I hope that this conference, with up-to-date evidence on changes in
employment practices, and their effects on families will be of interest to
list
members:-
A one-day conference on Job Insecurity and Work Intensification will be
held in Cambridge on September 9. The conference sessions will be
introduced by Lord Eatwell, Will Hutton (Observer), Margaret Prosser,
Richard Sennett and Oliver James. Papers will be presented on research
funded
by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Speakers will include Kate Purcell,
Frank Wilkinson and Brendan Burchell. For more information please
visit the conference website http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/jiwis or email Janine
Clemence <[log in to unmask]>.
The evidence suggests that job insecurity has spread throughout the
1990s,particularly amongst professional workers. The findings from
industry-wide
surveys commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation also indicate
that, over the past five years, there has been a marked increase in
the intensity of work. The conference will address the impact of these
developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and
the long-term health of the British economy.
The conference will provide an up-to-the-minute review of current research
on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It will be
structured around five sessions devoted to the following questions:
* Why are jobs more insecure?
* Does just-in-time labour mean flexible contracts or flexible workers?
* Does job insecurity entail a 'new workplace morality'?
* How does workplace stress affect individual health & family
relationships?
* How can corporate responsibility and effective partnership be secured?
The sessions will be chaired by prominent representatives of industry,
academia, medical science, the trades unions and the media. Papers
will be presented by researchers who took part in the research projects
funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and copies of their reports
will be available free of charge to conference participants.
Brendan Burchell SPS University of Cambridge CB5 8BA
Ph +44 1223 740070 FAX 740095 http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~bb101
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