This event took place on the 23rd of May 2017 in London
Event description
There was a launch of the final report from the project, alongside three round table discussions focusing on some of the key areas surrounding flexible working and its outcomes.
Programme:
Opening speech by Sarah Jackson (Chief Executive of Working Families)
Presentation of the findings of the WAF project
- Presentation by Heejung Chung (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent & PI of the WAF project)
- Discussion by Lonnie Golden (Professor of Economics and Labor Studies, Penn State University)
- Discussion by Matthew Creagh (Policy Officer, Trade Union Congress)
- Discussion by Paola Panzeri (Policy Officer, COFACE)
Roundtable discussion: Flexible working and outcomes – making flexible work work for workers and companies
- Clare Kelliher (Professor of Work and Organisational Studies, Cranfield Business school)
- Jennifer Swanberg (Professor of Social Work, University of Maryland)
- Patrick Woodman (Head of Research, CMI )
- Rebekkah Smith (Senior Adviser, Business Europe)
Roundtable discussion: Enabling a better access to flexible working
- Laura Den Dulk – Dutch Case (Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Yvonne Lott – German case (Senior Researcher, Hans Boeckler Stiftung)
- Jonathan Swan (Policy and Research Officer, Working Families)
- Gillian Nissim (Founder, Workingmums.co.uk)
Roundtable discussion: Flexible working and the future of work
- Jon Messenger (Lead for Working Conditions Group, ILO)
- Oscar Vargas (Research Officer, Eurofound)
- Jana Javornik (Director of the Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity in Business)