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Richard Whatman, Mary Adams, Jo Burton, Frances Butcher, Sue Graham, Andrew McLeod, Rashmi Rajan, Margaret Bridge and Centre for Research on Work, Education & Business

Aftermath - The Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness
November, 2002

To explore the wider costs for society, the Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness Study aimed to gain an understanding of the full range of consequences of workplace illness and injury. More

Richard Whatman, Mary Adams, Jo Burton, Frances Butcher, Sue Graham, Andrew McLeod, Rashmi Rajan, Margaret Bridge, Dr Roberta Hill and Roopali Johri

Aftermath - How the Lives of Fifteen Ordinary New Zealanders have been affected by Workplace Injury and Illness
November, 2002

A booklet that presents, in a shortened form, the case histories featured in the "Aftermath - The Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness" study and concentrates on the human and personal dimension, omitting the detailed social and economic analyses of the full report. More

Roopali Johri, Marc de Boer, Heide Pusch, Sankar Ramasamy and K Wong

Evidence to date on the working and effectiveness of ALMPs in New Zealand
September, 2004

ALMPs are intervention programmes and policies that actively assist people into employment. This report summarises the evidence from recent New Zealand employment programme evaluations, compares the New Zealand results to available international evidence on similar programmes, and identifies gaps in our knowledge. More

Erling Rasmussen

Employee Awareness and Attitudes - A Pilot Survey
November, 1996

This article presents the results of a survey of private sector employees in the Auckland area. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:2. More

Weshah Razzak

Towards Building A New Consensus About New Zealand’s Productivity
January, 2003

This paper examines common methodologies that have been typically used to estimate productivity numbers in New Zealand and issues like trend estimation, convergence and spillovers (increasing returns to scale). More

David Rea and Maria Gobbi

The unemployment spells of registered job seekers
March, 2002

This paper analyses the unemployment spell experiences of registered job seekers over a four-year period. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 2002-2. More

Simon Chapple and David Rea

Time series analysis of disparity between Maori and non-Maori labour market outcomes in the Household Labour Force Survey
July, 1999

This note considers changes in disparity in labour market outcomes over time between Maori and non-Maori using Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) data. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1998:1&2. More

Nicola Beentjes and Susan Reid

Foundation Skills In Seasonal Workplaces Phase II Report 1

The Department of Labour (DOL) engaged Workbase: The New Zealand Centre for Workforce Literacy Development to complete Phase II of the Foundation Skills in Seasonal Workplaces (FSSW) project. Phase I explored barriers to engaging in foundation skills training and identified levers to overcome these barriers. Phase II aimed to provide an understanding of specific foundation skills needs in the horticulture and viticulture seasonal industries.

Three enterprises were directly involved in the project, one from each of the pipfruit, viticulture, and kiwifruit sectors. A range of representatives from industry associations, training providers and government agencies also provided input. The report identifies a number of critical issues within the industry, what the future skill demands are likely to be and what the most important foundation skills were for the industry. The most important foundation skills were the ability to understand oral instructions and critical thinking and decision making skills.
Workbase also made a number of recommendations to address foundation skills in the horticulture and viticulture seasonal industries.
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Research New Zealand

45 Plus: Choices in the labour market. Final Report – Stage 1 Review of literature on programmes of career information, advice and guidance for mature non-participants
November, 2006

The aim of this review is to provide an overview of recent and related research on career information, advice and guidance for mature non-participants that will support the development of policy and evidence-based practice in New Zealand. More

Research New Zealand

45 Plus: Choices in the labour market. Final Report – Stage 2 Quantitative Survey
November, 2006

This report presents the findings from Stage 2 of the career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) research, a quantitative survey of workforce non-participants aged 45 years and over
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Research New Zealand

45 Plus: Choices in the labour market. Final Report – Stage 3 Qualitative Survey
November, 2006

This report presents the findings from Stage 3 of the career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) research, a qualitative study of workforce non-participants aged 45 years and over
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Restructuring and Redundancy Public Advisory Group

Report of the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy
June, 2008

This Report presents the results of the work of the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy (the Group). The Group was an independent body established to provide independent advice to the Ministers of Labour, Social Development and Employment and Economic Development on the adequacy of redundancy laws and provisions in New Zealand. More

Simon Milne, David Mason, Elizabeth Roberts, Caroline Nodder, Jovo Ateljevic and Ann Cameron

NZ Accommodation Providers: Impact of Technology on Labour
September, 2004

This research project looked at how the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) is affecting the use of, and demand for labour in the accommodation industry. More

David Rosen

International Workforce Literacy Review: United States
January, 2008

This review outlines the work that is taking place in the area of workforce literacy in the United States. It was written in January 2008 drawing on data and information available at that time.


This review is one of five international reviews commissioned by the Department of Labour in 2007 to inform the Upskilling Partnership Programme. This programme is researching approaches that engage employers in workplace literacy, language and numeracy programmes, in order to help raise their productivity.
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Rose Ryan

Why Workplaces Matter
September, 2007

This paper provides an overview of recent literature outlining the contribution of workplace practices to improved performance for individual firms and the economy as a whole. The paper examines the “high performance workplace systems” model and summarises some of the key debates about its impact on firm performance. The paper concludes by putting forward the reasons why improving workplace practices is a matter for public policy. More

Rose Ryan

Should New Zealand have a WIRS?
April, 1996

This article argues for a comprehensive and integrated Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) in New Zealand. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:1. More