FEBRUARY 10, 2023
A new report examines the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the BC job market and on different groups of workers a year into the pandemic. It reviews Key economic and employment trends to track how the COVID-19 recession unfolded in BC and looks at how different sectors, communities and workers have been impacted.
Paid sick leave finally on the agenda: Here’s why it matters
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that everyone’s health and well-being depends on workers being able to stay home when they are sick. In BC, workers now have a legal right to time off when they are ill—three days for regular illness and unlimited time for COVID-19—but not paid time off. As a result, for many in BC, staying home when sick means losing income. It is encouraging to see the federal government initiate talks with the provinces to look at implementing 10 days of paid sick leave across the country after pressure to take action from other leaders. As our research shows, such policies would benefit a large number of workers in BC, including some of the lowest paid and most precarious.
But is it a good job? Understanding employment precarity in BC
A new report examines the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the BC job market and on different groups of workers a year into the pandemic. It reviews Key economic and employment trends to track how the COVID-19 recession unfolded in BC and looks at how different sectors, communities and workers have been impacted.
This report examines the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the BC job market and on different groups of workers a year into the pandemic. It reviews key economic and employment trends to track how the COVID-19 recession unfolded in BC and looks at how different sectors, communities and workers have been impacted.
