Decent Work New Zealand
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Monitoring reports to estimate the impact of Government employment policies and programmes

A series of monitoring reports produced to analyse employment programme effectiveness and Ministry of Social Development delivery.  The reports determine the relative effectiveness of employment programmes and services.

Ministry of Social Development

17, 18

Transition to Work Grant [external link]

Assists clients to meet the additional cost of looking for work, attending a job interview and taking up employment.

Ministry of Social Development

6, 8

Work Experience

Provides unpaid opportunities in a workplace or work type environment and helps clients gain up to date work experience.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 11, 18

Enterprise Allowance [external link]

Helps clients become self-sufficient by way of financial assistance to allow them to prepare for, or enter into self employment.

Ministry of Social Development

6, 8, 11

Job Search Skills training programmes for job seekers

Short-term programmes that provide information on job-search techniques, skills and resources.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 11, 18

Skills Training courses

Training courses or programmes that endeavour to provide job seekers with work-related skills.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 11, 18

Industry Partnerships

Industry Partnerships involve forming partnerships with industries and major employers that have large skill and labour shortages.  Partners generally receive a jointly developed tailored recruitment service offer that is responsive to their current and future staffing needs.  This initiative aims to fill the skill and labour shortages by developing tailored training programmes to meet areas of industry need.  These national partnerships are complemented by local industry partnerships.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 11

Taskforce Green Subsidy [external link]

Allows the client to participate in community or environmental based project work to develop work habits and general on the job skills.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 18

Working for Families [external link]

Working for Families is a package designed to help make it easier to work and raise a family.  It pays extra money to many thousands of New Zealand families.  Working for Families is made up of three key components: tax credits administered by Inland Revenue and Accommodation Supplement and Childcare Assistance which are administered by Work and Income.

Ministry of Social Development

1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16

Regional Funding

Funding that allows MSD to be responsive to emerging job seeker needs and opportunities, primarily regionally driven and targeted.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 8, 11, 18

Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs [external link]

This initiative provides funding through MSD for collaborative initiatives between central and local government for projects that have training, education and work outcomes targeted for youth.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 18

Enterprising Communities grants [external link]

Enterprising Communities assistance is focused on achieving labour market outcomes for communities and groups who are disadvantaged in the labour market.  The aim is to help not for profit organisations develop initiatives leading to sustainable employment opportunities and financial independence.

Ministry of Social Development

6, 8, 10

Local Industry Partnerships

Local industry partnerships are designed to help address local skills shortages and respond quickly to emerging local employment opportunities, where the skills of the local workforce do not match those required for the jobs.  Working directly with industry to identify and contract the appropriate training courses, they aim to open up sustainable jobs and new career opportunities to unemployed people and others currently disadvantaged in the labour market.  These partnerships complement the national partnerships.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 20

Innovative Employment Assistance (IEA)

IEA programmes trial new strategies to help Sickness and Invalids’ Beneficiaries into work.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 18

Supported employment for people with disabilities

The provision of supported employment is part of Ministry of Social Development’s ongoing services for people with ill-health or disability seeking to re-enter the workforce.  This service is offered by a range of providers throughout the country.

Ministry of Social Development

6, 8, 9, 11

Skills Investment Subsidy

Skills Investment is a subsidy that invests in disadvantaged job seekers by making a temporary contribution to their wages and training to enable them to access and maintain employment.

Ministry of Social Development

6, 8, 9, 11

Training Incentive Allowance

Training Incentive Allowance provides non-taxable assistance to clients receiving certain types of benefits to undertake employment related training that will improve their skills and increase their chances of getting work.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 9, 11

In-work support

The In-work Support programme provides support to improve the prospects for Work and Income clients to remain in employment.

Ministry of Social Development

6, 8, 11

Training Opportunities Employment Programme

This programme provides full-time, fully funded training options to targeted Work and Income clients, enabling them to develop skills and gain credits towards nationally recognised qualifications.  This assists the move into employment, further education or training.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 11, 18

Migrant Employment Assistance

Migrant employment assistance provides funding for organisations that work with recognised migrant communities and deliver projects to develop the skills needed to access the labour market.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 6, 8, 18

Youth Transition Services [external link]

Youth Transition Services (YTS) assists young people as they transition from school to further education, training, work or other activities that contribute to their long-term independence and wellbeing.  YTS works with local providers giving support to young people through further education, training or other activities.

Ministry of Social Development

5, 8, 11, 17, 18