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Michel Cournoyer
New Foundational Skills in Middle and High Schools – The educational opportunity gap is large and grows larger the more teachers value them
Labor market data and previously reported research confirm that the skills required of the modern workforce have changed. The New Foundational Skills of the modern economy include greater digital savvy, increased business acumen, and more versatile human and team- centered workplace competencies. These skills generate substantial salary premiums for the students and workers who master … Continue reading
Covid and Jobs in UK – 9 per cent of those previously furloughed had lost their jobs
This report presents new evidence on the effects of the coronavirus crisis on workers. It uses the results of a new survey of 6,000 working-age adults to highlight which groups have struggled the most as the crisis has evolved, who is at risk as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is replaced by the Job Support … Continue reading
Work-Ready, Employable Grads in the Engineering and Technology Sector – The Cardiff National Software Academy (NSA)
Cardiff National Software Academy (NSA) was established in 2015 jointly by the University of Cardiff and the Welsh Government. The NSA was set up to address the skills shortages in the local technology sector, where local employers had expressed concern about the lack of graduates who were prepared with the skills to contribute sufficiently to … Continue reading
Mobility Pathways for Workers and Employers – A tool
Workers, firms, and policymakers each have a role in bolstering economic mobility. Our Mobility Pathways tool can help all of these groups harness relevant data to expand opportunities for mobility and growth. Users can compare jobs by wage level, current demand (estimated from real-time job postings), and “mobility index” ranking (a new indicator we constructed … Continue reading
Unemployment Insurance In US – Extending benefits to workers in precarious and and nonstandard jobs
Many fear that rapid technical change is raising the rate at which workers are displaced from their jobs, as machines take over many tasks once performed by humans (Brynjolfsson and McAfee, 2014). By shifting the locus of production of many goods from advanced economies to emerging and developing ones, globalization also has contributed to worker … Continue reading
Prestations de Chômage dans les Pays de l’OCDE – Un graphique
Prestations chômage, part du revenu précédent Cet indicateur mesure la proportion du revenu d’un ménage après 2, 6, 12, 24 et 60 mois de chômage par rapport au revenu précédant la période de chômage. Cas d’une personne célibataire sans enfants dont le revenu précédant la période de chômage représentait 67 % du salaire moyen. … Continue reading
Covid and Labor Earnings in US – $254 billion in lost aggregate earnings, entirely concentrated among individuals who lost their complete labor incomes due to job loss
Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), the ofcial source of labor market statistics in the United States, and implementing a regression approach in order to isolate the impact of the pandemic from seasonal and annual patterns, we fnd that weekly labor earnings per adult fell by nearly $100 between February and April, with … Continue reading
Job Report in US (October 2020) – Employment rose by 638,000 and the unemployment declined by 1.0 percentage point to 6.9
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 638,000 in October, and the unemployment rate declined to 6.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. In October, … Continue reading
L’Emploi au Québec, octobre 2020 – En baisse de 12 900 entre septembre et octobre et de 107 100 depuis un an
Après avoir progressé pendant cinq mois consécutifs, l’emploi a peu varié au Québec en octobre*, et le taux de chômage dans cette province a légèrement augmenté de 0,3 point de pourcentage pour atteindre 7,7 %. Les hausses de l’emploi, qui ont été réparties entre plusieurs industries du secteur des services, ont été en partie contrebalancées … Continue reading
Covid, Work and Automation in UK – Industries with the highest level of furlough take-up are considerably more likely to be at risk
Covid-19 looks likely to create ‘a tsunami of job losses’. There are also signs the pandemic could rapidly accelerate the pace of technological change. This report explores how these forces could interact to fundamentally reshape the labour market. We set out a risk register that combines an analysis of the impacts of the pandemic on … Continue reading
Covid and Healthcare Sector in UK – Increasing recruitment over the next 6 months and frozen training activities
The pressure of working in the healthcare sector during the pandemic has led to many staff retiring or resigning. Several professionals have become ill themselves which has resulted in long-term sick leave and in some cases death. This has meant that roles have become vacant and skills gaps have occurred. As a result, nearly half … Continue reading
Digital Skills in Online Job Ads in Germany – The share that required at least one digital skill rose from 38.1% in 2014 to 47.5% in 2018
Digitalization is becoming commonplace in the world of work. Of all the online job ads analyzed for the study, the share that required at least one digital skill rose from 38.1% in 2014 to 47.5% in 2018. In terms of the digital intensity of different types of jobs, the findings show that, in 2018, almost … Continue reading
Labor market Structural Damage in in US – fraction of the unemployed whose previous jobs have been permanently eliminated has increased from 10 percent to about 40 percent
In this analysis, we find evidence of structural damage in the monthly employment data. Early in the pandemic, most workers who lost jobs were laid off temporarily, as businesses expected to reopen and recall their workers. However, as time has passed, an increasing share of unemployed workers have no expectation of being recalled: the fraction … Continue reading
Canada – La Classification nationale des professions (CNP) 2021 aura une structure « Niveau de compétence »
Tous les 10 ans, la Classification nationale des professions (CNP) fait l’objet d’une révision structurelle importante, dans le cadre de laquelle les groupes de professions existants sont examinés en parallèle avec les commentaires recueillis auprès de nombreux intervenants pertinents par le biais d’un processus de consultation. La CNP a été élaborée et est gérée dans le cadre … Continue reading
Unlocking Employee Potential – Workplace practices in Europe
This report is based on the fourth edition of the European Company Survey (ECS), which was carried out jointly by Eurofound and Cedefop in 2019. It describes a wide range of practices and strategies implemented by European companies in terms of work organisation, human resource management, skills use and skills development, and employee voice. Key findings The ECS 2019 demonstrates that … Continue reading
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