Although pressure to recruitwomendirectors, unlike that to employ women inthe generalwork force, does notderive fromlegislation, itisnevertheless real.
There is plenty of room to debate whether this type of labor amounts to exploitation of, excuse the pun, a captive audience or does it take away jobs from those who are in thegeneralworkforce.
According to the auditor general, as the public sector represents around 30% of the total labour workforce, its health and well being is crucial to the effective delivery of public services.
Such a move would also have a positive impact on general tax revenues as more 65 and 66 year olds would remain in theworkforce in the effort to protect their company-provided healthcare benefits or, if they are self-employed, continue earning enough money to pay for their private health insurance premiums for an additional two years.