Canadians working 2 weeks less.OTTAWA Ottawa, city, Canada Ottawa (ŏt`əwə), city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull, Que. -- Between 2000 and 2003, the average annual number of hours of work, as estimated by the Labour Force Survey (LFS LFS Linux from Scratch LFS Labour Force Survey (UK) LFS Live for Speed (computer racing simulation) LFS London Film School LFS Log-Structured File System (Unix, BSD) ), gradually declined by 70 hours, which is the equivalent of two weeks of work or 1.4 hours per week per worker. This decline was surprising since employment continued to be uncommonly un·com·mon adj. un·com·mon·er, un·com·mon·est 1. Not common; rare. 2. Wonderful; remarkable. un·com strong despite slower economic growth than in the late 1990s. The change can be explained partly by the aging of the work force, as well as employees who generally were seeking a better balance between work and personal life. Between 2000 and 2004, employment increased 8.1%, while the number of hours worked rose only 4.3%. Such a differential was unprecedented. Other contributing factors were an increase in time off for vacation and for personal or family responsibilities, as well as changes to Employment Insurance that resulted in more weeks of maternity MATERNITY. The state or condition of a mother. 2. It is either legitimate or natural. The former is the condition of the mother who has given birth to legitimate children, while the latter is the condition of her who has given birth to illegitimate children. , parental and adoption benefits as of December December: see month. 31, 2000. The increased propensity to work part time, which was more pronounced among men in all age groups, also reinforced this trend. |
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