Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Skilled Trades: Canada Emergency Response Benefit. Education, Learning and Training: Research Paper Series

Autor/inn/en	Su, Sophia; Jin, Hyeongsuk
Institution	Statistics Canada
Titel	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Skilled Trades: Canada Emergency Response Benefit. Education, Learning and Training: Research Paper Series
Quelle	(2021), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2563-6251
ISBN	978-0-660-40065-5
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; Skilled Occupations; Emergency Programs; Certification; Building Trades; Apprenticeships; Females; Blacks; Asians; Latin Americans; Minority Groups; Employment Experience; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fachangestellter; Hilfsprogramm; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Building trade; Bauwesen; Baugewerbe; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Weibliches Geschlecht; Black person; Schwarzer; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Ethnische Minderheit; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Kanada
Abstract	Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several unprecedented government interventions related to COVID-19--including the closure of non-essential businesses, travel restrictions and public health measures limiting public interactions--have been put in place. These measures, implemented by public health officials across Canada, had a clear impact on the Canadian labour market, as businesses and institutions in a variety of industries announced layoffs, reduced employment hours and halted many on-the-job opportunities. In response, to support Canadians facing the labour market impact of the COVID-19 economic shutdown, the Government of Canada introduced a temporary benefit, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). The CERB paid $500 a week to those who made at least $5,000 in the preceding 12 months and whose income was drastically reduced because of the pandemic. It was a temporary program introduced on March 15, 2020, and was replaced by Employment Insurance and other recovery benefits on September 27 of the same year. The COVID-19 pandemic had large impacts on many of those in the skilled trades, as these jobs often require hands-on and close-proximity interactions. However, journeypersons in different trades had different impacts. Some sectors deemed non-essential services were hit harder than sectors deemed essential services. In addition, geographic variations in easing and reinstating restrictions over time affected journeypersons and apprentices across regions differently. Using data from the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform, this study examines the proportion of journeypersons who received the CERB among those who certified between 2008 and 2019. By examining the proportions across trades, geography and population groups, this study can provide further insight into how the early months of the pandemic affected those in the skilled trades and the differing impacts across trades and groups. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01