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  • Going Beyond Pay: Job Quality in Northern Ireland

    Topics:
    • Employment and skills programmes (including apprenticeships)

    Date published: 4 December 2025

    Last updated: 12 January 2026

    The NI report is broadly structured to mirror the dimensions of work quality laid out in the Carnegie Framework. This report concentrates on the non-pay aspects of job quality. Information on pay and benefits is not included as official published data on these areas is regarded as more comprehensive and reliable.

    The report covers the following areas:  

    •    Skills and skills utilisation 
    •    Terms of employment
    •    Job design and the nature of work
    •    Health, safety and psychosocial wellbeing 
    •    Social support and cohesion
    •    Voice and representation
    •    Work/life balance

    Documents

    • Going Beyond Pay: Job Quality in Northern IrelandAdobe PDF (5.35 MB)
    • Skills and Employment Survey 2024 Data TablesZIP archive (2.15 MB)

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