Absence from Work Survey, 1988 [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, 1988, was conducted in 1987, that is, the Reference Year is 1987.

《缺勤调查（Absence from Work Survey）》主要为满足加拿大人力资源开发署（Human Resources Development Canada）的工作目标而设计。该机构牵头设立合格薪资损失替代计划，适用于拥有自身私人薪酬保障方案的雇主——此类方案可覆盖雇员因疾病、意外等情况导致的薪资损失。符合该计划要求的雇主，可获得向加拿大失业保险委员会（Unemployment Insurance Commission）缴纳的缴款配额减免。通过本次调查补充模块的受访者反馈所生成的数据，将用于测算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针对委托方的特定需求制定，因此无法完整呈现因上述各类原因缺勤的劳动者全貌。本次调查将缺勤时长定义为至少两周，且仅向受访者询问其最近一次及上一次缺勤的三类诱因。1988版《缺勤调查》于1987年开展，即其基准参考年为1987年。