Paul Swaim [OECD]
The Eurociett / FlexWorkResearch conference was held in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam, on 26 and 27 November in Brussels. The objective was to bring together European stakeholders working in the field of employment - including researchers and policy makers - to examine all angles of flexible working and to consider the opportunities and challenges for temporary agency work in the years to come.
OECD Senior Economist at the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Paul Swaim gave the opening keynote address and the closing address was made by European Commission Head of Unit of Employment Services, Wallis Goelen. In between were a series of parallel workshops in which the gathered experts were able to share ideas and experiences.
The agenda was as follows:
Thursday 26 November
13:00 - 13:15 - Introduction by Els Sol [University of Amsterdam]
13:15 - 13:50 - Plenary by Paul Swaim [OECD]: How are flexible working patterns and labour market intermediaries changing the nature of the current job crisis ?
13:50 - 14:00 - Annemarie Muntz [Eurociett]
14:00 - 15:15 - Parallel workshops first session
Market developments and the crisis - Chair : Marloes de Graaf-Zijl
- Ernest Berkhout [SEO / University of Amsterdam]: Temporary agency work and the business cycle
- Elke Jahn [University of Aarhus]: The structure of the temp wage differential
- Claudia Weinkopf [University Duisbürg-Essen]: A changing role of temporary agency work in the German employment model ?
Resilience of the non standard employment relationship - Chair : Els Sol
- Axel Haunschild [Trier University]: What supports the individualized employment relationship ? Evidence from the creative industries
- Gerhard Bosch [IAQ / University Duisbürg-Essen]: The re-institutionalization of a new flexible standard relationship
- Roger Blanpain [KU Leuven]: Regulation of flexwork for current labour markets
15:15 - 15:45 - Coffee break
15:45 - 17:00 - Parallel workshops second session
Regulation of flexwork : new requirements ? - Chair : Roger Blanpain
- Bertrand Muller-Schleiden [European Commission | DG Employment]: Directive on TAW : issues of implementation
- Christian Welz [Eurofound]: The regulation and CLAs of TAW across the EU
- Loredana Zappala [University of Catania]: Flexibility and security aspects in the EU directive on temporary agency work
Management and organization of agency work - Chair : Bas Koene
- Barbara Imperatori & Martina Gianecchini [Catholic University of Milan]: How typical are "a-typical" employment contracts ? An organizational perspective
- Nathalie Galais [University of Erlangen-Nürnberg]: Organizational commitment and the well-being of temporary agency workers : a longitudinal study
- Anneke Goudswaard [TNO Arbeid] & Bas Koene [Erasmus University Rotterdam]: Models of management and organization of temporary agency work
Friday 27 November
09:30 - 10:45 - Parallel workshops third session
Flex employment as tool for social partners - Chair : Marloes de Graaf-Zijl
- Jelle Visser [University of Amsterdam]: A new miracle ?
- Andrea Salvatori [University of Warwick]: What do unions do to temporary employment ?
- Francois Michon [University of Paris 1]: French social actors confronted with agency work
Position and representation of agency workers - Chair : Ida Regalia
- Els Sol [University of Amsterdam]: Reform and innovation : Flex work, flex representation ?
- Nicole Torka [University of Twente]: The role of perceived regulation quality for commitment in employment relationship triangles
- Daniëlle van Jaarsveld [University of British Columbia]: A comparison of theoretical models for representing contingent workers
10:45 - 11:00 - Coffee break
11:00 -12:15 - Parallel workshops fourth session
Stepping stone theory - Chair : Michael Kvasnicka
- Miguel Malo [University Carlos III Madrid]: On the stepping-stone hypothesis
- Christoph Ehlert [RWI Essen] & Michael Kvasnicka [RWI Essen]: Stepping-stone of temp agency work for disadvantaged youth in Germany
- Marloes de Graaf-Zijl [University of Amsterdam]: Does the allocation function of temporary work agencies fluctuate with the business cycle ?
Strategies and possibilities for temporary work agencies - Chair : Els Sol
- Ida Regalia [University of Milan]: The limits and unexpected potentials of agency work - a contribution to the debate from Italy
- Bas Koene [Erasmus University Rotterdam]: Conditions for institutional experimentation - comparing the development of TAW in the Netherlands and Sweden
12:15 - 13:00 - Lunch
13:00 - 13:45 - Plenary : Wrapping up
- Paul Verschueren [Eurociett Research Committee Chair]
- Wallis Goelen [European Commission | DG Employment]
13:45 - 14:30 - Plenary : Panel discussion on next steps
Wallis Goelen [EC | DG EMPL] Annemarie Muntz [Eurociett]
