News and events 2010
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Guest lecture of Minister Donner at ReflecT
On Monday March 1, the Minister for Social Services and Employment, Piet Hein Donner, visited Tilburg University. He and ReflecT director Ton Wilthagen discussed about the important questions: what consequences do ageing, internationalization and flexibilsering have on the labour market? What does the labour market looks like? How can we increase the employment rate? What should be regulated for zzp’ers? Is there a need for an international or even a regional labour market policy? Is 'employment security' the security of the future? Students were able to ask questions during this lively guest lecture.
Japanese delegation visited ReflecT to discuss flexicurity
On February 18 a Japanese ministries delegation visited ReflecT to discuss flexicurity. Mr van Hein van Oorschot, chairman of the Board of Tilburg University welcomed the delegation. Prof. Ton Wilthagen and Prof. Ruud Muffels presented their research on flexicurity both in Europe and worldwide. With other RelflecT members a fruitful discussion was held. Future cooperation is welcomed from both sides.
The delegation comprised:
- Ms. Tomoko NAKAMURA, Section Chief, International Information Office, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
- Ms. Emiko TOYAMA, Deputy Director, International Information Office, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
- Mr. Osamu NAKAYAMA, First Secretary, Mission of Japan to the European Union
- Mr. Mitsuki GOTO, Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands
- Interpreter (to be determined, most likely English-Japanese)
Promotion Hester Houwing
The Dutch Law on Flexibility and Security, implemented in 1999, aimed to create a new balance between flexibility and security in the labour market. Because of this integrated policy strategy aimed at simultaneously increasing both flexibility and security, the European Commission denotes it as an ‘example of flexicurity’. This book asks to what extent this ‘flexicurity law’ should indeed be considered as an example by investigating how employers and social partners make sense of the law within the daily realities of the workplace, and if this new framework has indeed led to a new balance of risks. Despite the attempts to reform the Dutch labour market, the Dutch flexicurity framework, with its key role for social partners, shows that while they are institutionalised at national level, social partners are not always able to create a balance between flexibility and security in collective labour agreements. Flexibilisation is mostly realised by extending flexibility for temporary workers; risks have in practice not been substantially redistributed between regular and temporary workers.
Please send an email to hester.houwing@gmail.com if you would like a copy of her book.
Flexicurity part of the new Commission’s EU 2020 strategy
Barroso recently set out his vision for where the European Union should be in 2020. Core of his vision is that the exit form the current economic and financial crisis should be the point of entry into a new sustainable social market economy and a smarter and greener economy based on innovation and knowledge. Flexicurity is part of the future labour market strategy: the “...Community principles on flexicurity to be implemented through national pathways has provided a positive framework to build for the future.” (Barroso, 2009, p. 22).
Further reading:
Political guidelines for the next Commission, José Manuel Barroso, 2009
Public consultation webpage on Europe 2020
Media coverage, dossiers and opinions of stakeholders
Sonja Bekker appointed as research coordinator at ReflecT.
As of January 1st 2010 Sonja Bekker has been appointed as researcher and research coordinator at ReflecT. Sonja graduated in business administration at Radboud University Nijmegen. She has previously worked at Nijmegen University's Business School, OSA/the Institute for Labour Studies and at ReflecT, where she is currently finishing her PhD on the emergence of flexicurity policies at the EU level. Her other research areas include the European Employment Strategy, atypical employment and social exclusion, young and older workers in the labour market and training and education.
Irmgard Borghouts at the International Conference on the Strategy of Labor Market Flexicurity
“The 2009 International Conference on the Strategy of Labor Market Flexicurity took place on 8-10 December 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. On OECD’s recommendation Irmgard Borghouts, senior researcher at ReflecT, was invited as a keynote speaker. She presented the paper “Flexicurity and Employment Security: the Dutch way”. Furthermore, she participated in the final session: round table and conclusion. The conference was initiated by the Taiwanese Minister (Council of Labor Affairs) to learn from Flexicurity experiences abroad. On 11 December 2009 Borghouts-van de Pas visited the Council of Labor Affairs and spoke with several policymakers and deputy directors. Moreover, she joined a field trip to the White Rice Community in Yi-Lan county organized by the Council of Labor Affairs.” See this link for the presentation. 
Samenwerking ReflecT en Brainport Development gestart
Brainport Development en ReflecT van de Universiteit van Tilburg zijn op 12 oktober 2009 een intensief samenwerkingsverband aangegaan, waarbij kennis vanuit de universiteit door pilotprojecten in het bedrijfsleven zal worden geïmplementeerd.
De Brainport regio, met topbedrijven in de speerpuntsectoren High Tech Systems & Materials, Food, Automotive, Lifetec en Design, is van cruciaal belang voor de verdere ontwikkeling van geheel Nederland. Stichting Brainport werkt al jaren intensief samen met de TU/e om technologische kennis naar de markt over te brengen.
De kwaliteit van de arbeidsmarkt, en dan vooral de beschikbaarheid en het niveau van werkenden, is de achilleshiel van de regio. Met financiering van de landelijke Taskforce Technologie Onderwijs Arbeidsmarkt (TOA) zijn er in 4 regio’s regionale TOA programma’s gestart. Het TOA Werken in Brainport progamma richt zich op het vergroten van de instroom in het bèta- en techniek-onderwijs, het verbeteren van de in- en doorstroom van medewerkers in het bedrijfsleven en het aantrekken van internationale kenniswerkers in Brainport.
Op 12 oktober 2009 is tijdens een evaluatiebijeenkomst een nieuw onderdeel aan TOA Werken in Brainport toegevoegd: arbeidsmarktonderzoek. Dit project wordt volledig uitgevoerd in samenwerking met ReflecT, het Research Institute for flexicurity, labour market dynamics and social cohesion at Tilburg University. Professor Ton Wilthagen zal de kennis op het gebied van sociale innovatie en flexicurity inzetten om zo de stromen op de regionale arbeidsmarkt te verbeteren en te monitoren. Hiertoe zullen met het bedrijfsleven en overheden projecten worden gerealiseerd waarbij ir. René Voogt vanuit ReflecT het projectmanagement uitvoert.
Door deze unieke samenwerking worden de banden met Brainport aangehaald en zal de arbeidsmarktkennis vanuit de Universiteit van Tilburg ten goede komen aan de regio.
Meer informatie over Brainport Development
Ton Wilthagen in Buitenhof
Zondag 11 oktober 2009 was Ton Wilthagen samen met Femke Halsema (fractievoorzitter GroenLinks) en Ferdinand Grapperhaus (kroonlid SER) te gast in het programma Buitenhof van de VPRO om te praten over het mislukte AOW-overleg in de SER. De gehele uitzending is hier te bekijken. 
Publicatie Sonja Bekker en Ton Wilthagen in boek 'OR strategie en beleid'
Bekker, S., & Wilthagen, A.C.J.M. (2009). Perspectieven op de arbeidsmarkt: Goed werk krijgen en behouden. De arbeidsmarkt in recessietijd (pp. 21-51). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer. (OR strategie en beleid, Thema 8).
New posts weblog ReflecT
New post on our weblog: "Remmende werking deeltijd-WW op economisch herstel onbewezen" (Ronald Dekker). Please feel free to respond.
Charissa Freese nominated for Award
Charissa Freese has been nominated for the Public HR director of the year Award, with the following motivation: “In current times of change, crisis and restructuring her research shows how important the psychological contract between organisation and employee is. Every HR director should study her work”. On 24 November 2009 the winner of the Award will be chosen.
SER Building in The Hague, 17 March 2010
Rise of the self-employed
Ronald Dekker (ReflecT) will give a talk on self-employed professionals (zzp'ers) in a theme session about the 'Rise of the self-employed' organised by De Burcht in cooperation with FNV. The session will take place at the SER building in The Hague 14.00-16.30.
London, 22 March 2010
CMPO Welfare Reform High Level Workshop
Irmgard Borghouts has been invited to give a presentation at the CMPO Welfare Reform High Level Workshop. The meeting will be held at the Ministry and attended by the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions and a number of other senior policy figures in the current UK government. Irmgard Borghouts will discuss the Progression and Advancement following entry into work. The aim is to start policy thinking in this area ahead of the new parliament.
Ton Wilthagen is one of the authors of the Netspar-paper about self-employed professionals (zzp'ers). Click here to see the paper.
Reflection 5: 'Donner, denk ook aan de outsiders op de arbeidsmarkt', by Irmgard Borghouts and Ton Wilthagen.
Reflection 4: 'Werk maken van de Europese Belofte', by Ton Wilthagen.
The latest Tilburg Research magazine has been released. This issue is titled: "European labour market: the current crisis and beyond". Professors Lans Bovenberg and Ton Wilthagen (ReflecT) give insight into the idea of a new and more flexible labour market providing employment security rather than job security for workers (flexicurity). ReflecT researchers Irmgard Borghouts-van de Pas, Sonja Bekker and Ruud Muffels have also contributed to this latest issue.
Please click the image to download the full-text version of the magazine in PDF.
Sonja Bekker & Heejung Chung (2009) Restructuring Organisations while Striving for Flexicurity. Connecting theEuropean Level to National Contexts, In: Marie-Ange Moreau (ed.) Building Anticipation of Restructuring in Europe, Peter Lang Publishing Group.
Lans Bovenberg & Ton Wilthagen, 'On the Road to Flexicurity: Dutch Proposals for a Pathway Towards Better Transition Security and Higher Labour Market Mobility', European Journal of Social Security , volume 10, no. 4, December 2008.
Lans Bovenberg & TonWilthagen, 'De vrijblijvendheid moet uit de crisisaanpak. De baangarantie behoort voor werknemers tot het verleden. De toekomst is de zekerheid op werk', Trouw 24 maart 2009. Downloadthis article here.
Reflection 3: 'Overheid moet in licht crisis woningbouwprogramma activeren', by Ad Smeulders and Ton Wilthagen.
Reflection 2: 'Gebruik scholingsfondsen voor persoonlijk transitiebudget', by Lans Bovenberg and Ton Wilthagen.
Reflection 1: 'Bevallingsverlof moet bij overlijden moeder naar vader', by Saskia Montebovi, Irene Wilthagen and Ton Wilthagen.
Over dit artikel zijn intussen kamervragen gesteld door GroenLinks.
Peter Ester, Ruud Muffels, Joop Schippers, Ton Wilthagen (eds.), InnovatingEuropean Labour Markets: Dynamics and Perspectives, Cheltenham 2008: Edward Elgar.
Frank Hendrickx (ed.), Flexicurity and the Lisbon Agenda: A Cross-Disciplinary Reflection, Antwerp 2008: Intersentia.
Ruud Muffels (ed.), Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: Labour Markets in Transition, Cheltenham 2008: Edward Elgar.
Nagelkerke, Plessen and Wilthagen, 'Van arbeidsverhouding naar verhouding tot de arbeid: een paradigmawisseling?', Sociaal Maandblad Arbeid , (63) 2008, no. 11/12.
Lans Bovenberg, Ton Wilthagen and Sonja Bekker, 'Flexicurity: Lessons and Proposals from the Netherlands', CESIfo DICE Report, (6) 2008, no.4. The complete article can be downloaded here.
The “Brussels Seminar” in European labour law, February 22 - 26, 2010
About the seminar
The “Brussels seminar” in European labour law is organized by the Institute for Labour Law of the University of Leuven and the Jean Monnet Chair in European Labour Law at ReflecT (Tilburg University). It is designed for advanced level students, researchers and practitioners with a broad interest in European and comparative labour law and industrial relations. The seminar provides a deep and original insight into current issues of European, comparative and international labour law, social policy and industrial relations, in the heart of Europe. Besides being a great
academic and mind-broadening experience, the seminar offers a unique opportunity to learn to know how Brussels looks, thinks and works. It includes visits to the major European institutions dealing with labour law and social policy.
read the programme >>>
Venue
The venue is the Royal Flemish Academy for Sciences and Arts, close to the EU institutions (directions:
how to get there).
Registration
Registration can be made by completing the registration form and paying the registration fee.
The registration fee for students is 75 Euro. For other participants the fee is 175 Euro. The participation fee includes registration for the five days (covering costs for the meeting room, sandwhich lunch and administration).
Participants who have attended the Brussels Seminar in European Labour Law have the possibility to receive a “Certificate of Attendance”.
For more information and registration, please contact Ms. Helen Frenzel at the following email address: h.frenzel@uvt.nl.
Please note that the number of registrations are limited.
Leiden University, 2 February 2010
Seminar Social Security Reform
Ronald Dekker (ReflecT) will give a talk on Employment Security in the EU in the seminar Social Security Reform at Leiden University. See this website for more information.
NTU Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan 8-10 December 2009
International Conference on the Strategy of Labor Market Flexicurity
Irmgard Borghouts – van de Pas from ReflecT has been asked as a keynote speaker (on the advice of the OECD) at the International Conference on the Strategy of Labor Market Flexicurity. For more information, please visit the website.
Institute GAK Foundation (SIG), 7 December 2009
Researchers Day
The topic of the day is "Societal relevance of research". Reflects' Irmgard Borghouts will present one of the papers in the workshops. For further details, click here.
University of Copenhagen, 25-27 November 2009
PhD-course
ReflecT's Ton Wilthagen will contribute at a PhD-course on Labour Market Regulation in Europe - Flexicurity, Integration and Responses to the Crisis organized by The Employment Relation Research Centre (FAOS). For more information, please visit the website.
Amsterdam, 13 & 14 November 2009
International Conference Dutch HRM Network: 'Capitalizing on Diversity in HRM Research'
Charissa Freese, Jaap Paauwe and Rene Schalk will be presenting their paper: "Innovative HR practices and new psychological contracts: Flexicurity in practice".
Brigitte Kroon and Charissa Freese will also present their paper: "Employability enhancing practices as a means to create flex worker commitment to an agency". For more information please visit the Conference website.
Aula Tilburg University, Tilburg, 13 November 2009
Promotion Heejung Chung
Flexibility from whom? Working time flexibility practices of European companies. The specific schedule is as follows:
10:00 ~ 10:15 short presentation of the thesis
10:15 ~ 11:00 defence of thesis (answering questions raised by the reading committee)
11:00 decision of the committee
Immediately after the defence, there will be a reception at the hall next to the Aula.
If you want the electronicversion of the thesis fill out this form. Those who want the hard copy of the thesis are welcome to fill out this form.
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 5-6 November 2009
International conference '24orMore' on increasing female labour participation
ReflecT researcher Ronald Dekker will present his paper "Part-time work: following preferences or constraints on labour supply? Empirical evidence for Germany, Great Britain and The Netherlands". Reflects' Heejung Chung will present her paper "Female labour market participation and working time arrangements of company: a cross-European multi-level study". Please visit the conference website for more information.
Textielmuseum, Tilburg, 20 Oktober 2009
Debateonthefuture of the labour market inthe province of Brabant
ReflecT organizes in collaboration with the regional organisation "Pact Brabant", a debate on the future of the labour market in the province of Brabant. This event takes place in the National Textile Museum in Tilburg. The invitation, in Dutch, can be found here.
Netherlands Institute for Social Security, 7 October 2009
Research meeting
ReflecT researcher Ronald Dekker will give a talk on the effectiveness of the mobility centres in the research meeting (Studiemiddag) of the Institute for Social Security (NISZ). For registration and the full program, please visit the NISZ website.
7 AM, The Hague, 5 October 2009
Afternoon discussion on self-employed workers and pension provisions
Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and ReflecT organise an afternoon discussion on self-employed workersand pensionprovisions. Scientists, policymakers and professionals will enter the debate. Central question will be whether or not self-employed workers should be integrated in the Dutch social system in order to obtain pension provisions. This afternoon discussion will be held in Dutch and is freely accesible but we kindly ask you to pre-register via this form. More information on the Netspar website.
University of Rijeka, 2-3 October 2009
International Jean Monnet Conference: European Social Model vs. Internal Market
Linda Senden (ReflecT) will give a presentation at this conference titled: "The OMC and its patch in the European regulatory landscape".Please view the program of this conference here.
WTC Rotterdam, 1 October 2009
'Effectieve aanpak jeugdwerkloosheid'
Ton Wilthagen will chair this conference on youth unemployment organised by Studiecentrum voor Bedrijf en Overheid. For more information see conference website.
Artemis Dutch Design Hotel, Amsterdam, 1 October 2009
Seminar “Who Defines the Flexible Work?”
Heejung Chung will give a speech entitled “Flexibility for whom? Working time flexibility in a European perspective”. The seminar is organised by The European Centre for Workers’ Questions (EZA) & Kristelig Fagbevægelse (KRIFA) and in cooperation with the World Organization of Workers (WOW) with the support of the European Commission.
University Foundation, Brussels, 30 September 2009
RISE Kick-off Meeting LISBON 2010-2020 and the Socio-Economic Sciences
This is the Kick-off Meeting of RISE, the Network of European universities on Raising the Impact of the Social and Economic Sciences. ReflecT's Ton Wilthagen is one of the speakers. For more information, see the RISE website.
Textielmuseum, Tilburg, 25 September 2009
Study day Dutch and Belgian Association for Industrial Relations
This study day organised by the Dutch and Belgian Association for Industrial Relations aims at exchanging practices and views regarding industrial relations in the Netherlands and Belgium. Everyone can attend to this interesting study day. More information in this folder.
(RKC) Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, 24 September 2009
Opening van het Poortwachtercentrum werk naar werk Midden-Brabant
ReflecT's Irmgard Borghouts - van de Pas is one of the speakers. For more information, see the folder.
Montesquieu building (M1003), Tilburg University, 17 September 2009
ReflecT Lunch Seminar
Nicolette van Gestel (Radboud Universty, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) will give a presentation on her latest book 'The quagmire of welfare state reform: changes in the organisation of social security' (in Dutch: 'Het hervormingsmoeras van de verzorgingsstaat; veranderingen in de organisatie van sociale zekerheid'), which is joint work with Paul de Beer and Marc van der Meer.
Our lunch seminars are freely accessible, but pre-registration is required. More information can be found here.
Stockholm, 20-22 August 2009
The Ratio Colloquium for Young Social Scientists
At this colloquium ReflecT researcher Irmgard Borghouts-van de Pas will present her paper "Securing labour market transitions for the young disabled, a comparative study on employment security systems". Nuna Zekic (PhD researcher at ReflecT) will presenther paper on collective bargaining and flexicurity. The paper deals with the challenges trade unions are facing in today's labour markets and the socio-economic environment. More information about the colloquium can be found here.
Zeist, The Netherlands, 20 August 2009
Thinktank SIOMA Foundation
Ronald Dekker (ReflecT) will participate in a thinktank about dealing with 'labour market issues in times of crisis' organised by the SIOMA foundation, with participation of employers and Prof. Arnold Heertje.
Maison de l'Europe de Paris, Paris, 15-16 June 2009
Conference Europe and Society
With the support of the European Commission and in partnership with Réalités du Dialogue Social (RDS), Europe and Société organises a Conference titled: 'Interaction of social dialogues in Europe within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy'. Ton Wilthagen has been invited to give his views on the current debate about flexicurity at the European level.
Beatrix Theater,Koninklijke Jaarbeurs Utrecht, 10-12 June 2009
Divosa Voorjaarscongres 2009
At the spring conference of Divosa Ton Wilthagen will participate in a paneldiscussion on the effects of the crisis on the labour market. How should we deal with them? More information can be found on the Divosa website.
Tilburg University, 8 June 2009
South African delegation visitsReflecT
On June 8th a task team of the South Africansocial partners visits ReflecT to discuss the notion of 'decent work' in the Netherlands. Special attention will be given to the 2008 Report prepared for the ILO, Decent Work Country Report The Netherlands. More information about 'decent work' on the ILO-website.
Spoorwegmuseum Utrecht, 10 June 2009
Symposium FNV Zelfstandigen
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, FNV Zelfstandigen (Dutch trade union for self-employed workers) organises a symposium titled: "10 jaar pionieren op de arbeidsmarkt". Ton Wilthagen has been invited to give his views on the increasing number of self-employed workers and its consequences for the labour market.
Montesquieu building (M1002), Tilburg University, 28 May 2009
ReflecT Lunch Seminar
Arjan van den Born (Universityof Antwerp) will present his paper
"The Drivers Of Freelance Career Success - ATest Of The Boundaryless CareerModel In An Archetypical Environment" (joint work with Arjen van van Witteloostuijn).
This paper is a follow-up of Arjan van den Born's dissertation: "The drivers of career success of the jobhopping professional in the new networked economy".
For more information about our Lunch Seminars and for registration see Lunch Seminars.
Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, 15 May 2009
12th Annual EELA Conference
Evert Verhulp and Ton Wilthagen will contribute to the 12th Annual Conference of the European Employment Lawyers Association. They will deliver a presentation on 'The Future of European Labour Market Regulation'. For more information please visit the EELA website.
EAWOP Conference, Santiago de Compostella, Spain, 14 May 2009
On May 14 2009 Charissa Freese gave a presentation in Santiago de Compostella, Spain, at the EAWOP conference. The title of the presentation was: “The effects of i-deals on retention and turnover in talentmanagement”.
Ministerie van SZW, Den Haag, 11 May 2009
'Expertmeeting 'Employment security systems'
On 11 May 2009 ReflecT in cooperation with theMinistry of Social Affairs and Employment organises an expertmeeting to which 30 professionals are invited. Central questions will be: 'How do we create employment security?', 'What do we need to ensure employment security inthe Netherlands?', 'What can we learn from systems and practices in other countries?'. The purpose of this expertmeeting is to have a substantial discussion and to obtain information for further research in this area.The presentation given by Ton Wilthagen and Irmgard Borghouts can be downloaded here.
Tilburg University, 21 April 2009
ESPAnet Social Policy Research Day
On 21 April 2009 the annual Social Policy Research Day of ESPAnet The Netherlands will take place. The Social Policy Research Day is the occasion where Dutch junior and senior researchers from various social science disciplines meet, who work in the broad field of social policy. In a series of plenary sessions Phd-students present their papers to colleague students and senior researchers, they get comments and have a discussion on their work.
The Social Policy ResearchDay takes place at Tilburg University, organized and hosted by the Department of Sociology (Wim van Oorschot) and the research institute ReflecT (Ton Wilthagen). For further information please contact Wim van Oorschot.
De Bazel, Amsterdam, 21 April 2009
Seminar 'Work for all! - Challenges and Solution in Times of Economic Crisis'
On TuesdayApril 21st, Ronald Dekker (ReflecT) will be attending the seminar 'Work for all! -Challenges and Solutions in Times of Economic Crisis'. The seminar will take place in De Bazel in Amsterdam andis organised inthe frame of the State Visit of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden toHer Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
The central theme of the seminar will be to discuss possibilities to improve the labour force participation in thetwo countries, particularly from groups faced with a risk of social exclusion. Presentations during the meeting will focus on challenges ahead and on the exchange of 'good practices'.
De Unie, Culemborg, the Netherlands, 16 April 2009
Ton Wilthagen has been invited to give a lecture at the Uniecongres (vakbond de Unie) titled "De kenniswerker centraal". For more information please visit this website.
Brussels, Belgium, 26-27 March 2009
On the 26th and 27th of March the 7th European Business Summit willtake placeunder the theme "Dare and Care: sustaining Europe's ambitions; Financing, Staffing, Greening". Amongst others, Ton Wilthagen will participate inthe session "From jobsecurity to sustainable employment". For more information please visit the European Business Summit website.
Flexicurity in times of crisis
On 25 and 26 March 2009 there will bea thematic conference on flexicurity, titled "Implementing flexicurity in times of crisis". The conference will focus on the application of the general principle of flexicurity in relation to the current crisis and willtake place in Prague, Czech Republic. Key note speeches will be delivered by Commissioner Vladimír Špidla (European Commission) and Minister of State Pat Mc Fadden (United Kingdom). Ton Wilthagen will give a speech during session 1:Supportingtransitions: a key aspect for the implementation of flexicurity policies.
Tilburg, the Netherlands, Tilbury's, 19 March 2009, 11.30-13.30hrs
The second lunch seminar of ReflecT will take place on 19 March 2009 at 11.30. Beryl ter Haar (Leiden University) and Sonja Bekker (ReflecT, Tilburg University) will debate on the Open Method of Coordination and the European Employment Strategy. We cordially invite you to come to and register for this and future lunch seminars. For further information please click here.
Ton Wilthagen in Buitenhof
Zondag 1 maart 2009 was Ton Wilthagen samen met Joop Linthorst (bestuursvoorzitter UWV) en Dominique Schrijer (wethouder Werk, Sociale Zaken en Grotestedenbeleid in Rotterdam) te gast in het programma Buitenhof van de VPRO om te pratenover demassaontslagen als gevolg van de huidige economische crisis en de rol van mobiliteitscentra. De gehele uitzending is hier te bekijken.
Berlin,Germany, 28 February 2009
Linda Senden will contribute toa conference titled "Measuringthe Europeanization of Public Policies Beyond the 80%-Myth", organised by the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin furSozialforschung. She will discuss the following question: 'how far does separating different types of law gets us in terms of Europeanization effects?'. The Open Method ofCoordination, its instruments and possible effects will be addressed.
Brussels, Belgium, 23 - 26 February 2009
Heejung Chung andSonja Bekker contributed to the first 'Brussels week in European labour law', organised by the Jean Monnet Chair in European Labour Law (Dr. Frank Hendrickx,ReflecT, Tilburg University) in cooperation withThe European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions, KULeuven, Lessius and the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts. Heejung Chung gave a lecture on 'Strictness of employment protection legislation'. Sonja Bekker's presentation was titled 'The development of flexicurity in Europe'.
Tilburg, the Netherlands, Willem IIStadion, 5 February 2009
At the 'Brabantse Arbeidsmarktdag' (Labour Market Day of Noord-Brabant) Ton Wilthagen will speak about the international labourmarket and its challenges and opportunities for Noord-Brabant. Fore more information please follow this link.
Forum discussion FNV, 10 February 2009
Charissa Freese participated in a forum discussion organised by FNV, "Ziek door onzekerheid".
Symposium Zorg en zekerheid op een breukvlak, 4 February 2009
Sonja Bekker has contributed to a symposium organised by Prae Advies & Onderzoek, by means of an introduction titled: "Op weg naar nieuwe zekerheden" (The Road toNew Securities). More information about the symposium has been made available here.
Tilburg, the Netherlands, De Harmonie, 2 February 2009
Ton Wilthagen will participate as speaker at the "BrabantBalie-debat", a debate on the increasing unemployment due to the financial and economic crisis. How can we cope with this matter, in particular in the region of Noord-Brabant? For more information follow this link.
Tilburg, the Netherlands, Tilburg University, 29 January 2009
ReflecT's launch seminar will take place on 29 January 2009, Auditorium, Tilburg University. Please click here for more information.
Brussels, Belgium, AWVN, 15 January 2009
Ton Wilthagen willspeak at the annual 'Arbeidsvoorwaardencongres' organised by the AWVN (Dutch general employers' association).
Latest Reflection
'Donner, denk ook aan de outsiders op de arbeidsmarkt', by Irmgard Borghouts and Ton Wilthagen.
Reflections are short articles written by ReflecT researchers in cooperation with other researchers or professionals on actual, urgent matters with which they ask for attention or specific action.
Other Reflections.
Book from Ton Wilthagen
On February 10, Ton Wilthagen (ReflecT) presented his book ‘Over de arbeidsmarkt gesproken’ to minister Maria van der Hoeven of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands. This happened at the festive opening of the new head office of Brainport Development in Eindhoven.more information & ordering
Brainport Development
ReflecT closely cooperates with Brainport Development on strategic labour market issues.