Ensuring the quality of new and existing jobs

This policy brief highlights aspects of job and life quality that must be considered to improve the wellbeing of workers in the context of ageing societies and technological transformation. Ensuring workforce well-being requires attention to three axes, highlighted in the figure below: (i) the quality of work, (ii) the quality of life at work, and (iii) the quality of life outside of work. This policy brief focuses on four areas where policy-makers recently proposed measures to improve one (or more) of these axes: (i) working from home, (ii) hyper-connectivity and the right to disconnect, (iii) platform work, and (iv) job creation in the health and long-term care sectors. Nevertheless, as the demands and views of employers and employees are not always aligned, we draw on a consultation with experts and a literature review to present the existing empirical evidence, the challenges involved and our policy recommendations.