Employers need help in providing quality jobs, a report published by The Work Foundation shows.

The report shows that nearly half of surveyed firms (41%) saw a role for recruiters to help with the ‘good jobs’ agenda and nearly all respondents considered job quality vital to maintaining customer satisfaction.

Organisations either agreed or strongly agreed that the following were problems for their organisations: sickness absence (49%); recruitment of key staff (50%); staff retention and under performance (33%); staff ‘presenteeism’ or de motivated/uninterested/ineffective staff (25%).

The main issues connected to organisational effectiveness are: fair pay (81%); fulfilling and interesting jobs (59%); investment in staff training (72%); a culture of trust (75%); flexible working (31%); employee engagement (51%); autonomy (58%) and keeping up with technology (54%)

Stephen Bevan, managing director of The Work Foundation, says: “Employers grasp the link between staff wellbeing and how it can affect productivity. What is missing is how to deliver this.”