The coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted jobs and livelihoods, but it has also seen labour market interventions that were previously unimaginable and given rise to calls to build back a better labour market. This report sets out a number of definitions of ‘good work’, and conclusions and recommendations about how it can be sustained and...

These collected essays by the Carnegie UK Trust and RSA set out how a focus on good work can be encouraged to improve wellbeing by boosting good jobs and helping solve the UK’s long-standing productivity puzzle. The collection brings together new research, opinion and analysis from nearly 20 representatives of business, policy, trade unions and...

This guide is designed to support the development and implementation of ‘good work procurement’ strategies by public bodies. Based on regional development work and learning from other parts of the United Kingdom, it is primarily aimed at public sector decision makers, as well as strategic and operational leaders.

The UK current performs strongly on job creation, with each record low unemployment statistic celebrated in the national media. But why do we not have any similar measures for understanding quality of work and how we can make work better? This report considers the practical challenges of implementing national job quality measurement in the UK.