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Inclusive labour markets and job quality – Making work sustainable over the life course EMCO/SPC conference: Inclusive labour markets in the EU: the role of improved job quality and enhanced inclusion Riga, 3-4 February 2015 Juan Menéndez-Valdés Director, Eurofound
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Inclusive labour markets and job
quality – Making work
sustainable over the life course
EMCO/SPC conference:
Inclusive labour markets in the EU: the role of improved job quality and
enhanced inclusion
Riga, 3-4 February 2015
Juan Menéndez-Valdés
Director, Eurofound
Job quality
Sustainable
work over
the life
course
Inclusive
labour
markets
Linking job quality and inclusive labour markets
Eurofound‘s concept of job quality
• A general, simple definition: job quality refers to the potential impact of the characteristics of jobs on the well-being of workers.
• In our approach, such definition has some important implications:
It refers to objective attributes of jobs, not to their subjective perception by the worker.
It refers to characteristics, not outcomes.
It focuses on jobs, not on workers or other work-related issues.
It is multidimensional, and the actual attributes must be defined in a coherent model.
JOB QUALITY INDICES AND
EWCS RESULTS
5
Earnings Prospects
Intrinsic Job Quality
Working Time
Quality
Intrinsic Job Quality
Skill use and discretion
Social environment
Physical environment
Work intensity
Job quality: four indices
(Eurofound, Fifth European Working Conditions Survey)
Job clusters
Good jobs = 51%
(Eurofound, Fifth European Working Conditions Survey)
Job clusters
(Eurofound, Fifth European Working Conditions Survey)
SUSTAINABLE WORK OVER
THE LIFE COURSE
EU 27: 59%
NL: 75%
D = 72%
ES: 49%
FR: 46%
SI: 26%
Do you think you will be able to do your
current job when you are 60 years old?
(Eurofound, Fifth European Working Conditions Survey)
Job sustainability and working conditions
Male Female Male Female
Autonomy Low 48 46 Posture related index Low 77 69
High 72 67 High 39 35
Work intensity Low 64 61 Career development
possibilities
Low 49 49
High 51 50 High 66 64
Worker
participation
Low 46 47 Work life balance unfit 47 42
High 70 65 fit 62 62
Work well done Never 43 44 Learning new things Low 49 49
Always 63 60 High 63 60
JOB QUALITY
Maintain/improve
good job quality
Address poor job quality:
change job design and
organisation
limit exposure
deal with consequences
Transition to another job
CURRENT
WORKFORCE
potential
workforce
characteristics
of the job
Policies, regulations,
practices and actions on
Job quality in general
Subdimensions like
occupational health and
safety (OSH), working
time, human resources,
remuneration…
Individual’s
characteristics
and
circumstances
Time availability/care obligations
Health / well being
Skills / employability
Unemployment / inactivity
Motivation
Life events and lifecourse policies / care infrastructure
Inclusion of people with reduced physical and mental health
capacity / health promotion
Lifelong learning policies / Learning organisations
Active labour market policies / life long guidance / job
matching
Meaningful work / the functions of work itself LIFE COURSE ISSUES
FUTURE
WORKFORCE
=
75% of 20-64
year olds
longer
more
CURRENT
WORKFORCE
longer
High paid
good jobs
Well balanced
good jobs
Poorly balanced
jobs
Low quality
jobs
JOB QUALITY
Earnings
Prospects
Intrinsic job quality
Working time quality
Characteristics
of the job
Job quality in general
(job design,
organisation, limit
exposure, deal with
consequences)
Sub-dimensions
Remuneration
Prospects
Intrinsic job
quality
Working time
Public
policies
Social
partners
Com-
panies
POLICIES REGULATION PRACTICES
CURRENT
WORKFORCE
potential
workforce
Individual’s
characteristics
and
circumstances
Time availability/care obligations
Health / well being
Skills / employability
Unemployment / inactivity
Motivation
Life events and life course policies / care infrastructure
Inclusion of people with reduced physical and mental health
capacity / health promotion
Lifelong learning policies / Learning organisations
Active labour market policies / life long guidance / job
matching
Meaningful work / the functions of work itself LIFE COURSE ISSUES
Public
policies
Social
partners
Com-
panies
POLICIES REGULATION PRACTICES
Work domain
Life domain
[ Labour market ]
[Life course]
[ Job 2 ] [Job 3 ]
[Job 4 ]
Ava
ilabil
ity
for
work
Job q
uali
ty
[Job 1]
Work domain
Life domain
[ Labour market ]
[ Job 2 ] [Job 3 ]
[Job 4 ]
Support institutions and policies
( Part - time
provisions for
young parents )
(Phased
retirement) (H&S
regulation)
Ava
ilabil
ity
for
work
Job q
uali
ty
[Job 1]
Work domain
Life domain
[ Labour market ]
[Life course]
[ Job 2 ] [Job 3 ]
[Job 4 ]
Support institutions and policies
Support institutions and policies
( Part - time
provisions for
young parents )
(Phased
retirement) (H&S
regulation)
(Education) (Childcare
facilities) (Health system)
Ava
ilabil
ity
for
work
Job q
uali
ty
[Job 1]
