Structure

The Secretary of Labour chairs the Strategic Leadership Team, which is the governance committee for the Department. This team comprises the Secretary and five Deputy Secretaries, and leads the Department's strategic direction, organisational development and capability, and organisation performance and monitoring. The Strategic Leadership Team works through staff and other stakeholders to achieve the Department's purpose.

The team is supported by five sub-committees: Policy Forum; Planning and Budgeting; Human Resources; Information; and Audit.

The Department is organised into the following groups:

• Workforce delivers immigration, employment and skills policies to build New Zealand's workforce, as well as managing immigration in New Zealand's best interests.
• Workplace delivers services related to employment relationships, workplace practices, workplace health and safety and safe management of hazardous substances to build healthy, productive workplaces.
• Work Directions focuses on achieving the best labour market outcomes possible at a national, regional and sectoral level, through strategic analysis, engagement and comprehensive and tailored labour market information and insights.
• Corporate supports the Chief Executive and whole-of-Department capability through a range of central services, advice and standards for human resources, information technology, communications and marketing, financial management, planning and reporting, internal audit and property.
• Legal and International provides legal services, advice and support to the Department and Ministers for legislative reforms, and manages labour-related international engagements. The Legal group provides an internally independent home for support staff for immigration appeal bodies and the newly created Immigration Advisers Authority.

Ministers and Votes

The Minister of Labour is the Responsible Minister for the Department. The Department administers four Votes and reports to the Ministerial portfolios listed below.