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Labour market activity
- major activity during year
- employment/unemployment spells (start and end dates, durations)
- weekly labour force status
- total weeks of employment, unemployment and inactivity by year
- multiple job-holding spells
- work absence spells
Work experience
- years of full-time and part-time employment
- years of experience in full-time, full-year equivalents
Jobless periods
- job search during spell
- dates of search spells
- desire for employment
- reason for not looking
Job characteristics*
- start and end dates, first date ever worked for this employer
- wages
- work schedule (hours and type)
- benefits
- union membership
- occupation
- supervisory and managerial responsibilities
- class of worker
- tenure
- how job was obtained
- reason for job separation
*Job characteristics are updated annually for up to six jobs per year with dates of change recorded.
Absences from work*
- absence dates
- reason
- paid or unpaid
*Absences lasting one or more weeks are collected on the first and last absence each year, for each employer.
Employer attributes
- industry
- firm size
- public or private sector
