Employment gain in April driven by part-time work / La hausse de l’emploi observée en avril est attribuable au travail à temps partiel

[aaronq10]

@audreyl Shouldn't we be comparing month of last year statistics given how seasonal employment is?

 

[joshfl]

@aaronq10 The numbers are seasonally adjusted. For your information there are 414,000 more people employed than a year ago.

• https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl...dYear=2023&referencePeriods=20220401,20230401

 

[laurie2777]

@audreyl No matter what is reported a recession will happen as the power of the middle class grew too quickly during covid.

There needs to be a systemic reminder that people “should be happy for any job”

 

[operatoractual]

@audreyl Trudeau has created so many jobs, some people even have 2 or 3

 

[brian19]

@operatoractual I know you jest, but for those actually wondering, the multiple jobholders report shows an relative increase of 55,000 people having multiple jobs since Trudeau became PM.

 

[ec0684]

@audreyl Are these part time jobs seasonal? Post winter seasons?

 

[audreyl]

@ec0684 Hello, part-time employment consists of persons who usually work less than 30 hours per week at their main or only job.

Part-time employment could be for a permanent job (no pre-determined termination date) or a temporary job (pre-determined end date; four groups: seasonal; temporary, term or contract, including work done through a temporary help agency; casual job; and other temporary work). We hope this helps

 

[aranyi_zsolt]

@audreyl More interest hikes!

 

[esdras]

@audreyl

With the labour market remaining relatively tight, average hourly wages were up 5.2 per cent compared with a year ago, growing faster than inflation.

 

[theprodigalwoman]

@audreyl My economics courses in university taught me that if you aren't full time you actually don't count towards the employed statistic.

Is stats Canada grasping at straws now?

 

[natiesim]

@theprodigalwoman your course was wrong. Anyone who has employment or says they are actively looking for employment counts.

 

[elley]

@theprodigalwoman That's absolutely bullshit. Either you misunderstood the course, or they were wrong. Part time jobs are still jobs and they are crucial to the workforce too. Many people need or prefer part time work. And stats Canada has always counted them towards employment metrics

 

[aaronq10]

@theprodigalwoman Which uni/course is this? Time to send a quick correction email to the prof

 

[ineedtovent24]

@audreyl So people are taking additional jobs, because they are struggling financially while being taxed into oblivion?

 

[brian19]

@ineedtovent24 Read the title again. Employment gain, not job gain.

The multiple jobholders report shows that the number of people with multiple jobs went down.

 

[kruick]

@audreyl So while I do understand that wage growth is up I don't completely understand the increase percentage. Also it seems to me that wages would be increasing as a lot of companies and even certain government sectors either haven't seen a wage increase in over three years or wages stopped increasing over the pandemic. Also other signs are showing cracks in the import numbers that were released yesterday. Seems to me that while the labor market is still tight, if we removed the high immigration numbers it would look terrible.

 

[joshfl]

@kruick

Seems to me that while the labor market is still tight, if we removed the high immigration numbers it would look terrible.

Tight would be the unemployment rate, which should be unchanged regardless of immigration, so the labour market would be even tighter with less immigration.

If you're referring to the number of employed persons, yes that would would be shrinking without immigration due to people leaving the workforce (demographics).

 

[roxy_p]

@audreyl Better that than being driven by more government hiring.

 

[lesonal]

@audreyl This is when all the students start working…