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Wage developments, minimum wages and wage flexibility, 27th – 28th November 2008, Paris, France
In cooperation with the OECD
Venue: OECD Conference Centre, 2 rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16
Final programme
9.00 Welcoming remarks
John Martin, OECD
Jorma Karppinen, Director of Eurofound
9.15 Introduction: Aims and objectives of the 2008 annual seminar
Stavroula Demetriades, Eurofound
FIRST SESSION
Wage formation and pay developments all around the world
Chair: Stavroula Demetriades, Eurofound
9.30 Pay developments in the European Union
Isabella Biletta, Eurofound [presentation, pdf, 271kb]
Global wage trends
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, ILO [presentation, pdf, 270kb]
Wage differentials in the OECD countries
Pascal Marianna and Paul Swaim, OECD [presentation, pdf, 600kb]
Discussion
11.00 Coffee break
Chair: Panos Konstantopoulos, European Parliament
11.20 Wage formation in emerging economies
- China: John Benson, School of Management, University of South Australia [presentation, pdf, 96kb]
- India: Debashish Bhattacherjee, Human Resource Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta [presentation, pdf, 125kb]
Discussion
13.00 Lunch
SECOND SESSION
Minimum wages, main issues
Chair: Stefano Scarpetta, OECD
14.15 Minimum wages in OECD Countries
Herwig Immervoll, OECD [presentation, pdf, 157kb]
14.45 Panel discussion: Minimum wages - Setting the right level
Bela Galgoczi, ETUC [presentation, pdf, 212kb]
Renate Hornung-Draus, Business Europe
Hélio Zylberstajn, University of São Paulo, Brazil [presentation, pdf, 126kb]
Discussion
16.15 Coffee break
THIRD SESSION
Individualisation of wages, individualisation of employment relations
Chair: Andrew Chapman, European Commission
16.30 Setting the scene
- USA: Arthur Wheaton, Cornell School of Industrial and Labour Relations [presentation, pdf, 702kb]
- Japan: Keiichiro Hamaguchi, Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training [presentation, pdf, 36kb]
Discussion
Chair: Stavroula Demetriades, Eurofound
17.30 Panel discussion: Wage flexibility - Main challenges, main debates
Renate Hornung-Draus, Business Europe
Paul Marginson, Warwick Business School, UK
Nadja Salson, European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
Discussion
18.30 End of the first day
20.00 Working dinner
FOURTH SESSION
Wage developments, sectoral approaches
Chair: Volker Telljohann, Fondazione Istituto per il Lavoro, Italy
9.00 Overview of 2 sectors
- Around the world: Manufacturing sector
Roberto Pedersini, Fondazione Regionale Pietro Seveso [presentation, pdf, 150kb] - European trends: IT Sector
Andrea Broughton, Institute for Employment Studies [presentation, pdf, 41kb]
Discussion
10.00 General discussion - Sectoral trends
11.45 Coffee break
FIFTH SESSION
Industrial relations trends
Chair: Stuart Basefsky, Cornell School of Industrial and Labour Relations, USA
12.00 Main issues in 2007/2008
- China: John Benson, School of Management, University of South Australia [presentation, pdf, 83kb]
- Japan: Keiichiro Hamaguchi, Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training [presentation, pdf, 36kb]
- India: Debashish Bhattacherjee, Human Resource Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta [presentation, pdf, 48kb]
Discussion
13.30 Lunch break
Chair: Kasia Jurczac, Eurofound
15.00 Main issues in 2007/2008 (continued)
- Brazil: Helio Zylberstajn, University of São Paulo [presentation, pdf, 49kb]
- Europe: Isabella Biletta, Eurofound
- USA: Arthur Wheaton, Cornell School of Industrial and Labour Relations [presentation, pdf, 94kb]
Discussion
16.45 Concluding remarks
Stavroula Demetriades, Eurofound
17.00 End of the meeting