Canadian HR RepoRteR august 11, 2014
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7.1%
Canada's unemployment
rate in June 2014, up 0.1
percentage points.
0.4%
Increase in employment,
the lowest year-over-
year growth rate since
February 2010.
44,000
Decline in employment
among 15 to 24 year olds
in June 2014.
50,000
Decline in youth
employment year-over-
year from June 2013 to
June 2014.
6.1%
Unemployment rate of
25 to 54 year olds in June
2014.
5.1%
Increase in the
employment rate for
people 55 and older in
June 2014 compared to 12
months earlier.
34,000
Fall in Ontario's
employment in June 2014,
mostly among youths.
3,800
Increase in employment
in Manitoba in June 2014,
down 0.8 per cent from
12 months earlier.
Compiled
by
Todd
Humber
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Source:
Statistics
Canada
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percent
percent
percent
4%
Employers offering
electric vehicle
charging stations
to employees in the
United States.
1%
Additional employers planning to offer the
benefit in the next 12 months, according to
a survey of 510 U.S. HR professionals.
Charge,
anyone?
Source: 2014 ShrM employee
Benefits Survey, Society for
human resource Management
Source: Canadian Labour
reporter/www.labour-reporter.com
$13.20 Hourly wage of a
dishwasher at Sunset Manor and Innisfail
Country Manor in Alberta. That translates
into annual earnings of $27,456 (assuming
a 40-hour workweek). There are also shift
premiums ranging from $1 to $2.50 per
hour for afternoon or night shifts or weekend
shifts, plus two weeks' vaca-
tion to start, three weeks
after three years,
four weeks after
seven years and
five weeks after
14 years.
enough already
Micromanagers are known for peering over
employees' shoulders, stifling their independence
and meddling in their everyday work.
This constant scrutiny has a negative
impact on most workers, according to
a survey of more than 265 Canadian
employees.
87% Percentage of respondents
who say micromanagement decreas-
es their morale.
76% Percentage of people who
say it hurts their productivity.
65% Percentage of people who
have worked for a micromanager.
Source: accountemps
ups and
downs of
minimum
wage
$10.14 Average mini-
mum wage in Canada in 2013.
$10.13 Average minimum
wage in 1975, expressed in 2013 dollars to account for inflation.
5% Percentage of workers earning minimum wage in 1997.
6.7% Workers earning minimum wage in 2013.
9.3% Workers paid minimum wage in 2013 in P.E.I., the high-
est percentage in Canada.
1.8% Workers paid minimum wage in 2013 in Alberta, the
lowest percentage in Canada.
50% Workers aged 15 to 19 paid minimum wage in 2013.
13% Workers aged 20 to 24 paid minimum wage in 2013.
Source: Statistics Canada
Lowered expectations
Canadian firms are lagging behind their American
counterparts when it comes to capital spending —
the investment in tools, buildings and equipment
that workers need to do their jobs.
67 cents The average of new
investment in Canadian workers for every
dollar of investment in U.S. workers from
2003 to 2007.
74 cents The average for
Canadian workers for every U.S. dollar
from 2008 to 2012.
71 cents The average for Cana-
dian workers for every U.S. dollar in 2014.
Source: C.D. howe
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