This conference involving business, labor, policymakers and dependent care service providers covered issues related to the conflict between family and work responsibilities. The conference addressed the conflict's scope, substance, and major issues. Also covered are: information-gathering efforts which concerned institutions' national and international activity in the area, employees' and employers' needs and resources, governmental and legal approaches to the conflict, and individual and corporate activities and services designed to meet the needs of employees and employers. Plenary sessions and workshops concerned: (1) family and work conditions in the United States; (2) child care and productivity; (3) international work and family programs; (4) innovation, research, and emerging trends; (5) directions of policy concerning work and family; (5) flexible leave policies and practices; (6) solutions to problems faced by labor and management; (7) creation of work and family programs in the workplace; (8) employer-supported child care programs, group-based care, resource and referral services, and elderly dependent care; and (9) dimensions of labor's and business's shared responsibility for making needed changes. (RH)