Joint Resolution Foundation and CBI Labour Market Conference
Britain’s labour market is at a crossroads, with Brexit, globalisation and the march of technology set to fundamentally change the world of work over the coming years. Planning for these changes should be top of the new government and British businesses’ to do list.
What will Brexit really mean for native and migrant workers, and the firms that employ them? Should we be concerned about the growing gig economy and the rise of the robots? Does the National Living Wage mean the era of cheap labour is coming to an end?
The Resolution Foundation and the CBI jointly hosted a half-day conference in Westminster with leading employers, economists and policy makers to discuss the big labour market issues facing Britain and how to shape its post-Brexit future.
Where are we starting from? The changing state of the UK Labour Market
Neil Carberry, Director for People and Skills, CBI
Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive, British Retail Consortium
Paul Gregg, Professor of Economic and Social Policy, University of Bath
Alan Manning, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
Torsten Bell, Director, Resolution Foundation
Addressing people’s concerns: how should the world of work change?
Kate Bell, Head of the Economic and Social Affairs Department, TUC
Sir David Metcalf, Director of Labour Market Enforcement
Lindsay Judge, Senior Analyst, Resolution Foundation
Matthew Taylor, Chair of the Taylor Review into Modern Employment Practices
David Willetts, Executive Chair, Resolution Foundation
The consequences of Brexit: adjusting to a post-EU labour market
Minette Batters, Deputy President, National Farmers’ Union
Stephen Clarke, Research and Policy Analyst, Resolution Foundation
Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist, CBI
Jonathan Wadsworth, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Gareth Vale, Marketing Director at Manpower Group
