Canadian HR Reporter

CANADIAN HR REPORTER CANADIAN HR REPORTER June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014 4 HR BY THE NUMBERS HR BY THE NUMBERS 85% Restaurants and other hospitality businesses across Canada that have had trouble finding enough staff. 83% Hospitality industry businesses that increased wages before turning to foreign workers. 55% Hospitality firms that introduced or expanded benefit programs to try and recruit workers. 85% Percentage of small business employers that say misuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program should result in offending employers los- ing access to the program. 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 100 50 50 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 100 50 50 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 100 50 50 194,000 Number of job vacancies across Canada in February, according to just-released figures. 21,000 Decline in number of job vacancies from February 2013 to February 2014. 7 Number of unemployed Canadians for every job vacancy in February 2014. 6.3 Number of unemployed Canadians for every job vacancy in February 2013. 1.3% National job vacancy rate in February 2014. 1.5% National job vacancy rate in February 2013. 6.9% National unemployment rate in April, unchanged from March. 13.4% National unemployment rate for youth (age 15 to 24) in April, down from 13.6% in March. 6.2% National unemployment rate for men over age 25. 5.5% National unemployment rate for women over age 25. Compiled by Todd Humber - Source: Statistics Canada 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 100 $ per hour $ per hour They earn what? 100% Increase in the number of "no substitu- tion" requests — meaning a prescription must be filled using a name-brand drug — over the last five years. To combat this, employers can implement mandatory generic policies where only the cost of a generic drug is covered. Source: Green Shield Canada Credit: ajt/Shutterstock Pill-popping nation 48% Canadian firms that still de- scribe the nature of their HR strategy as "traditional HR management," with many boards of directors seeking as- sistance in areas like compen- sation and rewards rather than higher-value HR strategies. 1 in 4 Canadian firms that use human capital performance dashboards or scorecards. But there is growing awareness of, and even more investment in, HR by some firms — and experts say those firms will have a leg up in a tough talent era as demograph- ics, labour markets and productivity have a huge impact on employers. Source: Conference Board of Canada Investment in HR growing? $28.07 Hourly wage of a unionized lift truck operator at Horizon Mill- ing in Saskatoon, which means an annual sal- ary of $58,385 assuming a 40-hour workweek. Workers will get a three per cent raise in 2014 and 2015. Vacation maxes out at five weeks after 18 years for new hires, though current employees get six weeks after 26 years. Source: Canadian Labour Reporter/www.labour-reporter.com Credit: Andrey Popov/Shutterstock 0 Number of teachers in Alberta — out of a population of 35,000 full-time educators — who were fired or quit because of ineffective- ness in the last 10 years. In British Columbia, 16 teachers — out of 30,000 — lost their gig because of incompetence in the last decade. Source: Alberta's Task Force for Teaching Excellence/Globe and Mail Credit: Viorel Sima/Shutterstock 70% People waiting for care at pain clinics that report chronic pain inter- feres with their normal work activities. 50% Chronic care patients who have severe levels of depression. 35% Chronic care pa- tients who report thinking about suicide. Source: Cira Medical Services $60 billion Annual price tag of chronic pain in Canada, including health care and lost productivity. Chronic pain's high toll 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 100 50 50 Credit: Evgeny Atamanenko percent percent Teachers untouchable Temporary foreign workers critical: Small employers Source: Canadian Federation of Independent Business 3.5% Rise in drug costs in Canada from 2012 to 2013. But the cul- prit isn't higher prices — it's more about usage as claimants get older, sicker and take more drugs than ever. 58.3% Percentage of prescrip- tions filled by generic drugs, up from 55.5% in 2012. Credit: Zelfit/Shutterstock Credit: Svinkin/Shutterstock

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