Baltimoreans care about their communities.
Whether it’s the corner coffee shop where the baristas always brighten your day, the main street business where the employees spend extra time to make sure you find exactly what you’re looking for, or the trusted contractor who treats your home like their own—the businesses we keep going back to are the ones who have the best people.
93%
of Baltimore City residents
said they would support
city-wide changes to
improve job quality.
THE IMPACT OF
Better Business Practices
The best businesses are made up of employees who love coming to work everyday. Places where people have a sense of purpose, are supported to apply and develop their skills, and can provide good lives for themselves and their families.
It all starts with a good job.
Customers
Customers get better service from employees who want to come to work every day, and are equipped and empowered to do their best work.
Customers
Customers get better service from employees who want to come to work every day, and are equipped and empowered to do their best work.
Community
Good jobs create conditions to promote healthy families, neighborhood stability, and investments of time and resources back into communities.
Community
Good jobs create conditions to promote healthy families, neighborhood stability, and investments of time and resources back into communities.
A Good Job
A good job serves as a foundation for a stronger local economy, healthy and supported families, and more vibrant communities.
A Good Job
A good job serves as a foundation for a stronger local economy, healthy and supported families, and more vibrant communities. Good jobs mean compensation, benefits, and leave that provides a sustainable standard of living, an inclusive workplace culture that allow everyone to apply their skills and talents, and career pathways that offer opportunities to learn, grow, and advance.
Employees
Employees who feel valued and supported are able to live healthy and fulfilling lives.
Employees
Employees who feel valued and supported—through family-sustaining wages and benefits, worker-centered scheduling and leave practices, and inclusive workplace cultures that offer all employees opportunities to engage, grow, and advance— are better able to live healthy and fulfilling lives that balance work, family, and personal passions.
Our Goals
Uplift
business champions who are creating great places to work, and leading the way in innovative employee investment strategies.
Create
pathways to help all Baltimore residents access quality jobs and meaningful careers.
Support
businesses to build a strong employee team by identifying business-driven strategies, leveraging incentives, and tailoring resources and training to support employee investment.
Engage
businesses, job seekers, employees, and workforce providers to work together to create collaborative solutions to common industry challenges.
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