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Dedicated analysis of job quality and its impact on organisations and working lives in Scotland
Working Lives Scotland is the CIPD’s annual benchmark on job quality in Scotland. For our sixth report, we surveyed over 1,000 workers from different sectors and occupations about key aspects of their work and employment. The resulting data and analysis offer evidence-based insights for people professionals, employers and policy-makers to improve work and working lives.
Working Lives Scotland reframes the CIPD's seven dimensions of 'good work' to align with the five dimensions of 'fair work' specific to the framework set up by the Fair Work Convention in Scotland. These five dimensions are:
Our research can be used by policy-makers, employers and people practitioners to understand the links between good or fair work and individual wellbeing, organisational productivity and, in consequence, economic growth. Download the full report
Our report provides details of these and other findings along with analysis and recommendations to help people professionals, employers and policy-makers gain evidence-based insight and take appropriate action to improve outcomes for individuals, organisations and the economy.
The Scotland sample comprises 1,018 respondents of the total 5,017 employees across the UK.
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