A one-day conference on job insecurity and  work intensification will be
held at Queen's College, Cambridge on  September 9. Papers will be
presented on work undertaken as  part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 
work and opportunity  research program.  Speakers will include Kate 
Purcell, Frank Wilkinson and Brendan Burchell. The conference sessions
will be introduced by Lord Eatwell,  Will Hutton, Margaret Prosser,
Richard Sennett, Oliver James and Simon Deakin.

More info can be obtained from
The Conference Website: www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/jiwis
The Conference Secretary: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 01223 335244
Fax: 01223 335768

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

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.

Look forward to seeing you on September 9,

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