Promoting Employment Over the Life Course

Time: 7 June 2013, 9.00–12.00
Venue: Kela Headquarters, Nordenskiöldinkatu 12, Helsinki

The objective of the seminar was to give an overview of European policy approaches aimed at activating young and ageing workers and to analyse how they seem to work in reality.

Chair: Director Mikael Forss, Finnish Social Insurance Institution Kela

Programme

9.00–12.00

Activating the young with health concerns
Robert Anderson, Head of the Living Conditions and Quality of Life research programme, Eurofound
Presentation

Staying long in working life
Gerhard Naegele, Dr. Professor, University of Dortmund
Presentation

Returning back to work, the Nordic way
Jorma Järvisalo, Medical Director, Finnish Social Insurance Institution Kela
Presentation
 

Commentators:

Reija Lilja, Research Director, Labour Institute for Economic Research
Presentation

Kaj Husman, Professor, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Presentation