Department of Labour Annual Report 2006

Department of Labour
Wellington
October 2006

The Hon Minister of Labour

I have the honour of presenting the Annual Report of the Department of Labour Te Tari Mahi for the period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

James Buwalda - Secretary for Labour

Table of Contents

Working Towards

Chief Executive’s overview

Report on the Department’s activities in 2005/06

• The labour market
• How the Department works
• What the Department achieved
  • Case studies
  • Living an animated dream
  • Finding workers for harvest time
  • Paid parental leave benefits real New Zealanders
  • Ports of Auckland
  • Work-life balance at EziBuy
  • Special Investigators TV show prompts action on health and safety
  • Popular Borderline TV programme shows breadth of Department’s work
• The Department’s outcome and new long-term goals
• Who we are
• Equal employment opportunities report
• Effectiveness in reducing inequalities report
• Statement of responsibility
• Audit report

Statement of objectives and service performance

• Performance reporting

Vote Labour

• Summary financial performance
• Output class: Policy advice
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: International services - labour
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: Services to promote and support fair and productive employment relationships
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: Services to promote and support safe and healthy people and workplaces
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: Services to promote and support the safe management of hazardous substances in the workplace and amusement devices
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance

Vote Immigration

• Summary financial performance
• Output class: Services to increase the capacity of New Zealand through immigration
  • Description
  • Objective: Advising the Government on the workforce
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Objective: Increasing the size and quality of New Zealand's workforce to support economic growth
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Objective: Facilitating movement of people into and out of New Zealand, while protecting the integrity of the border
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: Services to position New Zealand as an international citizen with immigration-related interests and obligations
  • Description
  • Objective: Promoting New Zealand’s immigration-related interests
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Objective: Enhancing settlement and fulfilling international obligations
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Financial performance

Vote Employment

• Summary financial performance
• Output class: Labour market information
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: Policy, research and evaluation
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Financial performance

Vote ACC

• Summary financial performance
• Output class: Policy and monitoring
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance
• Output class: Regulatory services
  • Description
  • Activities
  • Performance information
  • Activity information
  • Financial performance

Appendix : Policy advice quality standards

• Policy advice
• Application of standards

Financial statements

• Statement of accounting policies
• Statement of financial performance
• Statement of movement in taxpayers’ funds
• Statement of financial position
• Statement of cash flows
• Statement of commitments
• Statement of contingent liabilities and assets
• Statement of unappropriated expenditure
• Statement of departmental expenditure and appropriations
• Statement of trust monies
• Memorandum account – visa and permits
• Notes to the financial statements
• Schedules and statements: non-departmental
• Statement of accounting policies
• Schedule of non-departmental revenue
• Schedule of non-departmental expenses
• Schedule of non-departmental expenditure and appropriations
• Schedule of non-departmental assets
• Schedule of non-departmental liabilities
• Schedule of non-departmental commitments
• Schedule of non-departmental contingent liabilities
• Notes to the schedules
• Statement on the adoption of New Zealand equivalents to international financial reporting standards

Appendices

• Fatal workplace accidents
• Migrant levy collection and allocation
• Contact information
• More information

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