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The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted the workplace. Some businesses closed either temporarily or permanently. Others enabled their employees to work from home. Those that could not shift to remote work had to implement new safety procedures to prevent their employees from getting sick. Along the way, access to skills training was interrupted. In cases where training did continue, its focus often shifted to managing the changes in the workplace caused by the pandemic.

The latest wave of the Survey on Employment and Skills, conducted in March 2023, revisits the issue of access to skills training. Three years after the onset of the pandemic, it finds that more workers are participating in work-related training to improve their skills, while training is becoming less focused on the management of the pandemic. It also shows that the most common type of training is that which focuses on workplace health and safety. The survey finds that working from home does not appear to have posed a barrier to skills training to date, as those who have switched to working from home are more likely than those who continue to work in their regular workplace to access training to improve their skills.

Key insights

• 44 percent of people in the labour force participated in a training course during the past 12 months that was provided by their employer. This compares to 34 percent a year earlier, and to 33 percent in June 2021.
• 22 percent of workers participated in a training course during the past 12 months that was not provided by their employer, but that they took while they were working. This compares to 19 percent a year earlier, and to 18 percent in June 2021.
• 20 percent of workers participated in a training course during the past 12 months that they took while they were unemployed. Among those unemployed at the time of the survey, the figure is 27 percent.

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La derni猫re vague de l鈥檈nqu锚te sur l鈥檈mploi et les comp茅tences, men茅e en mars 2023, revient sur la question de l鈥檃cc猫s 脿 la formation professionnelle. Trois ans apr猫s le d茅but de la pand茅mie, elle constate que davantage de professionnels participent 脿 des formations li茅es au travail afin d鈥檃m茅liorer leurs comp茅tences, tandis que la formation est moins ax茅e sur la gestion de la pand茅mie. Elle indique 茅galement que le type de formation le plus courant est celui qui est ax茅 sur la sant茅 et la s茅curit茅 au travail. L鈥檈nqu锚te r茅v猫le que le travail 脿 domicile ne semble pas avoir constitu茅 un obstacle 脿 la formation professionnelle 脿 ce jour, puisque les personnes qui ont opt茅 pour le travail 脿 domicile sont plus susceptibles que celles qui continuent 脿 travailler sur leur lieu de travail habituel d鈥檃cc茅der 脿 la formation pour am茅liorer leurs comp茅tences.

Principaux constats

• 44 % des personnes actives ont particip茅 脿 un cours de formation dispens茅 par leur employeur au cours des 12 derniers mois. Ce pourcentage est 脿 comparer aux 34 % de l鈥檃nn茅e pr茅c茅dente et aux 33 % de juin 2021.
• 22 % des professionnels ont particip茅, au cours des 12 derniers mois, 脿 un cours de formation qui n鈥櫭﹖ait pas dispens茅 par leur employeur, mais qu鈥檌ls ont suivi pendant qu鈥檌ls travaillaient. Ce pourcentage est 脿 comparer aux 19 % de l鈥檃nn茅e pr茅c茅dente et aux 18 % de juin 2021.
• 20 % des professionnels ont particip茅, au cours des 12 derniers mois, 脿 un cours de formation qu鈥檌ls ont suivi pendant qu鈥檌ls 茅taient au ch么mage. Parmi les ch么meurs au moment de l鈥檈nqu锚te, le pourcentage est de 27 %.

November 2023