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Globally Dying of Consumption – The impetus must come from citizens
If the warming of this planet is to be slowed—if not halted—it will not come about by government fiat, nor should it. Governments are reluctant to impose unpopular measures and the corporate sector will resist attempts to curtail our freedom to consume. This is the elephant in the room: the planet is dying of consumption, … Continue reading
Canada – Close to half of working-age people with disabilities are employed
Of the 2,338,200 working-age people with disabilities in Canada, 1,057,100 were employed (45.2%), 125,700 were unemployed (5.4%) and 1,155,500 were not in the labour force (49.4%). Employment rates differed depending on the type of disability. People with developmental, cognitive and mental health-related disabilities face greater employment challenges than people with sensory or physical disabilities. Chart 1 Work potential status of people with disabilities, aged 15 to 64, 2012 Chosen … Continue reading
Diversity and Inclusion – Is 2016 going to be the year of diversity in business?
With all the press we read about diversity, inclusion, women in leadership, and the need to be open minded about religious and cultural differences, one might ask “is 2016 going to be the year of diversity in business?” I believe the answer is yes: this topic has been raised in the public eye and research now proves that … Continue reading
Muslims in France – They experience extraordinary discrimination in the job market research finds
In these experiments, researchers create résumés for fictitious individuals, varying the religious background of those people, and then submit applications to job openings. The question is how frequently those individuals receive a callback or an e-mail from the employer. One such experiment was conducted in France in 2013-2014, and the results have just been published. … Continue reading
Employment Insurance in Canada – 39.0% of the unemployed in 2014 had not contributed
The rate of eligibility for receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits was 83.1% in 2014, down from 85.8% in 2013, but in line with the 83.0% average seen over the previous 10 years. The decline in 2014 was most notable among youths aged 15 to 24 and men of all ages. To be eligible to receive regular benefits, unemployed individuals must have contributed to the EI program, met … Continue reading
Skills Gap – soft skills and the internal work makes them so hard
Here are three categories of soft skills and the internal work which I believe makes them so hard. Self-awareness is hard because it requires courage. Self-awareness is an essential attribute of an effective leader. Self-awareness requires owning personal behavior and accepting responsibility for your role in situations. The self-aware leader is skilled at pausing to … Continue reading
Gender Gap – 65% of women don’t think men consider them equals at work
65% Of Women Don’t Think Men Consider Them Equals At Work How women and men really feel about workplace sexism, according to a MAKERS/HuffPost survey. Source: 65% Of Women Don’t Think Men Consider Them Equals At Work
High Job Performance – Put in more hours won’t work anymore
How do you drive sustainably high performance in an era of relentlessly rising demand?… The typical solution – put in more hours – won’t work anymore. The vast majority of salaried employees are already doing that, and many of them are paying a price that they are finding less and less acceptable. They are exhausted … Continue reading
People in poorer countries in the southern hemisphere are increasingly migrating to richer countries
People in poorer countries in the southern hemisphere are increasingly migrating to richer countries, mostly in the northern parts of the world, in search of a better economic future. The trend has sped up since the early 1990s, a new study by the International Monetary Fund reveals. The accompanying chart shows where global migrants are … Continue reading
Does immigration have an impact on wages?
The Press Association looks at some of the evidence : Recent research suggests immigration has relatively minor effects on average wages. A 2009 study by the Institute for Public Policy Research found that, between 2000 and 2007, a rise in the number of migrants equivalent to 1% of the UK-born working age population lowered average … Continue reading
Social Assistance Receipt Among Refugee Claimants in Canada – At least 65% in the first year, over 85% in Quebec
Prior to the December 2012 reforms to the in-Canada refugee determination system, it was possible for some refugee claimants to reside in Canada for several years before the final adjudication of their claim. Their labour market activities, their receipt of publicly funded benefits, and their well-being during that period are relevant to public policy. Nonetheless, … Continue reading
US – Lower- and mid-wage occupations experienced proportionately greater declines in their real wages
Averaged across all occupations, real median hourly wages declined by 4.0 percent from 2009 to 2014. As Figure 1 shows, lower- and mid-wage occupations experienced proportionately greater declines in their real wages than did higher-wage occupations. Between 2009 and 2014, occupations in the bottom three-fifths saw median wage declines of 4.0 percent or greater. By … Continue reading
Immigrants who had prior Canadian skilled work experience had a very large initial earnings advantage study finds
Although most Canadian temporary foreign worker programs did not include provisions that allow participants to apply for permanent residency until recently, a substantial number of temporary foreign workers have become landed immigrants since the 1980s. For instance, from 2008 to 2012, about 32,000 temporary foreign workers gained permanent residency each year, accounting for 13% of … Continue reading
Youth Labour Force Participation in Canada – The first significant, prolonged decline since the early 1990s
The labour force participation rate of 15- to 24-year-olds (the percentage who are employed or seeking employment) declined from 67.3% in 2008 to 64.2% in 2014, reflecting a 3.8-percentage-point drop from 2008 to 2012 followed by a slight increase (Chart 1). The decline was particularly pronounced among youth aged 15 to 19, whose participation rate fell … Continue reading
US – None of the productivity growth flowed into the paychecks
This paper updates and explains the implications of the central component of the wage stagnation story: the growing gap between overall productivity growth and the pay of the vast majority of workers since the 1970s. A careful analysis of this gap between pay and productivity provides several important insights for the ongoing debate about how … Continue reading
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