How Good Work is improving the lives of Londoners

With accredited organisations of all sizes, the Mayor’s Good Work Standard has created a thriving community of employers dedicated to championing best practices across four pillars:  

• fair pay 
• workplace wellbeing 
• skills and progression 
• diversity and recruitment.  

By achieving the Good Work Standard, these employers are not only impacting the lives of Londoners, but also helping to make London the best city in the world in which to work.

Over 250,000 people work for a Good Work Standard employer, in sectors as diverse as retail, construction, transport, hospitality, local government, design, media, charities, law, finance, sport and social care. 

To learn more about the stories behind the Good Work Standard, we visited five accredited employers. The conversations provide valuable insights from employees and business leaders, emphasising the critical role of good work for employee engagement, recruitment and retention, and diversity and inclusion. Their stories behind good work highlight how improving daily practices bring long-term and far-reaching business and individual benefits. 

Interested in good work? Find out how your organisation can meet the Good Work Standard, and join the community of organisations making Good Work, standard.

Benchmarking employment practices at Formation Architects

Formation Architects, an architectural practice based in Kennington and a Good Work Standard employer, discuss how the Good Work Standard provided a clear set of criteria to understand their strengths and weaknesses as an organisation.  

Championing fair, healthy and inclusive hospitality jobs at Mercato Metropolitano

Mercato Metropolitano, a sustainable community food market and Mayor’s Good Work Standard employer, highlights how looking after their employee’s wellbeing helps them as a business. London's Night Czar Amy Lamé visited Mercato Metropolitano to learn the ways they are supporting their hospitality staff around the clock. 

The progression and apprenticeships programmes supporting diversity and inclusion at ITV

ITV, a television broadcaster based in White City and a Mayor’s Good Work Standard accredited employer, discusses how it supports apprenticeships as a pathway into employment in the media sector. 

Asma and Holly share their experiences of supported, hands-on apprenticeships. Bethany, Chair of ITV’s Able Staff Network, discusses its Amplify programme - an apprentice and leadership mentoring programme for Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent emerging leaders in the organisation. 

Supporting good work-life balance at Wavehill

Wavehill social and economic research, a consultancy and a Mayor’s Good Work Standard accredited employer, implemented an alternative to the four-day work week. The ‘nine-day fortnight’ was introduced following staff feedback, to improve work-life balance and employee wellbeing.