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In April 2022, the Families and Workers Fund launched the Job Quality Measurement Initiative (JQMI) with the U.S. Department of Labor. The collaboration is supporting better measurement of the quality of American jobs. This effort is based in the recognition that to date, the U.S. has primarily measured how many jobs the economy creates — not whether those jobs provide equitable career pathways for the people in these jobs. Good jobs are defined as those that provide family-sustaining pay, adequate benefits, and equal access to opportunity.
The Job Quality Measurement Initiative is analyzing current data and measurement systems and releasing recommendations for improving the country’s job quality data infrastructure.
The initiative has comprised a network of nearly 70 researchers and data experts and is drawing on guidance from leaders in business, labor, workforce development, and policy to help strengthen and catalyze job quality measurement. The Network meets to share ideas and examine questions to strengthen data collection, analysis, and utilization. An example of questions:
Areas of attention include:
This collaboration builds on the continuing work of the Good Jobs Initiative at the U.S. Department of Labor, which, along with the U.S. Department of Commerce, has released a framework of eight Good Jobs Principles. Working with over a hundred experts, the Job Quality Measurement Initiative released a report documenting ten big ideas to better measure job quality:
The Department of Labor is working to implement these recommendations. Examples:
Omidyar Network, Lumina Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Ford Foundation.
A New Paradigm for Measuring Job Quality in 2022 [Report] (humanresourcewebinars.com)
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