Search Results

Based on a national survey of professionals about precarious working conditions, this report shows professionals across Canada are not immune to the hallmarks of precarious work: no steady income, no pension, no benefits, no sick pay. Even full-time work isn't a buffer against precarity: 26 per cent of precarious professionals work full-time, though most go contract-to-contract (37 per cent) or work part-time (34 per cent). The majority (60 per cent) of precarious professionals don't have a pension plan or Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), nor do they get sick pay. The report finds precarious professionals in both the private (40 per cent) and public (30 per cent) sector. Precarious professionals are in all professions, but they're concentrated in three occupational categories: education (28 per cent), health care (18 per cent), and business, finance and administration (19 per cent). The majority of precarious professionals are women (60 per cent) and there is a higher incidence among professionals aged 55 and up.

Edited excerpt from publisher's website. Show less