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Week 10 Slides
Week 10 Slides
Week 10
HRM 1000
What is
labour?
• All individuals who work for gain,
whether as employees, employers,
or as self-employed, including the
unemployed who are seeking work.
• Consequences:
• Pension benefits
• Income taxes
• Increased healthcare costs
• Shifts in relative economic
power
Education
levels
• Higher rates of
unemployment
• Higher wages
• Resilience during times of
crisis
Canada Ukraine
• International trade • Agricultural products - In 2021
• Real estate they totaled $27.8 billion,
accounting for 41 percent of the
• Manufacturing country's $68 billion in overall
• Mining exports.
• Oil & gas extraction • Coal, electric power, ferrous and
nonferrous metals, machinery
and transport equipment,
chemicals, food processing
Me - Continued
Quebec
• Maple Syrup
• Hockey
• Poutine
COVID-19 &
global labour
markets
How has
COVID-19
changed things?
Deepening inequality
Trends – into the
future
• Reduced education challenging
the future of work
• More temporary work
• Movement away from global
supply chains due to risk
• Remote work
What have we learned?
• Fragility of employment
• Technology as a game changer
• Flexibility is required
• Inequity is our default
• Employee health is a priority