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Income and non-wage benefits from employment

Explore Canadians' views on pay, benefits, job quality deficits, and changing employment relationships. Evaluate income and non-wage indicators, including wages, benefits, and leave entitlements.

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Income and non-wage benefits from employment

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  1. Income and non-wage benefits from employment Task Force on Measurement of Quality of Employment Paris, June 12 and 13

  2. It may be obvious but… A survey of 2,500 Canadians1: • 6 in 10 said good pay was “very important” in a job • Over half said benefits were “very important” • Pay and benefits among most significant “job quality deficits” 1Changing Employment Relationships Survey, Canadian Policy Research Networks

  3. Income from employment indicators: Evaluated: • Share of employed working below ½ median hourly earnings • Share of employees paid at or below the minimum wage Proposed: • Average wages • Distribution of wages by quintile

  4. Results of indicator evaluation Share of employed working below ½ median hourly earnings • Useful • Strength in providing simple relative measure • Too simple? Should there be an age cut-off? Should household-level be considered?

  5. Results of indicator evaluation Share of employees paid at or below minimum wage • Useful, simple measure • Too simple? Should there be an age cut-off? • In some Canadian jurisdictions, minimum wages set very, very low, so very few people in this indicator (0.7% in Alberta) • Duplicative?

  6. Share earning minimum wage or less

  7. Results of indicator evaluation Average wages of employees • Felt that there was a need to go beyond relative measurement – what are people actually making? • Should household-level be considered? • How to make international or inter-regional comparisons, given regional living cost differences?

  8. Average wage growth relative to prices

  9. Results of indicator evaluation Distribution of wages by quintile • Felt that there was a need for more sophisticated measurement or relative earnings • Comparing top quintile to bottom would allow wage polarization analysis • Too complicated?

  10. Fastest wage growth among the best paid 1/5 of employees

  11. Non-wage benefits from employment indicators: Evaluated: • Share of employees entitled to paid annual leave • Average length of paid annual leave Proposed: • Share of employees receiving supplemental medical insurance

  12. Results of indicator evaluation Share of employees entitled to paid annual leave • Perhaps the most important “non-wage benefit”, so very relevant • Entitlement data needs to be combined with estimates based on actual behaviour (next indicator)

  13. Results of indicator evaluation Average length of paid annual leave • Perhaps the most important “non-wage benefit”, so very relevant • Supplement to entitlement data

  14. Entitlement and use of annual paid leave

  15. Income and non-wage benefits from employment What do you think??

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