CANADIAN HR REPORTER
OCTOBER 2019
4 HR BY THE NUMBERS
Compiled
by
Marcel
Vander
Wier
81,100
Increase in number of
Canadians working in
August, mostly due to
gains in part-time work.
5.7%
Unemployment rate
in August.
471,000
Rise in Canadian workers
since August 2018.
1.2%
Increase in number
of hours worked since
August 2018.
58,000
Rise in Ontario
employment through
August — all in
part-time work.
4.7%
Unemployment rate in
Quebec in August,
the lowest among
all provinces.
94,000
Increase in private-sector
employees in August,
following a decline in July.
7.4%
Year-over-year increase
in professional, scientific
and technical services
positions — the fastest
rate of growth among all
major industrial sectors.
42,000
Increase in jobs for
youths (ages 15 to 24)
in August, with nearly
all growth among
young women.
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They earn
WHAT
$
28
.
84
Just 18 per cent of workers know how much
they deserve to be paid, according to a survey of 1,200
Canadian adults.
In the meantime, 29% of Canadians desire a salary
increase.
12% say they would change jobs to get the pay raise
they desire, while 7% would ask their current manager for
a spike in pay.
e average income for men was $59,842 in 2018,
while women took home $52,062.
Source: Finder
Knowing
your worth
• e top-ranked cities
are Helsinki, Munich
and Oslo. Ottawa and
Toronto rank 11th and
13th, respectively.
• Employees in Tokyo,
Singapore and
Washington, D.C. are
the most overworked.
• Workers in Barcelona
(30.5 days) and
Paris (30 days) take
advantage of the most
vacation days per year.
Source: Kisi
Pursuing
WORK-LIFE
balance
Vancouver ranks 10th
amongst 40 global cities
rated for work-life balance,
according to a study
indexing 20 factors, such as
work intensity, legislation
and livability.
Minimum hourly wage for a
maintenance electrician at
Boeing Canada's Winnipeg
division. Based on a
40-hour
schedule, weekly earnings would total
$1,153.60
for an annual salary
of
$59,987.20
. Maximum
hourly pay for this position
is
$43.18
.
Source: Canadian Labour Reporter/
www.labour-reporter.com
Fantasy football could cost American
employers $9 billion (all figures U.S.) in lost
wages this season, according to estimates
from a global workplace consultancy.
million U.S. workers will use
30 minutes of working time
each day to research their teams.
Using an average wage of
$27.98
, a total of
$212
million is lost for every hour spent on
fantasy football.
Source: Challenger, Gray and Christmas
Costly
endeavour
7.5
One-third of employees believe their HR person or department is
underappreciated, according to a survey of 1,003 Canadian workers.
say some organizational impact would be felt if an
HR professional was to leave suddenly.
believe the role of an HR professional has become
more difficult over the past five years.
are unaware of what day-to-day tasks and
responsibilities their HR department performs.
Source: ADP Canada
Appreciating
HR
63
%
43
%
39
%
