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Are You Prepared for the Possibility of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Please note:  The Government of Canada still (at February 26/2020) considers the public health risk associated with Covid-19 to be low.      See https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html for updates. Pandemics are: the worldwide spread of a new disease, unpredictable but recurring events that

Admin February 28, 2020 Insights, News Read more

Unpaid Caregiving and Employer Challenges

Every day, along with their day jobs, about 25% (5 million employees) of Canada’s workforce are also providing unpaid physical, cognitive and/or mental health care for family members.  On average those people are adding the equivalent of a half time

Admin February 26, 2020 Commentary, Insights, News Read more

REALLY????? ……….  STILL!!??!!

The first Equal Pay for Equal Work legislation was enacted in Canada in 1956 – that’s 54 years ago.   The first Pay Equity legislation was in 1977 – that’s 43 years ago.  Those two types of legislation are intended to

Admin January 20, 2020 Commentary, Insights, News Read more

Ghosts in the Workforce

My best estimate is about 3.6 million ghosts in the void between Canada’s Labour Force and the Labour Force Participation Rate. They are the not still-in-school, retired, employed and unemployed members of the Labour Force. If we assume that 50%

Admin October 30, 2019November 25, 2019 Insights, News Read more

Alligators and Alienation

The following visual comparison of average weekly wages and CPI (proxy for cost of living) instantly made me think of “when you are up to your ass in alligators it is hard to remember ….” The differences in wages as

Admin September 23, 2019November 28, 2019 Insights, News Read more

Which Industries Pay Best? 

Statistics Canada tracks the average weekly wage for Canada, the provinces, and territories.  The data is tracked by Sector (Goods Producing and Services Producing) and by Industry using the North American Industry Classification System. The average weekly wages for Goods

Admin September 16, 2019November 28, 2019 Insights, News Read more

Labour Force Information

Every month the Federal and Provincial Governments provide information about the employment and unemployment statistics, average weekly wage, and job vacancies along with a variety of other economic data. The monthly Labour Force Statistics provide month over month and year

Admin September 3, 2019November 28, 2019 Insights, News, Statistics Read more

Private Sector Job Openings

Statistics Canada released their Job Vacancy Change Survey for Q1 2019 as compared to Q1 2018 in June. The Job Vacancy Rate is determined by the presence of three specific factors: There is a specific job; The work could start

Admin August 29, 2019November 28, 2019 Insights, News Read more
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