Quality employment: why good work matters
Overview
Good-quality work has the potential to improve lives, strengthen communities and support more inclusive economic growth. Yet employment is not automatically a route to better outcomes.
The quality of work people experience can affect everything from health and wellbeing to financial security, skills development, and future opportunities. For investors, this means the impact of capital cannot be understood through the number of jobs created or supported alone; the quality of those jobs matters too.
Exploring the evidence
This insight article examines why quality employment matters, explores the evidence linking good work to wider social outcomes, and considers the role investors can play in supporting businesses to create jobs that benefit employees, employers, and society alike.
By Libby Watkinson, Director of Insights and Impact