CIPD Good Work Index
An annual benchmark of job quality in the UK, providing data and evidence-based insight on how to improve work and working lives

An annual benchmark of job quality in the UK, providing data and evidence-based insight on how to improve work and working lives
The CIPD Good Work Index is an annual benchmark of job quality in the UK. Each year, we survey more than 5,000 workers from different sectors and occupations about key aspects of their work and employment. The resulting data and our analysis provide evidence-based insights for people professionals, employers and policy-makers to improve work and working lives.
The report gives an overview of how employees view aspects of their work and what factors most influence whether their experience is positive or negative. Crucially, it highlights significant associations between those factors and outcomes such as reported performance, engagement, discretionary effort, health and intention to quit.
While based on UK data, the findings, their implications and the recommendations for work and people practices should be of relevant interest wherever you are based. Download the full report
The CIPD Good Work Index captures data on seven dimensions of 'good work' for use by people professionals, employers and policy-makers to understand the links between good work and individual wellbeing, organisational productivity and growth. The seven dimensions are:
The CIPD believes that good work is fundamental to individual wellbeing, supports a strong, fair society, and creates motivated workers, productive organisations and a strong economy.
We define ‘good work’ as work that:
Good work is influenced by a range of factors, including HR practices, the quality of people management and by workers themselves.
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