Industrial Relations in the EU and Other Global Economies Workshop on Wage Developments, Minimum Wages and Wage Flexibility (Arthur Wheaton and Stuart Basefsky), 27,28 November 2008

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(Note: Much of the documentation in the presentation from Cornell was produced by Stuart Basefsky who was also in attendance and a participant in the discussion)

Industrial relations in the EU and other global and emerging economies

Thu, 27/11/2008

Fri, 28/11/2008

Observatory: 

EurWORK

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

Day 1 - Day 2

Day 1: Thursday 27 November

9.00 Welcoming remarks
John Martin, OECD
Jorma Karppinen, Director of Eurofound

9.15 Introduction: Aims and objectives of the 2008 annual seminarStavroula Demetriades, Eurofound

FIRST SESSION
Wage formation and pay developments all around the world
Chair: Stavroula Demetriades, Eurofound

9.30 Pay developments in the European UnionIsabella 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

Day 2: Friday 28th November

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