Absence from Work Survey, 1985 [Canada]

The Absence from Work Survey was designed primarily to fulfill the objectives of Human Resources Development Canada. They sponsor the qualified wage loss replacement plan which applies to employers who have their own private plans to cover employee wages lost due to sickness, accident, etc. Employers who fall under the plan are granted a reduction in their quotas payable to the Unemployment Insurance Commission. The data generated from the responses to the supplement will provide input to determine the rates for quota reductions for qualified employers. Although the Absence from Work Survey collects information on absences from work due to illness, accident or pregnancy, it does not provide a complete picture of people who have been absent from work for these reasons because the concepts and definitions have been developed specifically for the needs of the client. Absences in this survey are defined as being at least two weeks in length, and respondents are only asked the three reasons for their most recent absence and the one preceding it. The Absence From Work Survey, 1985, was conducted in 1984, that is, the Reference Year is 1984.《缺勤调查（Absence from Work Survey）》最初专为加拿大人力资源开发部（Human Resources Development Canada）的工作目标设计。该部门赞助合格工资损失替代计划（wage loss replacement plan），该计划适用于拥有自有私人计划，以覆盖雇员因疾病、意外等情形导致的薪资损失的雇主。符合该计划要求的雇主，可获得其应缴给失业保险委员会（Unemployment Insurance Commission）的配额减免。本次调查补充模块的应答数据将用于确定符合条件雇主的配额减免费率。尽管《缺勤调查》收集了雇员因疾病、意外或妊娠缺勤的相关信息，但由于其概念与定义均为适配委托方的需求而定制，因此无法完整呈现因上述原因缺勤的全部人群全貌。本次调查将缺勤界定为时长不少于两周的缺勤，且仅向受访者询问其最近一次及前一次缺勤的三类原因。1985年版《缺勤调查》于1984年开展，即基准年为1984年。