'Good Jobs in Good Workplaces’: Reflections on Medium-Term Labour Market Challenges
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welfare, jobs, workplace, labour market challenges
Abstract
The central argument of the paper is that labour market policy will fail if it does not take full account of the fact that ‘macro’ employment policy outcomes are largely determined in workplaces. The emerging focus of Canadian labour market and social policy on social inclusion through paid employment is broadly appropriate (with significant caveats), but positive outcomes for workers critically depend upon the existence of ‘good jobs in good workplaces.’ While there are many dimensions to ‘good jobs,’ the paper highlights pay and access to opportunities for the development of skills, capacities and capabilities.
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