak, Željko ; Vukorepa, Ivana
2006.

New Freedoms in Liberal Professions: Lawyers in Croatia, from the Association Process to a Member State

Vukorepa, Ivana
2005.
Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta u Zagrebu

Free Movement of Workers - Challenges and Snares for Croatia

Vukorepa, Ivana
2005.
European Union & Association: Necessary Adaptations for a Successful EU Membership

Free movement of persons

Vukorepa, Ivana
2004.

European social policy

Vukorepa, Ivana
2004.

List of select publications

Full bibliography list of works published until July 7, 2023 is available via CROSBI link: https://www.bib.irb.hr:8443/pregled/profil/29726 .