New Zealand Department of Labour

Produced by Susan Kell Associates, for the Department of Labour, the report reviews available research and information on the international provision of parental leave and carers’ leave arrangements, as well as any proposed changes for the future. The overall direction of change is towards increasing the flexibility of leave entitlements and extending fathers’ access to parental leave.

All publications in subject category: Childcare

     · Childcare / Early Childhood Education in a Labour Market Context in Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom
     · Decisions about Caring and Working
     · Lessons from the Workplace Project: an evaluation of a Work-life Balance programme initiative
     · Men’s participation in unpaid care: A review of the literature

All publications in subject category: Conditions of employment

     · An ''unlucky generation'' ? The wages of supermarket workers post-ECA
     · Employee Awareness and Attitudes - A Pilot Survey
     · Employment Issues Survey 1988
     · Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation
     · ''Precarious'' Non-Standard Employment - A Review of the Literature
     · Report of Exploratory Case Study Research Into Precarious Employment
     · The business case for firm-level work-life balance policies: a review of the literature
     · Trends in Employee Tenure, Turnover and Work Scheduling Patterns: A Review of the Empirical Research Evidence
     · Work Sharing: Its Potential to Reduce Unemployment in New Zealand
     · Work values and the quality of employment: a literature review
     · Workplace Reform and the Quality of Working Life: A Tale of Three Workplaces

All publications in subject category: Employment policy / active labour market policy

     · A report card on the New Zealand labour market
     · Displacement Effects of Active Labour Market Policy
     · Employment Relationship Problems: Costs, Benefits and Choices
     · Equality: Outcomes or Opportunities? A Review of the Literature
     · Evidence to date on the working and effectiveness of ALMPs in New Zealand
     · Inventory of Labour Market Measures
     · Keeping Work Safe Enforcement Policy
     · Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation
     · Plan of Action to Prevent People Trafficking
     · Strategies to Return Injured Workers to Sustainable Earnings - An International Literature Review
     · The impact of employment policy interventions
     · Work Capacity Assessment Trial, Phase One results, evaluation report
     · Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market

All publications in subject category: Employment relations / industrial relations

     · An ''unlucky generation'' ? The wages of supermarket workers post-ECA
     · Current Trends, Process and Practice in Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Review of The Literature
     · Employment Relationship Problems: Costs, Benefits and Choices
     · Evaluation of the Short-Term Impacts of the Employment Relations Act 2000
     · Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation
     · Report of the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy
     · Reporting on Workplace Health and Safety and Employment Relations: a stock-take of current practice
     · Should New Zealand have a WIRS?
     · The business case for firm-level work-life balance policies: a review of the literature
     · The Economic Effects of Industrial Relations Systems: A Literature Review
     · The Effect of the Employment Relations Act 2000 on Collective Bargaining
     · Work-life balance and flexibility in New Zealand: A snapshot of employee and employer attitudes and experiences in 2008

All publications in subject category: Women

     · Decisions about Caring and Working
     · Does the minimum wage reduce the employment prospects of unqualified New Zealand Women
     · Evaluating the Feb 1999 Domestic Purposes Benefit & Widows Benefit Reforms
     · Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation
     · Patterns Of Gendered Skilled And Temporary Migration Into New Zealand
     · Pay inequality between Men and Women in New Zealand
     · Understanding reductions in the gender wage differential 1997-2003

Parental Leave And Carers Leave: International Provision And Research