Workshop 8

Livable Jobs: Improving Employment Conditions to Meet Local Needs

Panelists:

  • Jane Campbell, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
  • Pam Brown, UVM Training and Development
  • Donna Austin-Hawley, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

This workshop examined ways that institutions can improve their employment conditions and opportunities and serve themselves and the local community in the process. Topics included an overview of strategies to make jobs more livable, ways to enhance entry level jobs to better meet the needs of non-native speaking employees, increasing usage of benefits and movement up the organization by lower wage employees, and presenting model small business practices that institutions can learn from.