Canada: Jobs

jobs: Several studies have documented that precarious, non-standard jobs are rapidly growing in Canada, and that this trend negatively affects a substantial proportion of Canadians, according to The Star. Two reports released by the Income Security, Race and Health ISRH community-based research team in Toronto provide powerful qualitative evidence about the damaging consequences of precarious jobs. These reports Working Rough, Living Poor and Where are the Good Jobs? can be downloaded from: www.accessalliance.ca . The ISRH team focused on racialized Canadians because they are more affected by the growth in precarious employment and In the name of free market policies, Canada has seen a downward push on wages and a rise in unstable, temporary and unsafe jobs. These types of jobs are broadly referred to as precarious work or non-standard employment since they are marked by limited or no stability, benefits and protection. A recently released report by United Way Toronto and McMaster University, Its More Than Poverty , found that 40 per cent of workers in the Greater Toronto Area-Hamilton region are in precarious types of employment. The Law Commission of Ontarios recent report, Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work , has documented how lax employment standards and occupational health and safety regulations are making an increasing number of workers more vulnerable to bad working conditions and exploitation. Research also shows that immigrants, racialized people visible minorities and women tend to be overrepresented in these types of jobs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.