Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador LMDA
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador LMDA

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Published: 2001

Total Pages: 56

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Under the Canada/Newfoundland & Labrador Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA), the federal & provincial governments play equal roles in the design & decision making about active employment measures & services from the Employment Insurance Act and aspects of national employment services. This report presents results of an evaluation of two support measures delivered under the LMDA: Employment Assistance Services (EAS) and Local Labour Market Partnerships (LLMP). The objective of the evaluation was to provide relevant decision-making information for use in formulating policies & providing direction, and to provide input to a parliamentary monitoring & assessment report for fiscal 2000-01. The approach & methodology of this evaluation used multiple lines of evidence obtained from stakeholders. After an introduction on the EAS & LLMP and the provincial economy & labour market, part 2 focusses on findings related to EAS, including service delivery & management, access & quality of service, contracting arrangements, accountability, and client outcomes. Part 3 summarizes findings related to the capability of LLMP projects to support development of a community's employment base, improve functioning of labour markets, and address local labour force priorities.

Bureaucratic Manoeuvres
Bureaucratic Manoeuvres

Author: John Grundy

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1487504470

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In Bureaucratic Manoeuvres, John Grundy examines profound transformations in the governance of unemployment in Canada. While policy makers previously approached unemployment as a social and economic problem to be addressed through macroeconomic policies, recent labour market policy reforms have placed much more emphasis on the supposedly deficient employability of the unemployed themselves, a troubling shift that deserves close, critical attention. Tracing a behind-the-scenes history of public employment services in Canada, Bureaucratic Manoeuvres shows just how difficult it has been for administrators and frontline staff to govern unemployment as a problem of individual employability. Drawing on untapped government records, it sheds much-needed light on internal bureaucratic struggles over the direction of labour market policy in Canada and makes a key contribution to Canadian political science, economics, public administration, and sociology.

Improving the Odds
Improving the Odds

Author: Cameron Crawford

Publisher: North York, Ont. : Institut Roeher = Roeher Institute

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 250

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This research on employment programs for people with disabilities draws on focus group sessions, specially designed & administered surveys, interviews with employers, and analysis of several of Statistics Canada's large population surveys. Chapter 1 describes the employment situation of people with disabilities and chapter 2 explores the intergovernmental, funding, & program context for addressing the low employment of people with disabilities. Chapters 3 to 10 look at a range of measures needed for participation in education, training, & employment and key issues that people with disabilities are encountering related to these measures. The measures include labour market integration programs, assessment & counselling services, labour market information services, education & training programs, disability supports, financial & technical supports, general community employment measures & opportunities, human rights and anti-discrimination measures, and supports for employers. The final chapters summarize the findings and suggest some potential solutions to further the employment of people with disabilities.