abstract: 'Introduction: Employment is important to health, well-being, and

  adjustment from military to civilian life. Given the importance of

  employment, we examine Veteran labour force outcomes in Canada. Methods:

  We examined labour market indicators from the 2010 and 2013 Life After

  Service Studies cross-sectional Survey on Transition to Civilian Life,

  along with the 2013 Income Study for Canadian Regular Force Veterans

  (released since 1998). Results: In Canada, most Regular Force Veterans

  surveyed were employed after release and satisfied with their work -

  both employment and satisfaction rates grew over time. The unemployment

  rate did not differ from that of the general Canadian population.

  However, Veterans were more likely than the general Canadian population

  to experience activity limitations at work. Variations in outcomes were

  found across diverse groups of the population. For example, unemployed

  Veterans were younger at release, had the fewest years of service, and

  were more likely to have served in the Army than employed Veterans.

  Veterans who were not in the labour force were older and had more years

  of service, and many were experiencing barriers to work. Employment

  rates were lower among female Veterans and among medically released

  Veterans. Discussion: Labour market outcomes vary across sub-groups of

  the Veteran population, suggesting targeted approaches to improve labour

  market outcomes. Findings suggest that the prevention of work disability

  is important for improving outcomes. Best practices in preventing work

  disability include restructuring compensation to recognize varying

  degrees of earnings capacity and to encourage labour market engagement

  and supported employment programs.'
affiliation: 'MacLean, MB (Corresponding Author), Vet Affairs Canada, 161 Grafton
  St,POB 7700, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.

  MacLean, Mary Beth; Keough, Jacinta; Poirier, Alain; McKinnon, Kritopher; Sweet,
  Jill, Vet Affairs Canada, 161 Grafton St,POB 7700, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.'
author: MacLean, Mary Beth and Keough, Jacinta and Poirier, Alain and McKinnon, Kritopher
  and Sweet, Jill
author-email: marybeth.maclean@vac-acc.gc.ca
author_list:
- family: MacLean
  given: Mary Beth
- family: Keough
  given: Jacinta
- family: Poirier
  given: Alain
- family: McKinnon
  given: Kritopher
- family: Sweet
  given: Jill
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3138/jmvfh.2017-0016
eissn: 2368-7924
files: []
journal: JOURNAL OF MILITARY VETERAN AND FAMILY HEALTH
keywords: 'adjustment to civilian life; employment; female; labour market; medical

  release'
keywords-plus: 'SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; DISABILITY; DISORDERS;

  IMPLEMENTATION; GENDER'
language: English
month: APR 1
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
orcid-numbers: MacLean, Mary Beth/0000-0002-5788-5167
pages: 58-70
papis_id: dab8e0cf5395f99aed51c17c92497acd
ref: Maclean2019labourmarket
times-cited: '5'
title: Labour market outcomes of Veterans
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000728016900007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '0'
volume: '5'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2019'