diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index edd971e64..d35732623 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ health-check-interval:
   ldap-admins: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL_LDAP_ADMINS:600"
   smtp-connect: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL_SMTP_CONNECT:600"
   widget-memcached: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL_WIDGET_MEMCACHED:600"
+  active-job-executors: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL_ACTIVE_JOB_EXECUTORS:60"
 health-check-delay-notify: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_DELAY_NOTIFY:true"
 health-check-http: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_HTTP:true" # Can we assume, that we can reach ourselves under APPROOT via HTTP (reverse proxies or firewalls might prevent this)?
+health-check-active-job-executors-timeout: "_env:HEALTHCHECK_ACTIVE_JOB_EXECUTORS_TIMEOUT:5"
 
 log-settings:
   detailed:      "_env:DETAILED_LOGGING:false"
diff --git a/messages/uniworx/de.msg b/messages/uniworx/de.msg
index 99ed87ddf..563aede8a 100644
--- a/messages/uniworx/de.msg
+++ b/messages/uniworx/de.msg
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ HealthHTTPReachable: Cluster kann an der erwarteten URL über HTTP erreicht werd
 HealthLDAPAdmins: Anteil der Administratoren, die im LDAP-Verzeichnis gefunden werden können
 HealthSMTPConnect: SMTP-Server kann erreicht werden
 HealthWidgetMemcached: Memcached-Server liefert Widgets korrekt aus
+HealthActiveJobExecutors: Anteil der job-workers, die neue Befehle annehmen
 
 CourseParticipants n@Int: Derzeit #{n} angemeldete Kursteilnehmer
 CourseParticipantsInvited n@Int: #{n} #{pluralDE n "Einladung" "Einladungen"} per E-Mail verschickt
diff --git a/src/Handler/Health.hs b/src/Handler/Health.hs
index 7b29e2bbd..36649a436 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Health.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Health.hs
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ getHealthR = do
                   $of HealthWidgetMemcached (Just passed)
                     <dt .deflist__dt>_{MsgHealthWidgetMemcached}
                     <dd .deflist__dd>#{boolSymbol passed}
+                  $of HealthActiveJobExecutors (Just active)
+                    <dt .deflist__dt>_{MsgHealthActiveJobExecutors}
+                    <dd .deflist__dd>#{textPercent active 1}
                   $of _
           |]
         provideJson healthReports
diff --git a/src/Jobs.hs b/src/Jobs.hs
index 3da01ebee..f8cdb2ee5 100644
--- a/src/Jobs.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs.hs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ manageJobPool, manageCrontab :: forall m.
 manageCrontab foundation@UniWorX{..} = do
   context <- atomically . fmap jobContext $ readTMVar appJobState
   liftIO . unsafeHandler foundation . void $ do
-    runReaderT ?? context $
+    runReaderT ?? foundation $
       writeJobCtlBlock JobCtlDetermineCrontab
     evalRWST execCrontab' context HashMap.empty
   where
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ execCrontab = do
             | ((==) `on` HashMap.lookup jobCtl) newCrontab currentCrontab
               -> do
                 now <- liftIO $ getCurrentTime
-                instanceID' <- getsYesod appInstanceID
+                foundation <- getYesod
+                let instanceID' = foundation ^. _appInstanceID
                 State.modify $ HashMap.alter (Just . ($ Max now) . maybe id (<>)) jobCtl
                 case jobCtl of
                   JobCtlQueue job -> do
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ execCrontab = do
                         }
                       [ CronLastExecTime =. now ]
                     lift $ queueDBJob job
-                  other -> writeJobCtl other
+                  other -> runReaderT ?? foundation $ writeJobCtl other
             | otherwise
               -> mapRWST (liftIO . atomically) $
                    liftBase . void . flip swapTVar newCrontab =<< asks jobCrontab
@@ -322,10 +323,10 @@ mkLogIdent wId = "Job-Executor " <> showWorkerId wId
 handleJobs' :: JobWorkerId -> Sink JobCtl (ReaderT JobContext Handler) ()
 handleJobs' wNum = C.mapM_ $ \jctl -> do
   $logDebugS logIdent $ tshow jctl
-  resVars <- mapReaderT (liftIO . atomically) $
-    HashMap.lookup jctl <$> (lift . readTVar =<< asks jobConfirm)
   res <- fmap (either Just $ const Nothing) . try $ handleCmd jctl
-  sentRes <- liftIO . atomically $ foldrM (\resVar -> bool (tryPutTMVar resVar res) $ return True) False (maybe [] NonEmpty.toList resVars)
+  sentRes <- mapReaderT (liftIO . atomically) $ do
+    resVars <- HashMap.lookup jctl <$> (lift . readTVar =<< asks jobConfirm)
+    lift $ foldrM (\resVar -> bool (tryPutTMVar resVar res) $ return True) False (maybe [] NonEmpty.toList resVars)
   case res of
     Just err
       | not sentRes -> $logErrorS logIdent $ tshow err
@@ -338,7 +339,8 @@ handleJobs' wNum = C.mapM_ $ \jctl -> do
     handleQueueException (JNonexistant jId) = $logInfoS logIdent $ "Saw nonexistant queue id: " ++ tshow (fromSqlKey jId)
     handleQueueException (JLocked jId lInstance lTime)  = $logDebugS logIdent $ "Saw locked QueuedJob: " ++ tshow (fromSqlKey jId, lInstance, lTime)
 
-    handleCmd JobCtlFlush = void . lift . runDB . runConduit $ selectKeys [] [ Asc QueuedJobCreationTime ] .| C.mapM_ (writeJobCtl . JobCtlPerform)
+    handleCmd JobCtlNoOp = return ()
+    handleCmd JobCtlFlush = void . lift . runDB . runConduit $ selectKeys [] [ Asc QueuedJobCreationTime ] .| C.mapM_ (lift . writeJobCtl . JobCtlPerform)
     handleCmd (JobCtlQueue job) = lift $ queueJob' job
     handleCmd (JobCtlPerform jId) = lift . handle handleQueueException . jLocked jId $ \j@QueuedJob{..} -> do
       content <- case fromJSON queuedJobContent of
diff --git a/src/Jobs/HealthReport.hs b/src/Jobs/HealthReport.hs
index bf65049f9..6aecd01f6 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/HealthReport.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs/HealthReport.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Jobs.HealthReport
 import Import
 
 import Data.List (genericLength)
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
 
 import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
 import Data.Proxy (Proxy(..))
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@ import qualified Data.CaseInsensitive as CI
 import qualified Network.HaskellNet.SMTP as SMTP
 import Data.Pool (withResource)
 
+import System.Timeout
+
+import Jobs.Queue
+
+import Control.Concurrent.Async.Lifted.Safe (forConcurrently)
+
 
 generateHealthReport :: HealthCheck -> Handler HealthReport
 generateHealthReport = $(dispatchTH ''HealthCheck)
@@ -135,3 +142,26 @@ dispatchHealthCheckWidgetMemcached = HealthWidgetMemcached <$> do
         (== content) . responseBody <$> httpLBS httpRequest
       _other -> return False
       
+
+dispatchHealthCheckActiveJobExecutors :: Handler HealthReport
+dispatchHealthCheckActiveJobExecutors = HealthActiveJobExecutors <$> do
+  app <- getYesod
+  jState <- atomically . tryReadTMVar $ appJobState app
+  let configuredNumber = app ^. _appJobWorkers
+      timeoutLength = app ^. _appHealthCheckActiveJobExecutorsTimeout
+  case jState of
+    Nothing
+      | configuredNumber == 0 -> return Nothing
+    Nothing -> return $ Just 0
+    Just JobState{jobWorkers, jobWorkerName} -> do
+      tid <- liftIO myThreadId
+      let workers' = Map.fromSet jobWorkerName (Map.keysSet jobWorkers)
+          workers = Map.filterWithKey (\a _ -> asyncThreadId a /= tid) workers'
+          timeoutMicro = let (MkFixed micro :: Micro) = realToFrac timeoutLength
+                          in fromInteger micro
+      $logDebugS "HealthCheckActiveJobExecutors" . tshow . map showWorkerId $ Map.elems workers'
+      responders <- fmap (getSum . fold) . liftIO . forConcurrently (Map.toList workers) $ \(_, wName)
+        -> fromMaybe (Sum 0) <$> timeout timeoutMicro (runReaderT ?? app $ Sum 1 <$ writeJobCtlBlock' (writeJobCtl' wName) JobCtlNoOp)
+      if
+        | Map.null workers -> return Nothing
+        | otherwise        -> return . Just $ responders % fromIntegral (Map.size workers)
diff --git a/src/Jobs/Queue.hs b/src/Jobs/Queue.hs
index f0ddede48..8b71c2960 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/Queue.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs/Queue.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module Jobs.Queue
   ( writeJobCtl, writeJobCtlBlock
+  , writeJobCtl', writeJobCtlBlock'
   , queueJob, queueJob'
   , YesodJobDB
   , runDBJobs, queueDBJob, sinkDBJobs
@@ -9,12 +10,14 @@ module Jobs.Queue
 import Import hiding ((<>))
 
 import Utils.Sql
+import Utils.Lens
 import Jobs.Types
 
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Writer (WriterT, runWriterT)
 import Control.Monad.Writer.Class (MonadWriter(..))
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT, mapReaderT)
 
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NonEmpty
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HashMap
@@ -27,39 +30,54 @@ import Data.Semigroup ((<>))
 
 
 data JobQueueException = JobQueuePoolEmpty
+                       | JobQueueWorkerNotFound
   deriving (Eq, Ord, Enum, Bounded, Show, Read, Generic)
 
 instance Exception JobQueueException
 
 
-writeJobCtl :: (MonadHandler m, HandlerSite m ~ UniWorX) => JobCtl -> m ()
+writeJobCtl' :: (MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadReader UniWorX m) => JobWorkerId -> JobCtl -> m ()
+-- | Pass an instruction to the given `Job`-Worker
+writeJobCtl' target cmd = do
+  JobState{jobWorkers, jobWorkerName} <- asks appJobState >>= atomically . readTMVar
+  if
+    | null jobWorkers
+      -> throwM JobQueuePoolEmpty
+    | [(_, chan)] <- filter ((== target) . jobWorkerName . view _1) $ Map.toList jobWorkers
+      -> atomically $ writeTChan chan cmd
+    | otherwise
+      -> throwM JobQueueWorkerNotFound
+
+writeJobCtl :: (MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadReader UniWorX m) => JobCtl -> m ()
 -- | Pass an instruction to the `Job`-Workers
 --
 -- Instructions are assigned deterministically and pseudo-randomly to one specific worker.
 -- While this means that they might be executed later than desireable, rouge threads that queue the same instruction many times do not deny service to others
 writeJobCtl cmd = do
+  names <- fmap jobWorkerNames $ asks appJobState >>= atomically . readTMVar
   tid <- liftIO myThreadId
-  wMap <- fmap jobWorkers $ getsYesod appJobState >>= atomically . readTMVar
-  if
-    | null wMap -> throwM JobQueuePoolEmpty
-    | otherwise -> do
-        let chan = flip evalRand (mkStdGen (hash tid `hashWithSalt` cmd)) $ uniform wMap
-        liftIO . atomically $ writeTChan chan cmd
+  let target = evalRand ?? mkStdGen (hash tid `hashWithSalt` cmd) $ uniform names
+  writeJobCtl' target cmd
 
-writeJobCtlBlock :: (MonadHandler m, HandlerSite m ~ UniWorX) => JobCtl -> ReaderT JobContext m ()
--- | Pass an instruction to the `Job`-Workers and block until it was acted upon
-writeJobCtlBlock cmd = do
-  getResVar <- asks jobConfirm
-  resVar <- liftIO . atomically $ do
+
+writeJobCtlBlock' :: (MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadReader UniWorX m) => (JobCtl -> m ()) -> JobCtl -> m ()
+-- | Pass an instruction to a `Job`-Worker using the provided callback and block until it was acted upon
+writeJobCtlBlock' writeCtl cmd = do
+  getResVar <- fmap (jobConfirm . jobContext) $ asks appJobState >>= atomically . readTMVar
+  resVar <- atomically $ do
     var <- newEmptyTMVar
     modifyTVar' getResVar $ HashMap.insertWith (<>) cmd (pure var)
     return var
-  lift $ writeJobCtl cmd
+  writeCtl cmd
   let
     removeResVar = HashMap.update (NonEmpty.nonEmpty . NonEmpty.filter (/= resVar)) cmd
-  mExc <- liftIO . atomically $ takeTMVar resVar <* modifyTVar' getResVar removeResVar
+  mExc <- atomically $ takeTMVar resVar <* modifyTVar' getResVar removeResVar
   maybe (return ()) throwM mExc
 
+writeJobCtlBlock :: (MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadReader UniWorX m) => JobCtl -> m ()
+-- | Pass an instruction to the `Job`-Workers and block until it was acted upon
+writeJobCtlBlock = writeJobCtlBlock' writeJobCtl
+
 queueJobUnsafe :: Job -> YesodDB UniWorX QueuedJobId
 queueJobUnsafe job = do
   now <- liftIO getCurrentTime
@@ -83,7 +101,9 @@ queueJob = liftHandlerT . runDB . setSerializable . queueJobUnsafe
 
 queueJob' :: (MonadHandler m, HandlerSite m ~ UniWorX) => Job -> m ()
 -- ^ `queueJob` followed by `writeJobCtl` `JobCtlPerform` to ensure, that it is executed asap
-queueJob' job = queueJob job >>= writeJobCtl . JobCtlPerform
+queueJob' job = do
+  app <- getYesod
+  queueJob job >>= flip runReaderT app . writeJobCtl . JobCtlPerform
 
 -- | Slightly modified Version of `YesodDB` for `runDBJobs`
 type YesodJobDB site = ReaderT (YesodPersistBackend site) (WriterT (Set QueuedJobId) (HandlerT site IO))
@@ -102,5 +122,6 @@ runDBJobs :: (MonadHandler m, HandlerSite m ~ UniWorX) => YesodJobDB UniWorX a -
 -- Jobs get immediately executed if the transaction succeeds
 runDBJobs act = do
   (ret, jIds) <- liftHandlerT . runDB $ mapReaderT runWriterT act
-  forM_ jIds $ writeJobCtl . JobCtlPerform
+  app <- getYesod
+  forM_ jIds $ flip runReaderT app . writeJobCtl . JobCtlPerform
   return ret
diff --git a/src/Jobs/Types.hs b/src/Jobs/Types.hs
index 9e4cbc56b..74fd7afe3 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs/Types.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module Jobs.Types
   , JobCtl(..)
   , JobContext(..)
   , JobState(..)
+  , jobWorkerNames
   , JobWorkerId
   , showWorkerId, newWorkerId
   ) where
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty)
 
 import Data.Unique
 
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
+
 
 data Job = JobSendNotification { jRecipient :: UserId, jNotification :: Notification }
          | JobSendTestEmail { jEmail :: Email, jMailContext :: MailContext }
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ data JobCtl = JobCtlFlush
             | JobCtlDetermineCrontab
             | JobCtlQueue Job
             | JobCtlGenerateHealthReport HealthCheck
+            | JobCtlNoOp
   deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Generic, Typeable)
 
 instance Hashable JobCtl
@@ -103,3 +108,6 @@ data JobState = JobState
   , jobCron :: Async ()
   , jobShutdown :: TMVar ()
   }
+
+jobWorkerNames :: JobState -> Set JobWorkerId
+jobWorkerNames JobState{..} = Set.map jobWorkerName $ Map.keysSet jobWorkers
diff --git a/src/Model/Types/Health.hs b/src/Model/Types/Health.hs
index aea99d735..ce0f53e23 100644
--- a/src/Model/Types/Health.hs
+++ b/src/Model/Types/Health.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ data HealthCheck
   | HealthCheckLDAPAdmins
   | HealthCheckSMTPConnect
   | HealthCheckWidgetMemcached
+  | HealthCheckActiveJobExecutors
   deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Enum, Bounded, Generic, Typeable)
 instance Universe HealthCheck
 instance Finite HealthCheck
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ data HealthReport
     -- ^ Can we connect to the SMTP server and say @NOOP@?
   | HealthWidgetMemcached { healthWidgetMemcached :: Maybe Bool }
     -- ^ Can we store values in memcached and retrieve them via HTTP?
+  | HealthActiveJobExecutors { healthActiveJobExecutors :: Maybe Rational }
+    -- ^ Proportion of job executors (excluding the one running the healthcheck) responding within a timeout
   deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Data, Generic, Typeable)
 
 instance NFData HealthReport
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ classifyHealthReport HealthLDAPAdmins{}            = HealthCheckLDAPAdmins
 classifyHealthReport HealthHTTPReachable{}         = HealthCheckHTTPReachable
 classifyHealthReport HealthSMTPConnect{}           = HealthCheckSMTPConnect
 classifyHealthReport HealthWidgetMemcached{}       = HealthCheckWidgetMemcached
+classifyHealthReport HealthActiveJobExecutors{}    = HealthCheckActiveJobExecutors
 
 -- | `HealthReport` classified (`classifyHealthReport`) by badness
 --
@@ -84,4 +88,6 @@ healthReportStatus = \case
     | prop <= 0                            -> HealthFailure
   HealthSMTPConnect           (Just False) -> HealthFailure 
   HealthWidgetMemcached       (Just False) -> HealthFailure -- TODO: investigate this failure mode; do we just handle it gracefully?
+  HealthActiveJobExecutors    (Just prop )
+    | prop <  1                            -> HealthFailure
   _other                                   -> maxBound -- Minimum badness
diff --git a/src/Settings.hs b/src/Settings.hs
index c53e90269..191e1ca1d 100644
--- a/src/Settings.hs
+++ b/src/Settings.hs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ data AppSettings = AppSettings
     , appHealthCheckInterval    :: HealthCheck -> Maybe NominalDiffTime
     , appHealthCheckDelayNotify :: Bool
     , appHealthCheckHTTP        :: Bool
+    , appHealthCheckActiveJobExecutorsTimeout :: NominalDiffTime
 
     , appInitialLogSettings     :: LogSettings
 
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ instance FromJSON AppSettings where
         appHealthCheckInterval    <- (assertM' (> 0) . ) <$> o .: "health-check-interval"
         appHealthCheckDelayNotify <- o .:  "health-check-delay-notify"
         appHealthCheckHTTP        <- o .:  "health-check-http"
+        appHealthCheckActiveJobExecutorsTimeout <- o .:  "health-check-active-job-executors-timeout"
 
         appSessionTimeout         <- o .: "session-timeout"