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Paul Callister |
Trends in Employee Tenure, Turnover and Work Scheduling Patterns: A Review of the Empirical Research Evidence |
This paper reviews published research evidence on trends in employees’ tenure, turnover, and work scheduling patterns. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1997/1. More |
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Sylvia Dixon |
Work Sharing: Its Potential to Reduce Unemployment in New Zealand |
This short report considers the potential of work sharing measures to reduce unemployment in New Zealand. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1994/2. |
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National Research Bureau Ltd |
Employment Issues Survey 1988 |
Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1989/4. More |
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Peter Conway |
An ''unlucky generation'' ? The wages of supermarket workers post-ECA |
Models of wage bargaining and the effect of negotiating at different levels of centralisation are used to interpret changes in the wage outcomes of supermarket checkout operators from 1987 to 1997. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1999. More |
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Martin Perry |
Workplace Reform and the Quality of Working Life: A Tale of Three Workplaces |
This article reviews evidence collected in three New Zealand workplaces: BHP New Zealand Steel; Du Pont Peroxide; and Interlock Industries. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:2. More |
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Erling Rasmussen |
Employee Awareness and Attitudes - A Pilot Survey |
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 |
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Deborah Tucker |
''Precarious'' Non-Standard Employment - A Review of the Literature |
This paper reviews the literature around non-standard and precarious employment and provides an introduction to the issues surrounding the interface between some types of non-standard employment and precariousness. More |
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Philippa Yasbek |
The business case for firm-level work-life balance policies: a review of the literature |
This paper reviews the international and New Zealand literature on the business case for adopting work-life balance policies. More |
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Web Research |
Report of Exploratory Case Study Research Into Precarious Employment |
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”. More |
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Roopali Johri |
Work values and the quality of employment: a literature review |
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on what people value in employment and on methods of measuring the quality of employment, with a view to measuring it in New Zealand. More |
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Paul Callister |
Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation |
Conducted by the Department of Labour this evaluation examines the effectiveness of New Zealand’s parental leave legislation. The evaluation explores the decision-making and experiences of working parents before, during and after parental leave. Employers are also asked about their experiences and the evaluation includes feedback from parents ineligible for parental leave. More |
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Susan Kell Associates |
Parental Leave And Carers Leave: International Provision And Research |
Produced by Susan Kell Associates, for the Department of Labour, the report reviews available research and information on the international provision of parental leave and carers’ leave arrangements, as well as any proposed changes for the future. |
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