The fifth Quality of Work (QoW) Index surveyed Luxembourg residents and cross-border workers over the phone and found an average worker wellbeing level of 63.5%.

When compared with data from other countries within the European survey (ECWS), only Albania recorded a lower average wellbeing level at 62.8%.

The QoW survey, which polled 1,506 people in 2016, showed little difference between men and women in Luxembourg when it came to worker wellbeing.

The lowest levels were, however, noted among young workers aged from 16 to 24 and public sector employees.

A worker was also more likely to report lower wellbeing the longer they had been in a role.

Average worker wellbeing was highest among the 55 and over age group, and among executives, people in the service sector, shopkeepers and sales staff and people in so-called “elementary professions”.

People working in small companies (of one to four employees) also recorded higher average results (67%) compared with larger firms (63%).

The QoW survey also found that cross-border workers from France recorded the highest average worker wellbeing (64%), followed by Luxembourg residents (63.9%), German residents (62%) and Belgian residents (61%).   

The term “wellbeing” is defined by the OECD as including the “evaluations, positive and negative, that people make of their lives and the affective reactions of people to their experiences”.

The Chambre des Salariés report concluded that there was a positive correlation between the level of worker wellbeing and worker participation, how clearly defined roles were and job security.