Decent Work New Zealand
Towards Decent Work - Charting our progress
Objective 3: Activities, Strategies and/or Institutional Arrangements Developed to Address each Critical Success Factor
CSF 17: Strategic and other labour market planning is based on sound knowledge about the labour market.
Activity:
Regional labour market development
Description:
Collaborative development of strategies and action plans to address skills, productivity and participation issues at a regional level. This involves working with local government, business/industry associations, economic development agencies, training providers, unions and other government agencies.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Sectoral labour market development
Description:
Collaborative development of strategies and action plans to address skills, productivity and participation issues at a sectoral level. This involves working with sector bodies, local government, business/industry associations, economic development agencies, training providers, unions and other government agencies.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Labour Market monitoring and analysis
Description:
Collecting, analysing and disseminating labour market knowledge through reporting on employment and unemployment, skills, migration, wages, labour market outlook, as well as sub-population and regional labour markets.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW)
Description:
NACEW is an advisory body providing advice to the Minister of Labour. NACEW is supported by the Department of Labour through the provision of an Executive Officer and advisory support to assist the development and implementation of their work programme. Currently this is via three subgroups focusing on precarious employment and particularly public contracting, pay and employment equity issues, Maori and Pacific women in enterprise and a joint DOL/NACEW decision-making project on balancing work and caring responsibilities
Lead Agency:
NACEW, Department of Labour
Activity:
Industrial Relations Foundation
Description:
The Department of Labour provides secretariat support for the IRF. The IRF funds research into industrial relations related topics and is allocated annually through a Steering Committee made up of the Minister of Labour, Business NZ, the NZCTU, and DOL. The purpose of the funding is to promote the overall knowledge of better industrial relations within New Zealand.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Better Work Working Better (BWWB)
Description:
BWWB sets out the Government’s aspirations for high quality employment in productive and innovative industries, regions and businesses that drives sustainable economic growth and opportunities for all New Zealanders. Goals under BWWB are high levels of participation in high-quality, well-paid and diversified employment; a diverse, adaptable and highly-skilled workforce; high-quality and productive workplaces within an effective regulatory environment and high-performing sector and regional labour markets.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Realising Youth Potential
Description:
Contributing to policy development and implementation around the goal of the Government that all young people will be participating in education, skills, or other structured learning relevant to their abilities and needs until they reach the age of 18. This includes all young people in work, transition to work, and in tertiary education and training have a coherent set of learning opportunities and the appropriate support mechanisms available to achieve sustainable skills and career outcomes. This is a joint activity with the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs.
Lead Agency:
Multi agency, Department of Labour
Activity:
Incorporation of labour components in trade agreements
Description:
The Government’s framework on the integration of labour issues with trade agreements continues to be used in all trade negotiations to which New Zealand is a party, including with ASEAN, China, Malaysia and the Gulf Cooperation Council. New Zealand has concluded agreements with the Kingdom of Thailand and with Singapore, Brunei and Chile, and a range of labour-cooperation activities are now underway.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Tripartite engagement of ILO matters
Description:
The Department of Labour convenes quarterly tripartite meetings to discuss ILO matters; organises New Zealand’s tripartite participation at the annual conference, including delegates’ briefings; arranges and funds tripartite attendance at four-yearly Asian Regional Meetings; and coordinates tripartite consultation on reports and questionnaires submitted to the ILO, and on the ratification of ILO Conventions.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Talent New Zealand businesses need
Description:
Identifying opportunities for responding to skill and talent shortages, taking account of relevant work already underway. This includes the tertiary education reforms, the business tax review and the Immigration Change Programme.
There will be a specific focus on attracting the talented people New Zealand firms need, both immigrants and expatriates.
The Talent Work Policy enables employers to gain 'Accredited Employer' status, and gives them access to a special category of Work to Residence Visa for the offshore talent they need to supplement their New Zealand work force.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Iwi labour market development
Description:
Collaborative approach to support iwi labour market development issues, including the use of interactive labour market tools. Such tools can assist the decision making process through enabling iwi to develop a better understanding of relevant labour market conditions.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Labour market analysis tools
Description:
First arising from the Ngäti Awa labour market capacity building project, a series of interactive labour market tools have been developed to allow quick and easy access to detailed labour market information at a disaggregated (sub-national and sub-population) level. The tools use updatable databases to provide information on key labour market indicators, education and training, industry and occupations to support decision making.
Lead Agency:
Department of Labour
Activity:
Pacific Economic Action Plan (PEAP)
Description:
The PEAP provides an overarching response to Pacific peoples’ economic priorities with six key goals: Education, Workforce Development, Business Development, Creative, Emerging & Growth Industries, Entrepreneurial Culture and Leadership. This plan identifies milestones to assist government - develop policies and initiatives to enhance Pacific peoples’ contribution to the New Zealand economy. Each goal outlines objectives that will address gaps in current government responses and areas of need.
Lead Agency:
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Activity:
Pacific Women’s Economic Development Plan (PWEDP)
Description:
The PWEDP is a specific economic development action plan for Pacific women. It identifies specific milestones that further contribute to four of the PEAP goals: Education, Workforce Development, Business Development and Leadership.
Lead Agency:
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Activity:
Monitoring reports to estimate the impact of Government employment policies and programmes
Description:
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.
Lead Agency:
Ministry of Social Development
Activity:
Youth Transition Services [external link]
Description:
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.
Lead Agency:
Ministry of Social Development
Activity:
Research into occupational segregation
Description:
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is undertaking several research projects on occupational segregation (the tendency for men and women to do different types of jobs, and for some jobs to be dominated by men or women). The purpose of these projects is to establish if there are links between occupational segregation, labour market responsiveness and productivity; and the extent to which gender affects young people’s decision-making about careers in gender-segregated occupations.
Lead Agency:
Ministry of Women’s Affairs
Activity:
Industry development projects
Description:
The NZCTU runs projects in the forestry and food and beverage sectors and with Maori workers to increase worker participation in industry decision-making and develop improved industry standards.
Lead Agency:
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions