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Parental Leave And Carers Leave: International Provision And Research

The purpose of this report is to review available international research and information on international provisions of parental leave and carers’ leave arrangements, as well as…

Investigation of Causative Factors Associated with Summertime Workplace Fatalities

The apparent increase in the number of workplace fatalities during the summer months in New Zealand has raised concerns among health and safety organisations as well…

Older People in Work: Key Trends and Patterns 1991-2005

This report examines broad changes that have occurred in the level and composition of employment for those aged 50 to 64 over the past 15 years,…

Ageing Workforces and Ageing Occupations

This report identifies knowledge gaps in relation to workforce ageing and ageing occupations by examining emerging issues from relevant research and policy in the area. The…

Improving Work-Related Road Safety in New Zealand

Work-related road safety remains a significant risk faced by New Zealand employers and employees. There are organisational, business, legal and cost implications. The AA Driver Education…

Migration Trends 2005/06

This report is the sixth in a series produced annually to provide information about trends in temporary and permanent migration to New Zealand.  The reports are…

Foundation Skills in Seasonal Workplaces

The Department of Labour (DOL) engaged Workbase: The New Zealand Centre for Workforce Literacy Development to complete Phase I and II of the Foundation Skills in Seasonal Workplaces…

Musculoskeletal disorders in meat processing industry: a literature review

This review of the peer-reviewed research literature was compiled as an output of the 2004-2006 COHFE project Addressing Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Meat and Seafood Processing,…

Worker-Firm Heterogeneity and Matching: An analysis using worker and firm fixed effects estimated from LEED

This paper uses Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) over the six year period April 1999–March 2005 to derive and analyse estimates of two-way worker…

Decision about caring and working: A qualitative study

This research was undertaken to explore how and why people with caring responsibilities make decisions related to paid work. It also examined whether people use information…