The Bank of Canada estimated that about eight per
cent of all employees work at minimum wage, a proportion that increases to 11 per cent if a threshold of five per cent above minimum wage is used.
Not exact matches
Figures also show that in 2009, 1.8 million Canadians
worked in some type
of temporary job, which accounted for 12.5 per
cent of paid employment, with contract positions accounting for just over one - half
of temporary jobs and professionals making up a large proportion
of contract
employees.
Reddoch pays
employees an additional 50
cents an hour for the week if they
work every day, an additional 10
cents an hour if they
work all
of that week's scheduled overtime, and another flat payment
of $ 25 if they can keep that up for the whole month.
More than 40 per
cent of owners
work 50 hours or more per week — compared to only six per
cent of employees.
A study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggested the debt financing required could force Tim Hortons to layoff more than 700
employees — or 44 per
cent of staff
working outside its restaurants.
The report, written by Dr John Louth and Professor Trevor Taylor, shows that when a contract for defence equipment is placed with a UK supplier, 35 per
cent of the cost is recovered through personal and corporate taxes as those
employees building the equipment live and
work in the UK and pay taxes here.
Over two thirds (64 per
cent)
of adults
working the education industry believe that not enough is being done to support the physical and mental wellbeing
of employees.
Figures also show that in 2009, 1.8 million Canadians
worked in some type
of temporary job, which accounted for 12.5 per
cent of paid employment, with contract positions accounting for just over one - half
of temporary jobs and professionals making up a large proportion
of contract
employees.
Of the 10,800 full - time - equivalent (FTE) employees working directly in the sectors, the majority, or 56 per cent, are associated with large - scale onshore wind (turbine output of over 100kW), followed by 29 per cent in offshore wind, whilst 7 — 8 per cent of the workforce is employed in small - scale wind and around the same proportion in wave and tidal energ
Of the 10,800 full - time - equivalent (FTE)
employees working directly in the sectors, the majority, or 56 per
cent, are associated with large - scale onshore wind (turbine output
of over 100kW), followed by 29 per cent in offshore wind, whilst 7 — 8 per cent of the workforce is employed in small - scale wind and around the same proportion in wave and tidal energ
of over 100kW), followed by 29 per
cent in offshore wind, whilst 7 — 8 per
cent of the workforce is employed in small - scale wind and around the same proportion in wave and tidal energ
of the workforce is employed in small - scale wind and around the same proportion in wave and tidal energy.
For the purposes
of article 1, no more than 40 per
cent of the
employees who perform
work in fulfilling the contract may be individuals who are not members
of the affiliated bargaining agent in whose geographic jurisdiction the
work is performed.
There may be a few situations where only the employment standards payments are sufficient — such as for minimum wage or transient
employees — but the remaining 95 per
cent of the
work force should not accept just the minimum.
Of those staff who had disclosed poor mental health at work (2,200 employees), just over half (53 per cent) said they felt supported, and 72 per cent said they'd been made aware of the support tools such as Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying system
Of those staff who had disclosed poor mental health at
work (2,200
employees), just over half (53 per
cent) said they felt supported, and 72 per
cent said they'd been made aware
of the support tools such as Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying system
of the support tools such as
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying systems.
In fact, 80 per
cent of employees said that their poor mental health was due to problems at
work (26 per
cent) or a combination
of problems at
work and outside
work (54 per
cent).
This is most likely to be a problem with younger
employees; a survey by Bupa found that 82 per
cent of millennials check their
work emails first thing in the morning and last thing at night, with 40 per
cent feeling they should do so while sick, and 32 per
cent while on annual leave.
Additional highlights • 63 per
cent of resource and mining employers are not actively hiring new graduates despite reports
of a growing skills shortage • 2016 salary increases for resource and mining professionals are more modest than the previous year, with 21 % reporting no increases compared to eight per
cent in the previous year • Almost three quarters (73 %)
of oil and gas
employees experience moderate to extreme workplace pressure due to the lack
of employees and skills present •
Work from home options, pension / RRSP contributions and flexible work hours are the top - three incentives oil and gas employers want to add in an effort to attract talent About Hays Canada: Hays Specialist Recruitment Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hays plc, which has been at the forefront of the global recruitment industry for over thirty - five ye
Work from home options, pension / RRSP contributions and flexible
work hours are the top - three incentives oil and gas employers want to add in an effort to attract talent About Hays Canada: Hays Specialist Recruitment Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hays plc, which has been at the forefront of the global recruitment industry for over thirty - five ye
work hours are the top - three incentives oil and gas employers want to add in an effort to attract talent About Hays Canada: Hays Specialist Recruitment Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Hays plc, which has been at the forefront
of the global recruitment industry for over thirty - five years.