Too bad this one isn't a bit closer to home. M ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:52:44 +0000 () From: DL10005 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Job Insecurity and Work Intensification 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
