During the last hundred years the working culture as well as the
meaning of work has significantly changed for people. Work is
meant not merely for satisfying people’s main needs, but also a
challenge for development and satisfaction through self-
realisation. Work life quality statistics reflect the part of
people’s life quality, which is influenced by work, emphasising
how much the real work life situation meets the people’s
expectations. Thus the concept of work life quality covers the
satisfaction with work, occupational safety and health, work
organisation and working time, combining working and family
life, employees’ social protection and rights, incomes, social
dialogue between employers and employees, as well as improving
employees’ skills and knowledge. Work life quality can be
treated from different aspects: from the point of view of the
society (it is essential to offer health sparing jobs to as many
persons as possible, to ensure high employment and level of
productivity), from the point of view o