Friday 31 October 2008

Venue: Rhodes Trust

Organised by Oxford University

A two day workshop entitled Work, Employment, and Industrial Relations in the New Social Contract. Attendance is by invitation only, however, a limited number of observer places are available. If you would like to attend as an observer please contact Judy Niner to register your interest ( judy@niner.co.uk )

Programme:

Thursday 30th October Venue: Rhodes House, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RG 9.00 Coffee & pastries 9.15 Introduction Paul Dodyk, Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Social Contract Revisited programme 9.30–12.00 Session I: What is Work? Activation Policies and Care Work Moderator: Professor Neil Gilbert, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare and Social Services, University of California at Berkeley Gender, Work, and Care: a Labour Law Perspective Dr Joanne Conaghan, Law Faculty, Kent University Rapporteur: Dr Anne Davies, Law Faculty, Oxford University Care, Work, and the Social Contract: What’s the New “New Deal”? Professor Linda McClain, Law Faculty, Boston University Rapporteur: Professor Neil Gilbert, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare and Social Services, University of California at Berkeley 12.15–13.30 Lunch 13.30–16.00 Session II: The Global Social Contract Moderator: Professor Fred D’Agostino, University of Queensland, Australia U.S.-Based Multinational Employers and the "Social Contract" Outside the United States Donald Dowling, White and Case Rapporteur: Dr. Daniel Butt, Politics Department, Oxford University Transborder Labor Liberalization: A Path to Enforcement of the Global Social Contract for Labor? Professor Karen Bravo, Law Faculty, Indiana University Rapporteur: Professor Fred D’Agostino, University of Queensland, Australia 19.00 Reception 19.30 Dinner Friday 25th April Venue: Rhodes House, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RG 9.15 Coffee & pastries 9.30–12.00 Session III: Industrial Relations — Social Dialogue and Social Contract Moderator: Paul Dodyk, Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Social Contract Revisited programme The New Social Contract and Industrial Relations Professor Paul Teague, Queen's University, Belfast Rapporteur: Professor Karl Klare, Northeastern University Social Dialogue in U.S. Industrial Relations – Can We Talk? Attorney Allison Beck, Machinists Union Rapporteur: Paul Dodyk, Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Social Contract Revisited programme 12.15–13.30 Lunch 13.30–15.00 Session IV: Social Security in a Changing World of Work Moderator: Professor Matthew Diller, Fordham University Law School The World of Work in the XXI century: Challenges and Opportunities Professor Roger Blanpain, Professor of Labour Law, University of Leuven, Belgium Rapporteur: Professor Lucy Williams, Law Faculty, Northeastern University An Actor-Centered Institutionalist Approach to Flexicurity Professor Harm van Lieshout, Professor of Industrial Relations, Tilburg University, Netherlands Rapporteur: Professor Matthew Diller, Fordham University Law School 15.00–15.30 Tea 15.30–16.30 Concluding Panel Chaired by: Professor Denis Galligan, Director, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford Workshop Ends ________________________________________

For more information on this event, please contact: Judy Niner