15 days ago by Erin Weir

Election Conceals Deteriorating Labour Market The period covered by October’s Labour Force Survey included election day. Temporary hiring for the election increased public-sector employment by slightly more than private-sector employment declined. In particular, jobs disappeared in every goods-produ ...

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25 days ago by NP Editor

Geographically tailored aspects of Employment Insurance make regional inequality worse, not better By Colin Busby Differences in regional prosperity create enormous challenges for the federal government. In particular, big gaps in regional unemployment rates signal a sluggish response to economic ch ...

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26 days ago by Roger

The deepening global financial crisis, the decline in world commodity prices, and the growing possibility of global recession are exposing worrisome weaknesses in Canada’s economy. Complacent expressions of faith in our “fundamentals,” and other varieties of economic denial, will not protect Canadia ...

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31 days ago by peablog

After the dollar dropped to 80 cents US yesterday, the CLC responded to the Economic crisis touching on: Global Capitalism Financial Re-Regulation Coordinated International Responses Fight Recessions Employment Insurance Pensions Building the Labour Movement The original document is fairly lengthy, ...

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31 days ago by Andrew Jackson

http://canadianlabour.ca/en/clc-response-economic-crisis-summary This call for government action was the result of deliberations at yesterday’s meeting of the CLC Executive Council, and reflects prior discussions among union economists. This is the summary. I’ll post the long version after it has be ...

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43 days ago by Erin Weir

Today’s apparently rosy Labour Force Survey should not distract policy-makers from serious problems in Canada’s labour market. So far in 2008, full-time employment is down and unemployment is up. Wanted: Full-Time Jobs Total employment rose by 107,000 in September, far exceeding the modest uptick th ...

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62 days ago by admin

Basically, the underground economy consists of people who are independent operators and that avoids or more precisely, it circumvents all legal liability to their customers, communities or country in which they live and which draw from all services can go. A good end of the storeroom for members of ...

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67 days ago by peablog

Despite the lower levels of media coverage for this fall’s federal election, the Canadian Labour Congress is voicing their concerns with the Conservative government. In a press release from yesterday: Canadian Labour Congress: “Mr. Harper, You Forgot the Other Ninety Percent!” Says Barbara Byers - C ...

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68 days ago by Raphael Alexander

Sure, it sounds great and all when you dress it up in a pink dress and high heels: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper hammered another plank into his election platform Monday, announcing plans to provide maternity and parental benefits to the self-employed. Under the current system, Canadians who ru ...

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108 days ago by Sunny Lee

Many foreign employers who newly start their business in Korea ask about social insurances scheme (employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance, national pension, and health insurance) in Korea. I provide here the most basic information on this subject. 1. When do I have to subsc ...

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