A listing of recent publications from the Department of Labour. A full list of the Department's regular publications can be found in the Labour Market Section.

Labour Market Update - February 2010 2010-02-05
The labour market eased further in the December 2009 quarter as a result of the recession over 2008 and 2009. The number of people in employment fell, wage growth continued to slow and the unemployment rate rose to a 10-year high of 7.3%.

External Migration Factsheet - December 2009 2010-02-05
Migration data is sourced from Statistics New Zealand. Unless otherwise specified, all data refers to permanent and long-term (PLT, i.e., 12 months or more) migration, is not seasonally adjusted, and is rounded to the nearest 100.

Key Information Tool (KIT) 2010-02-05
The Key Information Tool (KIT) gives users headline labour market information in a single, easy to access place. The tool has been developed with three layers of information. The first layer gives key labour market indicators for the latest quarter while the second gives more detailed time series information for each variable and the third provides further breakdowns for key groups such as ethnic and age groups.

Monthly Migration Trends : December 2009 2010-02-05
This report provides a brief summary of migration trends for the first half of the 2009/10 financial year (July-December 2009).

Immigration Act 2009 review factsheets 2010-02-05
Immigration Act 2009 review factsheets containing more details about specific areas of change.

HLFS briefing - Employment and unemployment - December 2009 2010-02-04
This report informs you about the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) results for the December 2009 quarter which were released today.

Labour Market Factsheets - December 2009 2010-02-04
Labour Market Factsheets are designed to give quick facts about key interest groups in the New Zealand Labour Market. There are factsheets on five groups- Maori, Pacific Peoples, Females, Youth and Older Workers.

Joint MSD/DoL Quarterly Regional Labour Market Reports - December 2009 2010-02-04
The Joint MSD/DoL Quarterly Regional Labour Market Reports provide regularly updated labour market information at a Regional Council level. Published following the release of the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), these reports provide timely and accurate labour market information at a regional level.

Regulatory Impact Statement – Minimum Wage review 2009 2010-02-03
The Department of Labour has published a Regulatory Impact Statement on Minimum Wage review 2009. This statement provides an analysis of options for the Minister of Labour's annual statutory review of the minimum wage rates.

Wage Growth - December 2009 Quarter 2010-02-02
This note examines the wage growth measures for the December 2009 quarter from the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and the Labour Cost Index (LCI), which were released by Statistics New Zealand on 2 February 2010.

Quota Refugees in New Zealand: Approvals and Movements (1999—2008) 2010-01-29
This report contains a summary of the analysis on quota refugee approvals in New Zealand over the 1999-2008 period. It also looks at the subsequent movement patterns of quota refugees to gain an understanding of their mobility. These are analysed by breaking down the quota refugee populations by nationality, gender, age and application type.

Jobs Online monthly report – December 2009 2010-01-21
Jobs Online measures job vacancies advertised on the main internet job boards, focusing mainly on skilled occupations at a regional level and in different industries.

Migration Trends and Outlook 2008/09 2010-01-18
The 'Migration Trends and Outlook 2008/09' report is the ninth in a series produced annually to provide information about trends in temporary and permanent migration.

International Migration Outlook - New Zealand 2008/09 2010-01-18
This report provides information for the OECD's 2010 publication 'International Migration Outlook'. This annual publication is an output of the OECD's Continuous Reporting System on Migration (known by its French acronym SOPEMI), now in its thirty-second year.

Employment and Skills Snapshot – Government Administration and Defence 2010-01-11
The government administration and defence industry is an important employer in New Zealand, employing 68,800 people (or 3% of New Zealand’s total workforce) in the June 2009 quarter.

Monthly Migration Trends - November 2009 2010-01-07
This report provides a brief summary of migration trends for the 2009/10 financial year to date (July-November 2009). The report focuses on three key areas: the New Zealand Residence Programme, permanent skilled migration, and temporary entry. All immigration data is sourced from the Department of Labour and, unless otherwise stated, is reported as a count of individual people rather than the number of applications.

Cranes Approved Code of Practice 2010-01-07
This code has been prepared to support the requirements of the Pressure Equipment, Cranes and Passenger Ropeways Regulations 1999 and the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.

Review of the Holidays Act 2003 – report of the Ministerial Advisory Group 2009-12-23
The Ministerial Advisory Group has reported back to the Minister of Labour on their review of the Holidays Act 2003. The Minister will be considering their recommendations and the Department’s advice in February/March 2010. This report

Economic Growth - September 2009 Quarter 2009-12-23
Economic activity increased by 0.2% in the September 2009 quarter following a 0.2% increase in the June 2009 quarter (Fig 1). Following five quarters of contraction, growth in the June and September 2009 quarters confirm the New Zealand economy is recovering, albeit tentatively.

The Working Patterns of Older Workers 2009-12-23
This paper describes the characteristics, jobs, working time patterns, employment conditions and employment outcomes of older workers using data collected in Statistics New Zealand's Survey of Working Life 2008.

External Migration Factsheet - November 2009 2009-12-21
Migration data is sourced from Statistics New Zealand. Unless otherwise specified, all data refers to permanent and long-term (PLT, i.e., 12 months or more) migration, is not seasonally adjusted, and is rounded to the nearest 100.

Developing A New Zealand Settlement Knowledge Base 2009-12-21
This report provides baseline information on the indicators which relate to the intermediate goals of the New Zealand Settlement Strategy identified in Phase One of the Settlement Knowledge Base Project

Skills in the Labour Market Outlook 2009-12-18
Skills in the Labour Market Outlook gives a current overview of skills in the labour market. It summarises trends in the demand and supply of skills. This report is released bi-annually to monitor movements in the matching of skills, and the present and future supply and demand into semi-detailed occupations.

Maori in the New Zealand labour market 2009-12-15
Maori in the New Zealand labour market provides a detailed look at Maori labour market performance over the last five years, with particular focus on the recession's impact. Drawing on a wide range of the latest data, the report covers such topics as Maori in education, employment, unemployment and disengaged youth. The report also paints a picture of the future Maori workforce and the forces that will shape it.

Jobs Online Monthly Report – November 2009 2009-12-14
While the September unemployment rate increased to 6.5%, and the consensus is that it will continue to rise, new data from the Department’s Jobs Online suggests that the decline in the labour market has begun to turn around. This is the first monthly report to be released from Jobs Online.

Jobs Online Background and Methodology 2009-12-14
This background report shows that there is a strong relationship between Jobs Online and a wide range of other indicators of labour market performance.

Casual employees’ rights and entitlements 2009-12-14
All employees have minimum rights and entitlements - including casual employees. Casual employees are people who work "as and when" required, with no guarantee of set hours or continuation of employment.

Why are men more affected by labour market downturns? 2009-12-09
The recent recession has impacted workers in most industries, but men are taking a much bigger hit than women. In this note we use data from the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) to explore why men are doing worse during the current downturn and what this may mean for their employment growth in the medium term.

Quality Assurance Review of June 2009 ACC Liability Valuation 2009-12-08
Finity's review has been conducted for the Department of Labour (the Department) to assist with their functions as advisor to the Minister for ACC on strategic directions and purchasers of services from the ACC in the form of the Non-Earners Account. Details are contained in Part II of this report, which should be read for a complete understanding of the scope, process and conclusions.

Workplace Health and Safety Snapshot report 2009-12-03
The 2008-09 annual snapshot report on progress on achieving the Workplace Health and Strategy for New Zealand to 2015 demonstrates the varied ways workplaces through New Zealand are contributing to good progress in the three key areas of strategic focus – government leadership and practices, preventive workplace cultures, and industry leadership and community engagement.

Life in New Zealand: Settlement Experience of Skilled Migrants – Results from the 2008 Survey 2009-12-02
This report presents findings from the 2008 Settlement Experience Feedback Survey of migrants who gained permanent residence in New Zealand through the Skilled/Business Stream between September and December 2007.

Position Paper - Proposal to replace WES-ceiling for formaldehyde with a WES-TWA of 0.3ppm and a WES-STEL of 0.6ppm, and Proposal to reduce WES-TWA for soft wood dust from 5mg/m3 to 1mg/m3 2009-11-27
The Department of Labour is the primary agency responsible for setting Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) as part of the administration of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (HSE), 1992. This position paper discusses the proposal to replace WES-ceiling for formaldehyde with a WES-TWA of 0.3ppm and a WES-STEL of 0.6ppm, and to reduce WES-TWA for soft wood dust from 5mg/m3 to 1mg/m3.

External Migration Factsheet - October 2009 2009-11-23
Migration data for October 2009 was released by Statistics NZ on 23 November 2009. Unless otherwise specified, all data refers to permanent and long-term (PLT, i.e. 12 months or more) migration, is not seasonally adjusted, and is rounded to the nearest 100.

Asbestos and Other Occupational Lung Diseases in New Zealand - 1992 - 2008 2009-11-23
This report reviews 1125 cases that were notified to the National Asbestos Medical Panel between March 1992 and July 2008.

Regional Industry Tool 2009 2009-11-20
The Regional Industry Tool is an interactive labour market analysis tool which allows you to select and view key facts about selected regions or industry in terms of the number of employees. Various measures are presented in the tool to analyse features of a regional labour market and industry presence across regions.

New Theme in Employment Law - Holidays Act 2003 - Consent to take annual leave 2009-11-17
In Ashton v PMP Print Limited unreported R Arthur, 27 August 2007, CA 104/07, the Employment Relations Authority considered whether an employee was unjustifiably dismissed for taking leave. In its determination the Authority discussed previous case law on the issue.

Labour Market Update - November 2009 2009-11-16
The labour market continued to weaken in the September 2009 quarter. According to the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), the number of people in employment fell, labour force participation decreased, and the unemployment rate rose to a 9-year high of 6.5%.

Labour market outcomes following education and training 2009-11-13
The Linked Employer-Employee Data Research Programme (LEED) is a multi-year project that is generating new research findings about workers and firms using linked employer and employee data.

Workplace Productivity Projects - Evaluation Report 2009-11-13
The primary objective of the Workplace Productivity Projects (the projects) was to gain a better understanding of what interventions were successful in inducing firms to introduce high performance workplace practices.

Key Information Tool (KIT) 2009-11-06
The Key Information Tool (KIT) gives users headline labour market information in a single, easy to access place.

Looking Back and Building Futures: Former Refugees' Views on Settling in New Zealand  2009-11-06
The aim of this exploratory study was to hear the views and experiences of former quota refugees who have lived in New Zealand for more than ten years. The findings from the study fed into the development of questions for a nation-wide survey of people who had arrived in New Zealand through the Refugee Quota Programme between 1993 and 1999.

Joint MSD/DoL Quarterly Regional Labour Market Reports 2009-11-05
The unemployment rate for all 12 regions was 5.5% for the year ended September 2009, up from 3.9% for the year ended September 2008. The rate was highest in Northland, which had an 8.3% unemployment rate for the year ended September 2009, followed by Gisborne/Hawke's Bay (7.8%), and Auckland (6.2%).