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Workplace and Employee Survey
The overall goal of the survey is to examine the way in which employers and their employees respond to the changing competitive and technological environment.
- This survey is now inactive but data are still available. Annual survey from 1999 to 2006; employer portion only in 2006. This survey provides both longitudinal (until reference year 2006) and cross-sectional data.
Major topics and subtopics
Education
- Employees: training development, career related training, highest level achieved, major field of study of the highest degree, certificate or diploma
- Employers: nature and extent of training in the workplace
Labour
- Employees: job characteristics, compensation, comparison with previous job, work history/turnover, technology at work, usual hours of work, participation in decisions regarding the workplace, support programs, unionization
- Employers: wage and non-wage benefits and compensation practices, workforce characteristics and job organization, hiring, vacancies, hours of work, technology use, organizational change, performance
Secondary topics
Activity limitations
Ethnic diversity and immigration
Income and earnings
Language
Place of work and commuting to work
Limited topics
Families and households
Type
Longitudinal and cross-sectional
Sample size
1999: 6,322 employers and 23,540 employees
Frequency
Annual (from 1999 to 2006; employer portion only in 2006)
Lowest levels of geography
Provinces (Atlantic provinces are often aggregated due to the sample size) and selected census metropolitan areas
Products and services
- Basic standard products
- Customized tabulations
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