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Recession, Recovery and the Labour Market - The OECD Experience August, 1990 |
This report focuses on the labour market experience of Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1990/2. | John Savage |
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Refugee Resettlement Research Project Report December, 2002 |
The research explores the resettlement experiences of refugees who have come to New Zealand over a six-year period. | NZ Immigration Service |
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Refugee Resettlement: A literature review August, 2008 |
This international literature review on refugee resettlement policy, completed in November 2007, provides part of the information platform for progressing a multi-year, cross-departmental research project being led by the Department of Labour called "Refugees plus ten: perspectives on integration, identity and community". It also contributes to a Department of Labour-led review of aspects of refugee policy related to the resettlement of refugees. | Alison Gray |
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Regional Labour Market Overview February, 2009 |
Produced in 2007 and 2009, these reports provide an overview of labour market trends and characteristics in Regional Council areas in a single report. | Department of Labour |
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Regulatory Impact Statement for Proposed Workplace Safety ACC Levy Discount for Small Businesses in Six High Risk Industries March, 2006 |
On 1 April 2006, the government introduced an ACC levy discount programme, specifically for small employers and self-employed in the highest risk industries. The programme is intended to raise small businesses awareness of industry specific health and safety risks, encourage participation in industry specific health and safety training, and most importantly, put this awareness and training into practice. This report summarises the advice provided to Cabinet on the policy development process, consultation, and cost and benefit analysis of the programme. |
Department of Labour |
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Report of Exploratory Case Study Research Into Precarious Employment June, 2004 |
This paper reports on case study research into non-standard employment in four industries (cleaning, call centres, construction labour hire and fish processing), and investigates the factors that contribute to employment being experienced as “precarious”. | Web Research |
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Report of the Ministerial Advisory Panel on Work Related Gradual Process Disease or Infection June, 2005 |
In this report the advisory panel has identified key issues associated with current scopes of cover for those who suffer work related gradual process, disease, or infection and propose significant changes to assisting those unable to perform their daily living activities. | Ministerial Advisory Panel |
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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. | Restructuring and Redundancy Public Advisory Group |
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Reporting on Workplace Health and Safety and Employment Relations: a stock-take of current practice January, 2005 |
The stock-take of New Zealand’s one hundred largest employers showing levels, quality and principles of health and safety and employment relations reporting through annual reports. | Frances Butcher and Andrew Stewart-Loughnan |
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Return Migration and Earnings of Workers in New Zealand''s Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme May, 2012 |
Research to date has shown that allowing Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers to return to New Zealand in subsequent seasons has significant benefits to employers, the workers and their home communities. This report examines the first four seasons of the RSE scheme from 2007/08 through to 2010/11 in terms of workers return rates, their seasonal earnings and duration of employment in New Zealand. | Paul Merwood |
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Returning to work from injury: Longitudinal evidence on employment and earnings August, 2005 |
Sarah Crichton, Steven Stillman and Dean Hyslop | |
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Returns to post-school qualifications: New evidence based on the HLFS Income Supplement (1997-2002) January, 2004 |
This study provides new evidence on the returns to post-school qualifications in New Zealand, using data from the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) Income Supplements 1997-2002. | Sholeh Maani and Tim Maloney |
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Review of the Holidays Act 2003 – report of the Ministerial Advisory Group December, 2009 |
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. | Ministerial Advisory Panel, Peter Kiely, Paul Mackay, Helen Kelly, Philip Doak and James Ritchie |
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Risk Evaluation of Dioxin Exposure to Workers at Dow AgroSciences, New Plymouth February, 2005 |
This report attempts to evaluate the risks of dioxin exposure to workers at the Dow AgroSciences, New Plymouth from current site activities. It is primarily concerned with potential routes for exposure to current workers but does not seek to quantify the associated levels of risk. | Mike Lewis and Derek Stannard |
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RSE Monitoring: Key findings from the 2010 Employers’ Survey December, 2010 |
The third online survey of RSE and non RSE employers in 2010 comes after two seasons of RSE policy implementation. | Research New Zealand |
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RSE Monitoring: Key Findings from the 2011 Employers Survey May, 2012 |
The purpose of this report is to summarise the key findings from the fourth online survey of employers in the horticulture and viticulture industry. | Research New Zealand |
