/newsroom/taxonomy/term/7577/all en /newsroom/channels/news/covid-19-and-labour-constraints-recalling-former-health-care-workers-not-enough-321447 <p>While the COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in mass layoffs in several industries, other essential industries will instead face critical workforce shortages, according to a <a href="http://fabianlange.ca/linked_files/papers/NOWcasting.pdf">new report</a>. Social distancing, school and daycare closures, and measures to protect those people who are most at-risk limit the pool of workers firms can draw upon. How important will these constraints turn out to be, especially in essential industries?</p> Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:30:44 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 206092 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-unemployment-and-aging-workforce-269318 <p>“Bad news for anyone who still believes in freedom from work at 55. The number of women of this age and older who reported having jobs rose by 14,000 from June and by 66,000 from a year earlier. The number of working men aged 55 and older increased by 69,000 from 2016.” (<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/canadas-jobless-rate-slides-to-6-3/">Maclean’s</a>)</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.fabianlange.ca/">Fabian Lange</a>, Associate Professor of Economics, ����VR��Ƶ</strong></p> Wed, 09 Aug 2017 18:46:56 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32159 at /newsroom