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Labour

Labour market activity

• major activity during year
• employment/unemployment spells (start and end dates, durations)
• weekly labour force status
• total weeks of employment, unemployment and inactivity by year
• multiple job-holding spells
• work absence spells

Work experience

• years of full-time and part-time employment
• years of experience in full-time, full-year equivalents

Jobless periods

• job search during spell
• dates of search spells
• desire for employment
• reason for not looking

Job characteristics^*

• start and end dates, first date ever worked for this employer
• wages
• work schedule (hours and type)
• benefits
• union membership
• occupation
• supervisory and managerial responsibilities
• class of worker
• tenure
• how job was obtained
• reason for job separation

*Job characteristics are updated annually for up to six jobs per year with dates of change recorded.

Absences from work^*

• absence dates
• reason
• paid or unpaid

*Absences lasting one or more weeks are collected on the first and last absence each year, for each employer.

Employer attributes

• industry
• firm size
• public or private sector