On 11 April, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the professional body for HR and people development, published its first broad survey on the quality of jobs in the UK. Although 64% of workers are satisfied with their job, the report also indicates that in contrast, 10% report regularly feeling miserable at work, and low skilled workers say they suffer from a lack of training opportunities.
Called UK Working Lives, this landmark survey follows on from the Taylor report on the world of work that was published in July 2017 (c.f. article No. 10296). The Taylor report noted the need for quality jobs. As a result the CIPD sought to undertake its first assessment of workers’ opinions on job satisfaction and for this interviewed some 350,000 on seven dimensions of job quality including, salary, employment contract, job function, health and well being, industrial relations, work-life bala
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