Tuesday, 17 October 2006
Event background
Seminar on working time and work-life balance: a policy dilemma?
17 October 2006, Brussels, Belgium
Venue: European Parliament PHS 1A002
Time: 9:00-12:30 hrs
Programme
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome & opening
Tarja Filatov, Finnish Minister of Labour [presentation, pdf, 12KB]
Alejandro Cercas, MEP [presentation, pdf, 16KB]
Jorma Karppinen, Director, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [presentation, pdf, 9KB]
9:15 – 12:15 Presentations – Panels – Debates
Moderation: Harlem Desir, MEP, Vice-president of the PSE group
9:15 Working time and work-life balance in Europe? What can we learn from the European Foundation’s research?
Stavroula Demetriades, Research Coordinator – Industrial relations, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [presentation, pdf, 38KB]
9:30 PANEL I - Models of working time in Europe: policy options and practical limitations
Introduction: Alejandro Cercas, Rapporteur
Speakers:
Carola Fischbach-Pyttel, General Secretary - EPSU [presentation, pdf, 138KB]
Tina Weber, CEEP Social Affairs Committee [presentation, pdf, 18KB]
Luigi Cocilovo, MEP
Jean Lambert, MEP [presentation, pdf, 14KB]
Colette Fagan, Prof. Co-Director, European Work and Employment Research Centre (EWERC), University of Manchester [presentation, pdf, 37KB]
Debate with Members, speakers, Foundation expert and participants
10:55 PANEL II - Combining flexicurity, competitiveness and an effective work-life balance: a win-win option?
Introduction: Stephen Hughes, MEP
Speakers:
Catelene Passchier, Confederal Secretary - ETUC [presentation, pdf, 47KB]
Renate Hornung-Draus, Director, European and International Affairs, Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA) – UNICE representative
José Silva Peneda, MEP
Gabrielle Zimmer, MEP [presentation, pdf, 12KB]
Prof. Dr. Peter Ester, Institute for Labour Studies (OSA), The Netherlands [presentation, pdf, 16KB]
Debate with Members, speakers, Foundation expert and participants
12:15 Conclusions and closing
Alejandro Cercas, Rapporteur
Jorma Karppinen, Director, European Foundation
Tarja Filatov, Finnish Minister of Labour [presentation, pdf, 11KB]
Josep Borrell, President of the European Parliament
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