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Department of Labour - merged into Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) formed 1 July 2012

Website: Department of Labour

Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand

New Zealand’s large and volatile external migration flows generate significant year-to-year fluctuations in the demand for residential housing. This paper uses population data from the 1986,…

Patterns Of Gendered Skilled And Temporary Migration Into New Zealand

New Zealand has a long history of gendered migration and this has affected the overall gender balance in the population. According to official records there were…

Why workplaces matter: The role of workplace practices in economic transformation

Raising productivity and growth is high on the New Zealand Government’s growth agenda and has been so for some time. Across the economy as a whole,…

International Workforce Literacy Review

These reviews outline the work that is taking place in the area of workforce literacy in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland and the United States.

Annotated Bibliography of New Zealand Literature on Migrant and Refugee Youth

This annotated bibliography was commissioned by the Department of Labour to provide a comprehensive account of the current evidence on settlement and social inclusion for migrant…

The Workplace Literacy Fund A review

This retrospective study is one of a suite of evaluations and research being undertaken by the Department of Labour to inform the development of the government’s…

Leptospirosis - Reducing the impact on New Zealand workplaces

It is extremely unlikely that Leptospirosis will be eliminated entirely from the New Zealand environment. There is no human vaccine. Therefore the emphasis must be to…

Employment Relationship Problems: Costs, Benefits and Choices

The Employment Relations Act was introduced in 2000 to provide the framework for regulating relationships between employers and employees. The Act recognises "that employment relationships must…

Health and Safety - Good business sense

Healthy and safe workplaces are fundamental to achieving Productive Work and High Quality Working Lives for New Zealand. We all need to increase our understanding of…

An Evaluation of Health and Safety Management Practices in the Hairdressing Industry

Project Aim To evaluate the present state of health and safety management practices used to reduce the risk of injury and disease in the Hairdressing Industry.…