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Changes in the Prevalence of Nonstandard Employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Authors/contributors
- Mitri, Katelyn (Author)
- Sartor, Stephen (Author)
Title
Changes in the Prevalence of Nonstandard Employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted employment across Canada. While several reports show an increase in job loss and unemployment, there is little mention of changes in types of employment during the pandemic. Drawing on the Canadian Labour Force Surveys from 2017-2021, this article explored how the pandemic affected nonstandard employment rates while examining whether these impacts differed by certain sociodemographic variables. Namely, differences in rates of nonstandard employment were explored by gender, immigrant status, and age group. The main finding was that rates of nonstandard wage work (temporary and part-time employment) decreased during the first initial lockdown and returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2020. Meanwhile, own-account and part-time self-employment increased during the first wave of the pandemic. While these increases were uniformly experienced across different groups of workers, there is some evidence of widening or narrowing gaps in rates of nonstandard employment depending on the sociodemographic group.
Publication
Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume
77
Issue
1
Pages
26 pages
Date
2022
Language
en
ISSN
0034379X
Library Catalog
EBSCOhost
Extra
Publisher: Universite Laval, Department of Industrial Relations
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Citation
Mitri, K., & Sartor, S. (2022). Changes in the Prevalence of Nonstandard Employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 77(1), 26 pages. https://doi.org/10.7202/1088554ar
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