Resources: Job Quality Levers
Procurement
Prior Training Sessions
Innovating Grantmaking and Contracting Processes (Recording, Slides)
How to Implement Evidence-Based Procurements (Recording, Slides)
Workshop: Drafting Your RFP’s Problem Statement (Recording, Slides)
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
Harvard Government Performance Lab - RFP Response Workbook and Question Bank
Example RFP’s: Chicago Jobs Program, CT Home Visiting, NOLA WIOA
GPL Guidebook: Crafting Results-Driven RFPs, Module 3 – Writing Problem Statements & Goals)
JQP Videos
Empowerment
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
HR Practices
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Policy
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Education & Enforcement
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
- Philly Office of Worker Protections
- General Case Study (with various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Prior Training Sessions
Innovating Grantmaking and Contracting Processes (Recording, Slides)
How to Implement Evidence-Based Procurements (Recording, Slides)
Workshop: Drafting Your RFP’s Problem Statement (Recording, Slides)
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
Harvard Government Performance Lab - RFP Response Workbook and Question Bank
Example RFP’s: Chicago Jobs Program, CT Home Visiting, NOLA WIOA
GPL Guidebook: Crafting Results-Driven RFPs, Module 3 – Writing Problem Statements & Goals)
JQP Videos
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
General Case Study (With various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Prior Training Sessions
Case Studies
- Philly Office of Worker Protections
- General Case Study (with various examples)
Guides / Templates
JQP Videos
Frequently Requested Job Quality Topics
RFA Local Infrastructure Hub: Policy examples including CBAs/PLAs
Sample CBA text (from NY)
Sample CBA goals (from San Diego)
Community Benefits Resources from All in Cities
Community Benefits Agreement Database by climate area
Community Benefits Plans 101 from the Department of Energy
Using Community Benefits Plans to Support Career and Technical Education from the Department of Education
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Incorporating community benefits plans into infrastructure projects - part of RFA’s local infrastructure hub
- Data and Measurement: Job Quality Playbook (Recording, Slides, Questions and Answers)
- Theory of Change Measurement (Recording, Slides)
- Elevate Data for Equity (Urban Institute)
- Employment data including some job quality elements from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Make sure to check out the metrics section for detailed information on where to start, use cases, and sample measures.
- National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO): A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting employee ownership. Their website offers a wealth of resources, including research reports, articles, and case studies.
ESOP Association: A trade association representing ESOP companies and service providers. Their website provides information on ESOPs, including regulations, best practices, and industry news.
International Federation of Employee Share Ownership Plans (IFESOP): - A global network of organizations promoting employee ownership, offering research, advocacy, and training programs.
Democracy At Work / US Federation of Worker Cooperatives - A national organization dedicated to building the field of worker cooperative development
An interactive map of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPS)
Project Equity Employee Ownership - Partnership with San Diego Workforce Partnership
RFA's Job Quality Playbook - Employee Ownership
American Opportunity Index - ranking of top companies on 5 job quality areas
Make sure to check out the Workforce Spending Guide - Building Evidence Through Evaluation for more information.
Project Labor Agreement Resource guide - from the Department of Labor
Project LAbor Agreements as Tools for Equity - from the Department of Labor
Project Labor Agreement Construction Program Guide - from the Federal Highway administration
Example - executive order in Maryland for project labor agreements on state works projects to promote workforce development
Example - San Diego city-wide project labor agreement for city construction projects
Research review on project labor agreements - by Fair Contracting
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS: EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS - study by Cornell and American Rights at Work
General Federal Programs
- The Good Jobs Challenge (Department of Labor)
- Good Jobs in Federal Investments- Department of Labor
- A Good Jobs and Equity Policy (Jobs to Move America)
Uniform Guidance
- White House Uniform Guidance Implementation Memo (2024 changes)
- Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance - Federal Register link to final Uniform Guidance changes in 2024
- Federal Register/Vol. 89, No. 78/Monday, April 22, 2024/Rules and Regulations - Uniform Guidance Full Updated Language
- Council that is overseeing the UG implementation
IIJA/BIL/IRA
Investing in High Quality Infrastructure Jobs toolkit - RFA’s toolkit
Center for Transportation Workforce Development - from Department of Transportation
Guide to Workforce Planning - Department of Transportation
US Energy and Employment Jobs Report - Department of Energy
Office of Energy Jobs - Department of Energy
Workforce in BIL, IRA, CHIPS - National Govenor’s Association
Guidebook to Implement Historic Inflation Reduction Act (Climate Mayors)
Proven State and Local Strategies To Create Good Jobs With IIJA Infrastructure Funds (Center for American Progress)
Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool - Used to identify Justice 40 areas, see Workforce as one of the eight categories (Programs covered by Justice 40)
- Employer Responsibilities from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Employer Responsibilities regarding disability from the Department of Labor
Additional Resources and Studies
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Chicago (IL) Hourly Worker Survey on Schedule Instability: A survey of 1,717 workers found that more than 40% of hourly paid workers have at least occasional on-call work, often with very short advance notice, and almost half have little to no input into their daily work schedules. More than a third of all workers have less than one week’s advance notice of their schedule, and almost half have a preference to work more hours for more income. Irregular shifts and underemployment are both higher among part-time workers. The findings include a list of public policy recommendations to address the erratic work schedules and their documented work-life consequences for working people.
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White House Executive Order (National) Increasing Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors: An Executive Order on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors in 2021 that increased the required wage for contractors to $15 per hour and addressed implications for tipped workers.
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Economic Policy Institute (National) Local Government Action Protecting Worker Rights: In 2022, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) provided a comprehensive overview with detailed examples of how local governments are protecting workers’ rights by establishing local labor standards offices to enforce workers’ rights laws, establishing worker boards and councils, passing local worker protections laws, setting job quality standards for contractors and internal employers and championing workers issues through local public leadership.
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San Diego County (CA) Stable Scheduling Research and Advocacy: The San Diego County workforce board produced a position paper in 2021 to raise awareness of the importance of scheduling and to support advocacy efforts for the implementation of a scheduling ordinance in the county. The paper addresses the benefits to workers and businesses of making a shift in scheduling stability, predictability and reliability.