Calidad del empleo: ¿qué tan satisfechos están los colombianos con su trabajo?

Abstract

"This paper studies employment quality in Colombia in recent years. The assessment of some simple indicators for employment quality suggests the firm economic recovery observed during recent years has not been accompanied by an appropriate improvement in working conditions. Millions of active Colombians still work in environments and conditions not desirables at all. For the first time in Colombia, a job satisfaction function has been estimated, and it is concluded that the atypical contractual relationships have negative consequences on workers satisfaction. In this way, the reductions in direct costs of labour, made possible by contracting outside Labour Laws, are partially compensated by the losses caused by the increase of labour turnovers, and the decrease of productivity and client attention. A complete costs and benefits analysis of the currently observed detriment of formal labour relations should take into account the costs related with occupational safety and health, and the difficulties that the atypical workers find in their lives outside work, as well."