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

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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…

From Work to Residence: An evaluation of work policies that provide a pathway to permanent residence in New Zealand

In April 2002, the Department of Labour (DoL) introduced three new temporary work permit policies that were designed to provide a direct pathway from skilled temporary…

Choices for living, caring and working: A ten-year plan to improve the caring and employment choices available to parents and carers

This document has two objectives: to explain the government’s vision for enhancing choices for parents and carers; and to outline the Choices Plan of Action to…

Indicators of Skill Shortage

The New Zealand immigration system uses a point system to determine the eligibility for permanent residency of skilled migrant applicants. Applicants are allocated points that associate…

Trends in Youth Activity in New Zealand from 1985-2004

Limited information is currently available on youth activity in New Zealand. This paper uses data primarily from the Household Economic Survey (HES) to provide a comprehensive…

People on the Move: A study of migrant movement patterns to and from New Zealand

One long-term measure of a migrant’s successful settlement and contribution to the country is the extent to which they remain in the country after taking up…

Successful benefit-to-work transitions?

This study uses data from New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED) to examine the longer-term employment outcomes of adults who moved from a government income support…