Building secure jobs
A secure job and income are important for a successful life.
Secure employment can give workers:
- more stability
- the chance to plan their finances more effectively
- better physical and mental health
Find out more about creating job security.
How job security can benefit your organisation
Offering job security as a Fair Work employer means that your workers:
- feel safe and secure in their role
- are more willing to adapt and change
- are more motivated
- trust your organisation
- find their jobs more fulfilling
- have more opportunities to learn and develop their skills
Job security can also lead to lower staff turnover, which reduces recruitment costs.
How to improve security at work
Getting started
Offer workers stable contracts with predictable and secure hours.
Do not use zero-hour contracts or other working arrangements where workers are treated unfairly.
Next steps
Offer flexible working arrangements. This helps to create a more inclusive workplace. Flexible working allows workers to manage family life and caring commitments.
Flexible working can include:
- compressed hours
- flexible working arrangements – for example, to attend personal appointments
- term-time contracts for working parents
- letting workers have a say in rotas or working patterns
Provide opportunities for pay progression in your organisation. Pay progression is how a person moves to higher pay in a band.
Find out more about pay structures and pay progression on the CIPD website.
Develop further
Pay everyone at least the real Living Wage. This helps workers manage living costs.
Provide workers with liveable sick pay and pensions.