Absence from Work Survey, 1989 [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, 1989, was conducted in 1988, that is, the Reference Year is 1988.

《缺勤调查》（Absence from Work Survey）最初旨在满足加拿大人力资源开发部（Human Resources Development Canada）的工作目标。该部门牵头设立合格薪酬损失替代计划，覆盖那些拥有自身私人薪酬保障方案的雇主，用以弥补雇员因疾病、意外等情况产生的工资损失。符合该计划要求的雇主，可获得应缴至失业保险委员会（Unemployment Insurance Commission）的配额减免。本调查补充模块的应答数据，将为确定合格雇主的配额减免费率提供依据。尽管本次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专为委托方需求定制，该调查无法完整涵盖因上述各类原因缺勤的全部人群。本次调查将缺勤定义为持续时长至少两周的离岗，且仅向受访者询问其最近一次及前一次缺勤的三类相关原因。1989年版《缺勤调查》于1988年开展，其参考年度为1988年。