Partnership and Quality of Working Life for Employees
Examples of how partnership improves the quality of working life for employees:
- More responsibility and control but less stress
- Opportunity of having a ‘say’ in problem solving and decision making
- Less emphasis on formal meetings
- Greater opportunity for learning, training and career development
- Less monotonous work
- Greater interaction with colleagues
- Greater connection between employee needs and union activities (where they exist)
- Improved health and safety
- Lower conflict and more trust
- Lower levels of grievances
- Reduced levels of dismissals
- Flexible arrangements – job sharing, flexitime
- Higher worker earnings
- Financial benefits – sharing the gains
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