Absence from Work Survey, 1997 [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, 1997, was conducted in 1996, that is, the Reference Year is 1996.

《缺勤调查（Absence from Work Survey）》最初专为达成加拿大人力资源开发部（Human Resources Development Canada）的相关目标而设计。该部门资助合格工资损失替代计划，该计划适用于已设立自有私人计划以覆盖雇员因疾病、意外等情况导致的工资损失的雇主。纳入该计划的雇主可获得向失业保险委员会（Unemployment Insurance Commission）缴纳的配额减免。该补充调查的回复所生成的数据，将作为确定符合条件雇主配额减免费率的依据。尽管《缺勤调查》收集了因疾病、意外或妊娠导致的缺勤相关信息，但由于其概念与定义均专为委托方的需求制定，因此无法完整呈现因上述原因缺勤的所有人群的全貌。本次调查中将缺勤定义为时长至少两周的情况，且仅要求受访者报告其最近一次及前一次缺勤的三种诱因。1997年版《缺勤调查》于1996年开展，即其参考年度为1996年。