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Working Time and the Future of Work in Canada: A Nova Scotia GPI Case Study

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December 16, 2004, The Toronto Star ~ Arthur Donner

We’re working harder than ever

“ A major driver of today’s growing gap between the ’haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ is still the uneven distribution of working time – with some Canadians working too many hours and others not enough. The polarization is, in fact, probably more severe today than it was 10 years ago. Canada’s unemployment rate is still above 7% and the number who involuntarily work long hours is even higher today than in the past. Many who work part time would love a full time job. ”

May 1, 2004, The Chronicle-Herald ~ Ralph Surette

Worker deaths: something amiss with the way we work

“ At any rate, on the whole there’s enough to warrant some urgent questions being asked. GPI makes some suggestions which it says will reverse these trends by making the work less stressful and the workplace more flexible and more productive, and create jobs besides. ¶ Its main thrust is that overtime be discouraged in favour of new hiring. If even half the overtime were transformed into new jobs, over 8,000 of them would be created in Nova Scotia. Holland has reduced its unemployment rate from 12 per cent to around three per cent, partly by this means. ”

Nova Scotians working longer to make extra money
April 30, 2004, The Truro Daily News ~ John Christianson
“ "The report clearly points to some troubling work and income trends in Canada and Nova Scotia," said Pannozzo. "We've got people who are over-worked from all walks of life — rich, poor, and the struggling middle class. And at at the same time we have a huge gap between rich and poor, and a growing class of underemployed." ”

Most working overtime do so without pay: study
April 29, 2004, The Charlottetown Guardian
“ Overtime is a moving target in this province and nation-wide. It increased 15 per cent between 1997 and 2001, says the 500-page report. ”

April 28, 2004, The Chronicle-Herald ~ Roger Taylor

It’s a nice thought but it won’t happen

“ PAYING EVERYONE for the overtime hours they work is a laudable idea, but the simple fact is, it isn't very practical. ¶ Non-profit research organization GPI Atlantic says so much unpaid overtime is being worked that it is actually taking work away from the unemployed. ¶ That is quite a conclusion to reach, considering that eliminating overtime would also cut into productivity. The result would turn profitable Nova Scotia firms into historical footnotes. ”

April 27, 2004, The Daily News ~ Chris Lambie

Workers doing ‘staggering’ amount of unpaid overtime, report says

“ Nearly two-thirds of Nova Scotians who work overtime aren’t getting paid for it, according to a report released yesterday by Halifax think-tank GPI Atlantic. ¶ In a typical week in 2001, salaried employees worked about 373,000 overtime hours for no extra pay, says the report. ¶ “It's a staggering number, and these people are doing it for free,” said Linda Pannozzo, the report’s main author. ”

Working harder to get by: study finds Nova Scotians working more free overtime
April 27, 2004, Halifax Herald

Majority of Nova Scotians who work overtime don’t get paid for it
April 27, 2004, The Cape Breton Post ~ Chris Lambie
“ If all overtime hours were converted to new full-time jobs, admittedly not an easy task, there would be half a million fewer unemployed Canadians and 16,000 fewer unemployed Nova Scotians ”

Most Nova Scotians not paid for overtime
April 27, 2004, The National Post
“ Only 38% of Nova Scotians who work overtime get paid for it, says the report. About 59% of workers who work overtime — many of them teachers and managers -- aren't compensated for the extra effort. ”

Most Nova Scotians working overtime do so without pay – study
April 27, 2004, The New Glasgow Evening News
“ Part-time employment in Nova Scotia increased to 17.8 of all employees in 2001 from 12.5 per cent in 1976, says the report, which recommends doing away with “systemic disincentives to new hiring” such as payroll taxes. ”

Working Time and the Future of Work in Canada: A Nova Scotia GPI Case Study
April 2004	Time Use
Authors: Linda Pannozzo BSc, BEd, BJ with Ronald Colman, Ph.D
Outlines work trends in Nova Scotia and Canada over the past two decades, and estimates the economic costs of unemployment and underemployment.
	Executive Summary 48 pages 388K PDF
	Full Report 505 pages 4MB PDF
Press Release \| 132K PDF	Media Coverage

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