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Canada – Fewer Employment Insurance claims in October
Nationally, there were fewer Employment Insurance claims in October compared with September, down 1.7% to 220,200. The number of claims provides an indication of the number of people who could become beneficiaries. Provincially, claims fell notably in Alberta (-6.3%), Saskatchewan (-5.7%), British Columbia (-3.7%) and Manitoba (-3.3%). There were also fewer claims in Newfoundland and Labrador (-1.6%), … Continue reading
Pension coverage in Canada – Covered men fell from 52% in 1977 to 37% in 2011, for women, it rose from 36% to roughly 40%
Registered pension plans (RPPs) are a key component of workers’ compensation packages and one of the pillars that Canadians use to build retirement income. As the social and economic landscape evolved over the last three decades, the extent to which Canadians held jobs providing RPP coverage changed substantially. Among employed workers at least 15 years … Continue reading
Job Vacancies in Canada – Private sector vacancy rate is beginning to creep upward CFIB finds
After basically holding steady for the past two years, Canada’s private sector vacancy rate is beginning to creep upward. On a seasonally adjusted basis, 2.7 per cent of jobs lay vacant in these businesses—a tenth of a point higher than in the second quarter. Modest increases were seen in most business size categories. In total, … Continue reading
Low Income among Immigrants in Canada – Declined significantly in the 2000s, but not relative to Canadian-born
During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality in Canada. Over the 2000s, there were significant changes in the labour market and in immigrant selection. This paper focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 … Continue reading
High-skilled Foreign Workers in Canada – Express Entry could change things
Some employers fear Americans working in Canada through the North American Free Trade Agreement, foreign nationals who have transferred to a Canadian branch and international youth working in Canada could be sideswiped by rules under the new express entry system that starts Jan. 1. New regulations suggest employers who want to offer permanent jobs to high-skilled … Continue reading
Workplace Sexual Harassment in Canada – 60 per cent chance employer won’t take any concrete action or will dismiss survey finds
Most people who experience workplace sexual harassment or non-consensual sexual contact in Canada never report it to their employer, to a large degree out of fear or shame, a new survey suggests. For those who do report it, there is a 60 per cent chance their employer won’t take any concrete action or will dismiss … Continue reading
November Job Report in Canada – Employment was little changed
Following two months of notable gains, employment was little changed in November. The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 6.6%. Compared with November 2013, employment increased by 146,000 (+0.8%), with part-time and full-time work up 1.9% and 0.6% respectively. Over the same period, the total number of hours worked was little changed (+0.1%). In the six months to November, employment grew by … Continue reading
Disabled in Canada – The employment rate aged for 25 to 64 was 49% in 2011 compared with 79% for those without a disability
The employment rate of Canadians aged 25 to 64 with disabilities was 49% in 2011, compared with 79% for Canadians without a disability. Among those with a ‘very severe’ disability, the employment rate was 26%. Canadians with disabilities include those with a physical or mental disability related to seeing, hearing, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain, learning, development, psychological/mental disorders or memory. More than two … Continue reading
Immigration in Canada – Launching Express Entry
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today confirmed it’s one month and counting until Express Entry launches a new phase of active immigration recruitment to meet economic and labour market needs. Potential candidates can create their profile on January 1st, 2015, with the first Invitations to Apply issued within weeks. Express Entry will help … Continue reading
Canada – Inequality is growing
The data is in: the rich are getting richer in Canada, and their slice of the pie shows no sign of shrinking. Increasingly, economists are calling for action to even things up. “We have data on income concentration [in Canada] over the last 30 years,” said Kevin Milligan, a professor of economics at the University … Continue reading
Canada – Replace temporary foreign workers program by special visa says Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on Ottawa to replace its controversial temporary foreign worker program with a visa that would provide a path to permanent residence for entry-level employees from abroad. The organization says in a report released today it’s proposing the Introduction to Canada Visa that would address labour shortages for … Continue reading
Job Growth in Canada – Contradictory data
According to StatsCan’s labour force survey, Canada created more than 117,000 jobs in the past two months, finally overcoming a long period of lacklustre job growth. Or did it? Another StatsCan survey — payroll employment, earnings and hours, released Thursday — shows Canada created zero net new jobs in September. In fact, it lost 600 … Continue reading
EI in Canada, September 2014 – 494,400 Benefits recipients, little changed from the previous month
The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in September was 494,400, little changed from the previous month. Compared with September 2013, the number of beneficiaries decreased by 18,000 or 3.5%. Ontario was the only province with a notable decline in September, while there were more people receiving regular benefits in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Manitoba. There … Continue reading
Participation in Canada – 70 per cent of decline over the past year has been due to decreased female participation
Canada’s labour force participation rate — the percentage of people with a job — has been declining, and according to TD economist Brian DePratto, more than 70 per cent of that decline over the past year has been due to decreased female participation. Contrary to a popular theory, it’s not baby boomers retiring and leaving … Continue reading
Canada – 6.0 unemployed people for every job vacancy in August 2014
Canadian businesses reported 234,000 job vacancies in August, relatively unchanged compared with August 2013. There were 6.0 unemployed people for every job vacancy, little changed from 12 months earlier. The national job vacancy rate was 1.5% in August, the same as the rate observed a year earlier. via The Daily — Job vacancies in brief, three-month average ending in August 2014.
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