Less than half of U.S. workers hold a quality job with predictable schedules, safety & respect, a voice at work, and room for advancement. The Upjohn Institute partnered on a new survey revealing critical gaps in job quality and why they matter.
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Landmark study shows less than half of U.S. workers have a quality job
www.upjohn.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Less than half of U.S. workers hold a quality job with predictable schedules, safety & respect, a voice at work, and room for advancement. The Upjohn Institute partnered on a new survey revealing critical gaps in job quality and why they matter.
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
🧵 Important report from @employmentstudies.bsky.social for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support. It highlights health risks from poor #jobquality, how the UK compares to rest of Europe on key measures, and sector-specific challenges, eg in transport and construction.
📢New research! Our report for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, supported by
@healthfoundation.bsky.social reveals that poor job quality threatens the health of the UK workforce with 1.7 million people reporting work-related ill health in the last year. Read: bit.ly/3CH4uYB 1/
@healthfoundation.bsky.social reveals that poor job quality threatens the health of the UK workforce with 1.7 million people reporting work-related ill health in the last year. Read: bit.ly/3CH4uYB 1/
November 25, 2024 at 12:57 PM
🧵 Important report from @employmentstudies.bsky.social for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support. It highlights health risks from poor #jobquality, how the UK compares to rest of Europe on key measures, and sector-specific challenges, eg in transport and construction.
Agnieszka Piasna on the relationship between #digitalisation and #JobQuality at our recent #FutureOfWork conference
Conference recordings 🔗 etui.org/Z8T
Digitalisation topic page 🔗 etui.org/Z6Y
Conference recordings 🔗 etui.org/Z8T
Digitalisation topic page 🔗 etui.org/Z6Y
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Agnieszka Piasna on the relationship between #digitalisation and #JobQuality at our recent #FutureOfWork conference
Conference recordings 🔗 etui.org/Z8T
Digitalisation topic page 🔗 etui.org/Z6Y
Conference recordings 🔗 etui.org/Z8T
Digitalisation topic page 🔗 etui.org/Z6Y
📣 New #book launch
🏭️ What makes a good job in times of rapid change?
'Job Quality in a Turbulent Era' explores how #digitalisation, #AI, and the #GreenTransition are reshaping #JobQuality.
📖 Read, download, and share (open access) on Elgar Publishing: buff.ly/7fHezor
🏭️ What makes a good job in times of rapid change?
'Job Quality in a Turbulent Era' explores how #digitalisation, #AI, and the #GreenTransition are reshaping #JobQuality.
📖 Read, download, and share (open access) on Elgar Publishing: buff.ly/7fHezor
March 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
📣 New #book launch
🏭️ What makes a good job in times of rapid change?
'Job Quality in a Turbulent Era' explores how #digitalisation, #AI, and the #GreenTransition are reshaping #JobQuality.
📖 Read, download, and share (open access) on Elgar Publishing: buff.ly/7fHezor
🏭️ What makes a good job in times of rapid change?
'Job Quality in a Turbulent Era' explores how #digitalisation, #AI, and the #GreenTransition are reshaping #JobQuality.
📖 Read, download, and share (open access) on Elgar Publishing: buff.ly/7fHezor
They analyse key trends in employment, #JobQuality, skills, sectors, and workforce demographics - and assess how these trends sit with the EU's ongoing pursuit of greater #competitiveness
August 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
They analyse key trends in employment, #JobQuality, skills, sectors, and workforce demographics - and assess how these trends sit with the EU's ongoing pursuit of greater #competitiveness
The American #JobQuality Study, a new survey of 18,000 U.S. workers finds that 62% of US employees don't have high-quality #workschedules (see definition below).
Releases on other aspects of job quality are forthcoming.
news.gallup.com/poll/690881/...
#econsky #worklifebalance #jobs #goodjobs
Releases on other aspects of job quality are forthcoming.
news.gallup.com/poll/690881/...
#econsky #worklifebalance #jobs #goodjobs
Work Schedules Fail Millions of U.S. Employees
A new study finds that low-quality work schedules are widespread across the U.S., undermining employee wellbeing and creating challenges for employers.
news.gallup.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The American #JobQuality Study, a new survey of 18,000 U.S. workers finds that 62% of US employees don't have high-quality #workschedules (see definition below).
Releases on other aspects of job quality are forthcoming.
news.gallup.com/poll/690881/...
#econsky #worklifebalance #jobs #goodjobs
Releases on other aspects of job quality are forthcoming.
news.gallup.com/poll/690881/...
#econsky #worklifebalance #jobs #goodjobs
We identified four key aspects of job quality with the strongest links to health
· Job security and precarity
· Excessive and/or irregular hours
· Demands and control at work
· Relationships and support 4/
· Job security and precarity
· Excessive and/or irregular hours
· Demands and control at work
· Relationships and support 4/
November 25, 2024 at 5:06 PM
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, gives an exclusive interview to ETUI magazine HesaMag about her vision for #JobQuality and the European Commission's next priorities for #OccupationalHealth 🗣️ 💬
🔗 etui.org/ZRT
🔗 etui.org/ZRT
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, gives an exclusive interview to ETUI magazine HesaMag about her vision for #JobQuality and the European Commission's next priorities for #OccupationalHealth 🗣️ 💬
🔗 etui.org/ZRT
🔗 etui.org/ZRT
“JobQuality is about how we choose to treat one another in our economic systems.” Learn how embedding #JobQuality into business practices not only benefits workers but also leads to better communities. Read more in the latest blog from @maureenc.bsky.social: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/g...
Good Jobs, Stronger Communities: The Case for Creating a Job Quality Practice
For too long, poor job quality has been accepted as inevitable. It is not. It is possible to improve work.
www.aspeninstitute.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“JobQuality is about how we choose to treat one another in our economic systems.” Learn how embedding #JobQuality into business practices not only benefits workers but also leads to better communities. Read more in the latest blog from @maureenc.bsky.social: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/g...
📕 In this working paper, Wouter Zwysen takes a closer look at the link between labour shortages, #JobQuality (particularly #wages) and bargaining power to discover a complex relationship
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
July 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📕 In this working paper, Wouter Zwysen takes a closer look at the link between labour shortages, #JobQuality (particularly #wages) and bargaining power to discover a complex relationship
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
🇪🇺 Eurofound at the European Parliamentary Week 2026
Yesterday, Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin presented Eurofound's latest research at the first plenary session of the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU in Brussels. #FutureOfWork #JobQuality
Yesterday, Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin presented Eurofound's latest research at the first plenary session of the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU in Brussels. #FutureOfWork #JobQuality
February 24, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🇪🇺 Eurofound at the European Parliamentary Week 2026
Yesterday, Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin presented Eurofound's latest research at the first plenary session of the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU in Brussels. #FutureOfWork #JobQuality
Yesterday, Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin presented Eurofound's latest research at the first plenary session of the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU in Brussels. #FutureOfWork #JobQuality
Interested in #jobquality? Agnès Parent-Thirion and Jorge Cabrita from @eurofound.europa.eu will discuss the results of the latest European Working Conditions Survey tomorrow on Zoom at 15.00 CEST. DM me for the link and sign up for the Job Quality Network email list here: eepurl.com/i_qMFo
www.eurofound.europa.eu
June 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Interested in #jobquality? Agnès Parent-Thirion and Jorge Cabrita from @eurofound.europa.eu will discuss the results of the latest European Working Conditions Survey tomorrow on Zoom at 15.00 CEST. DM me for the link and sign up for the Job Quality Network email list here: eepurl.com/i_qMFo
👷 The growing use of #subcontracting, #outsourcing and temporary agency work, leading to wage reductions and lower #JobQuality
September 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
👷 The growing use of #subcontracting, #outsourcing and temporary agency work, leading to wage reductions and lower #JobQuality
Appreciate @janicefinewjl.bsky.social reminder that immigrants are not the cause of the #jobquality crisis. What might be a cause is that we keep requiring people to work but we don’t require their employers to pay them.
To help workers Congress should repeal work reqs and enforce wage &hour laws.
To help workers Congress should repeal work reqs and enforce wage &hour laws.
1/ Want to help US workers? Enforce labor law, not deportation orders. Undocumented immigrants are not the problem. The problem is the govt’s inadequate response to structural shifts in the economy that undermine worker power. NEW REPORT: smlr.rutgers.edu/sites/defaul...
smlr.rutgers.edu
May 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Appreciate @janicefinewjl.bsky.social reminder that immigrants are not the cause of the #jobquality crisis. What might be a cause is that we keep requiring people to work but we don’t require their employers to pay them.
To help workers Congress should repeal work reqs and enforce wage &hour laws.
To help workers Congress should repeal work reqs and enforce wage &hour laws.
📣 Seminar alert! How are working conditions changing across Europe?
🔎 A new study reveal that while job quality in the EU is improving, deep differences persist across sectors, age groups and gender.
📝 Join this timely seminar on #jobquality, fairness, competitiveness and the future of work. 👇
🔎 A new study reveal that while job quality in the EU is improving, deep differences persist across sectors, age groups and gender.
📝 Join this timely seminar on #jobquality, fairness, competitiveness and the future of work. 👇
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𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 - 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲?
On 21 April, we will officially present the findings from our latest European Working Conditions Survey.
📅 21 April, 12:30 - 14:30
📍 European Parliament, Brussels
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/9Xlk50YwmnR
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 - 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲?
On 21 April, we will officially present the findings from our latest European Working Conditions Survey.
📅 21 April, 12:30 - 14:30
📍 European Parliament, Brussels
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/9Xlk50YwmnR
April 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
📣 Seminar alert! How are working conditions changing across Europe?
🔎 A new study reveal that while job quality in the EU is improving, deep differences persist across sectors, age groups and gender.
📝 Join this timely seminar on #jobquality, fairness, competitiveness and the future of work. 👇
🔎 A new study reveal that while job quality in the EU is improving, deep differences persist across sectors, age groups and gender.
📝 Join this timely seminar on #jobquality, fairness, competitiveness and the future of work. 👇
“Job quality is about how we choose to treat one another in our economic systems.” Discover how embedding #JobQuality into business practices not only benefits workers but also leads to stronger communities. Read more in this blog from @maureenc.bsky.social: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/g...
Good Jobs, Stronger Communities: The Case for Creating a Job Quality Practice
For too long, poor job quality has been accepted as inevitable. It is not. It is possible to improve work.
www.aspeninstitute.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Job quality is about how we choose to treat one another in our economic systems.” Discover how embedding #JobQuality into business practices not only benefits workers but also leads to stronger communities. Read more in this blog from @maureenc.bsky.social: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/g...
The need to define and measure short-term intra-EU mobility is crucial for developing effective policy on #JobQuality and #WorkerProtection
March 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The need to define and measure short-term intra-EU mobility is crucial for developing effective policy on #JobQuality and #WorkerProtection
Our new report on the state of the US security guard workforce. These workers are underpaid and undervalued. This isn’t just a workforce issue—it’s a public safety issue: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/underpaid-un...
#PublicSafety #EconomicJustice #WorkforceDevelopment #LaborMarkets #JobQuality
#PublicSafety #EconomicJustice #WorkforceDevelopment #LaborMarkets #JobQuality
Underpaid, Undervalued, and Essential: The Security Guard Workforce in the United States
This report examines the security guard workforce across the country—who these workers are, what they earn, the conditions under which they work, and the standards that govern the industry—and argues ...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
July 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Our new report on the state of the US security guard workforce. These workers are underpaid and undervalued. This isn’t just a workforce issue—it’s a public safety issue: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/underpaid-un...
#PublicSafety #EconomicJustice #WorkforceDevelopment #LaborMarkets #JobQuality
#PublicSafety #EconomicJustice #WorkforceDevelopment #LaborMarkets #JobQuality
APRIL 22: In the next IWH Speaker Series presentation, Dr. Faraz Vahid Shahidi will discuss a study that examines whether #JobQuality—having a “good” or “bad” job—is linked to what some call “deaths of despair”: deaths caused by suicide, drug poisoning and alcohol. Register here: buff.ly/4bcx569
April 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
APRIL 22: In the next IWH Speaker Series presentation, Dr. Faraz Vahid Shahidi will discuss a study that examines whether #JobQuality—having a “good” or “bad” job—is linked to what some call “deaths of despair”: deaths caused by suicide, drug poisoning and alcohol. Register here: buff.ly/4bcx569
Interested in #jobquality?
Francis Green (@ucl.ac.uk) will kick off the Job Quality Network next Wednesday (12 March, 1600–1700 CET) presenting his new book "Hard at Work: Job Quality, Wellbeing and the Global Economy"
Contact me for Zoom details and sign up for our email list: eepurl.com/i_qMFo
Francis Green (@ucl.ac.uk) will kick off the Job Quality Network next Wednesday (12 March, 1600–1700 CET) presenting his new book "Hard at Work: Job Quality, Wellbeing and the Global Economy"
Contact me for Zoom details and sign up for our email list: eepurl.com/i_qMFo
Job Quality Network
Job Quality Network Email Forms
eepurl.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Interested in #jobquality?
Francis Green (@ucl.ac.uk) will kick off the Job Quality Network next Wednesday (12 March, 1600–1700 CET) presenting his new book "Hard at Work: Job Quality, Wellbeing and the Global Economy"
Contact me for Zoom details and sign up for our email list: eepurl.com/i_qMFo
Francis Green (@ucl.ac.uk) will kick off the Job Quality Network next Wednesday (12 March, 1600–1700 CET) presenting his new book "Hard at Work: Job Quality, Wellbeing and the Global Economy"
Contact me for Zoom details and sign up for our email list: eepurl.com/i_qMFo
There are dimensions of work that conventional measures of #JobQuality often overlook, from administration, preparation, travel, training and networking, to expenses paid out of pocket and pure emotional effort
September 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
There are dimensions of work that conventional measures of #JobQuality often overlook, from administration, preparation, travel, training and networking, to expenses paid out of pocket and pure emotional effort
As we head into #LaborDay weekend, we remind US-based #manufacturers that #automation must be paired with improvements to #JobQuality. Unsure where to start? Our team has guidance for how to put worker well-being front and center. Check it out: www.aspendigital.org/frontline-ai
August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
As we head into #LaborDay weekend, we remind US-based #manufacturers that #automation must be paired with improvements to #JobQuality. Unsure where to start? Our team has guidance for how to put worker well-being front and center. Check it out: www.aspendigital.org/frontline-ai
🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨 Check out the latest #ThePRIDEStudyResearch led by Dr. David Kinitz, PhD, MSW: Job quality and depression in LGBTQIA+ adults
Read more at #kinitz2/#kinitz2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://pridestudy.org/research/#kinitz2
#employment #depression #jobquality
Read more at #kinitz2/#kinitz2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://pridestudy.org/research/#kinitz2
#employment #depression #jobquality
March 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨 Check out the latest #ThePRIDEStudyResearch led by Dr. David Kinitz, PhD, MSW: Job quality and depression in LGBTQIA+ adults
Read more at #kinitz2/#kinitz2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://pridestudy.org/research/#kinitz2
#employment #depression #jobquality
Read more at #kinitz2/#kinitz2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://pridestudy.org/research/#kinitz2
#employment #depression #jobquality
4 key aspects of #jobquality with the strongest links to #health:
- Job security and precarity
- Excessive and/or irregular hours
- Demands and control at work
- Relationships and support
(pdf, 41 pp)
https://buff.ly/49eTdur
- Job security and precarity
- Excessive and/or irregular hours
- Demands and control at work
- Relationships and support
(pdf, 41 pp)
https://buff.ly/49eTdur
December 1, 2024 at 9:38 AM
4 key aspects of #jobquality with the strongest links to #health:
- Job security and precarity
- Excessive and/or irregular hours
- Demands and control at work
- Relationships and support
(pdf, 41 pp)
https://buff.ly/49eTdur
- Job security and precarity
- Excessive and/or irregular hours
- Demands and control at work
- Relationships and support
(pdf, 41 pp)
https://buff.ly/49eTdur
📕 In this working paper, ETUI Senior Researcher @wzwysen.bsky.social takes a closer look at the link between labour shortages, #JobQuality (particularly #wages) and bargaining power to discover a complex relationship
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
January 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📕 In this working paper, ETUI Senior Researcher @wzwysen.bsky.social takes a closer look at the link between labour shortages, #JobQuality (particularly #wages) and bargaining power to discover a complex relationship
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z84