Executive Summary
A new WorkRise report, Job Quality and Employer Practices: Evidence from B Corporations, examines differences across firms in employer practices related to job quality, and how those differences relate to outcomes for both workers and businesses. Using data from B Corporation certification assessments, the report compares job quality metrics between certified B Corps—firms that have made social and environmental commitments—and similar non-B Corp firms. The analysis finds that B Corps were more likely to offer benefits such as parental leave, health insurance, flexible scheduling, professional development, and employee feedback mechanisms. It further finds that, conditional on their job quality characteristics, B Corps and comparison firms do not differ significantly on indicators of firm outcomes such as job growth and revenue. These results provide potential insights for policymakers, employers, and other labor market stakeholders seeking to improve job quality to benefit workers, either through voluntary adoption of associated employer practices, or corresponding policy levers related to job quality.