diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index 92e9b76..d546275 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ import { WorkerTimeoutError, UnspecifiedWorkerError } from './helpers/errors';
 const puid = new Puid();
 const debug = logger('esqueue:worker');
 
+function formatJobObject(job) {
+  return {
+    index: job._index,
+    type: job._type,
+    id: job._id,
+  };
+}
+
 export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
   constructor(queue, type, workerFn, opts = {}) {
     if (typeof type !== 'string') throw new Error('Type must be a string');
@@ -35,6 +43,25 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
     clearInterval(this._checker);
   }
 
+  toJSON() {
+    return {
+      id: this.id,
+      index: this.queue.index,
+      jobType: this.jobType,
+      doctype: this.doctype,
+    };
+  }
+
+  _formatErrorParams(err, job) {
+    const response = {
+      error: err,
+      worker: this.toJSON(),
+    };
+
+    if (job) response.job = formatJobObject(job);
+    return response;
+  }
+
   _claimJob(job) {
     const m = moment();
     const startTime = m.toISOString();
@@ -69,7 +96,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
     .catch((err) => {
       if (err.statusCode === 409) return true;
       this.debug(`_claimJob failed on job ${job._id}`, err);
-      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_CLAIM_ERROR, err);
+      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_CLAIM_ERROR, this._formatErrorParams(err, job));
       return false;
     });
   }
@@ -98,7 +125,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
     .catch((err) => {
       if (err.statusCode === 409) return true;
       this.debug(`_failJob failed to update job ${job._id}`, err);
-      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_FAIL_UPDATE_ERROR, err);
+      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_FAIL_UPDATE_ERROR, this._formatErrorParams(err, job));
       return false;
     });
   }
@@ -151,6 +178,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
       // job execution was successful
       this.debug(`Completed job ${job._id}`);
 
+      const emitJob = formatJobObject(job);
       const completedTime = moment().toISOString();
       const docOutput = this._formatOutput(output);
 
@@ -170,7 +198,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
       .catch((err) => {
         if (err.statusCode === 409) return false;
         this.debug(`Failure saving job output ${job._id}`, err);
-        this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_UPDATE_ERROR, err);
+        this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_UPDATE_ERROR, this._formatErrorParams(err, job));
       });
     }, (jobErr) => {
       if (!jobErr) {
@@ -182,12 +210,12 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
       // job execution failed
       if (jobErr.type === 'WorkerTimeoutError') {
         this.debug(`Timeout on job ${job._id}`);
-        this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_TIMEOUT_ERROR, jobErr);
+        this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_TIMEOUT_ERROR, this._formatErrorParams(jobErr, job));
         return;
       }
 
       this.debug(`Failure occurred on job ${job._id}`, jobErr);
-      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_EXECUTION_ERROR, jobErr);
+      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_EXECUTION_ERROR, this._formatErrorParams(jobErr, job));
       return this._failJob(job, (jobErr.toString) ? jobErr.toString() : false);
     });
   }
@@ -288,7 +316,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
       if (err.status === 404) return [];
 
       this.debug('job querying failed', err);
-      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_SEARCH_ERROR, err);
+      this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_SEARCH_ERROR, this._formatErrorParams(err));
     });
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/worker.js b/test/src/worker.js
index ea5f069..d3e3596 100644
--- a/test/src/worker.js
+++ b/test/src/worker.js
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ describe('Worker class', function () {
     });
   });
 
-
   describe('claiming a job', function () {
     let params;
     let job;
@@ -391,12 +390,18 @@ describe('Worker class', function () {
       sinon.stub(mockQueue.client, 'update').returns(Promise.reject({ statusCode: 401 }));
 
       worker.on(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_CLAIM_ERROR, function (err) {
-        expect(err).to.have.property('statusCode', 401);
-        done();
+        try {
+          expect(err).to.have.property('error');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('job');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('worker');
+          expect(err.error).to.have.property('statusCode', 401);
+          done();
+        } catch (e) {
+          done(e);
+        }
       });
       worker._claimJob(job);
     });
-
   });
 
   describe('failing a job', function () {
@@ -462,8 +467,15 @@ describe('Worker class', function () {
       sinon.stub(mockQueue.client, 'update').returns(Promise.reject({ statusCode: 401 }));
 
       worker.on(constants.EVENT_WORKER_FAIL_UPDATE_ERROR, function (err) {
-        expect(err).to.have.property('statusCode', 401);
-        done();
+        try {
+          expect(err).to.have.property('error');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('job');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('worker');
+          expect(err.error).to.have.property('statusCode', 401);
+          done();
+        } catch (e) {
+          done(e);
+        }
       });
       worker._failJob(job);
     });
@@ -612,7 +624,10 @@ describe('Worker class', function () {
 
         worker.once(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_EXECUTION_ERROR, (err) => {
           try {
-            expect(err).to.have.property('type', 'UnspecifiedWorkerError');
+            expect(err).to.have.property('error');
+            expect(err).to.have.property('job');
+            expect(err).to.have.property('worker');
+            expect(err.error).to.have.property('type', 'UnspecifiedWorkerError');
             done();
           } catch (e) {
             done(e);
@@ -654,7 +669,10 @@ describe('Worker class', function () {
       // check for timeout event
       worker.once(constants.EVENT_WORKER_JOB_TIMEOUT_ERROR, (err) => {
         try {
-          expect(err).to.have.property('type', 'WorkerTimeoutError');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('error');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('job');
+          expect(err).to.have.property('worker');
+          expect(err.error).to.have.property('type', 'WorkerTimeoutError');
           performJobPromise.then(() => {
             sinon.assert.notCalled(failStub);
             done();