A listing of recent publications from the Department of Labour. A full list of the Department's regular publications can be found in the Labour Market Section.

Developing a Settlement Knowledge Base: Settlement Research and Evaluation Literature Sweep 2010-09-03
This report is the result of a sweep of national and international publications to identify and bring together key findings and good practice from published settlement research and evaluation.

Providing Information Services to Migrants: Literature review 2010-09-03
This literature review of international good practice in the delivery of information services to migrants will inform the development of evaluation tools for services to migrants to New Zealand. It is expected that evaluation tools will evolve as the literature develops and as a New Zealand evidence base emerges.

Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indices  2010-09-03
The fourth edition of the Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indices has been developed by the Department of Labour (the Department) in conjunction with the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand) and Responsible Care New Zealand Incorporated. Input has also been sought from a wide range of interested parties.

Literacy and Numeracy Research and Evaluation 2010-08-30
The Department of Labour, in partnership with the Tertiary Education Commission and the Ministry of Education, is responsible for a programme of research and evaluation on workforce literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) skills. Its purpose is to build the evidence base to inform policy development and practices for improving adult literacy, language and numeracy skills.

Rest and Meal Breaks Amendments to the Employment Act 2000 2010-08-27
This research was carried out between October 2009 and May 2010 by Department of Labour researchers to identify to what extent the intended policy objectives of the breaks amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 are being achieved.

Review of Risk Management and Safety in the Adventure and Outdoor Commercial Sectors in New Zealand 2009/10: Final report 2010-08-24
This report by the Department of Labour (the Department) was sparked by concerns about a number of serious incidents in the adventure and outdoor commercial sector.

Upskilling Partnership Programme - Evaluation report 2010-08-23
The Upskilling Partnership Programme was an initiative established by the Department of Labour in collaboration with partner agencies. The programme ran from July 2006 until June 2009. It was designed in response to the large numbers of working-age adults without the language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN) skills necessary for sustained employment and active participation in society.

Working across the ditch – New Zealanders working in Australia 2010-08-23
This report provides a descriptive analysis of the skills and labour market characteristics of New Zealand born people working in Australia.

Immigrant Selection and the Returns to Human Capital in New Zealand and Australia 2010-08-23
Trans-Tasman migration accounts for more than half of New Zealand’s international migration flows, meaning that movement to Australia is a central driver of New Zealand’s overall migration trends. Additionally, the relatively high emigration to Australia of economically active people from New Zealand has implications for the domestic labour market and labour-related immigration policy.

Regulatory Impact Statement – Review of the Holidays Act 2003 2010-08-16
The Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to revise the Holidays Act 2003.

Regulatory Impact Statement – Amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 2010-08-16
The Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) provides an analysis of options to improve the operation of five aspects of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act).

Leading indicator of employment quarterly report 2010-08-16
The LIoE continued to improve during the June 2010 quarter and has now recorded four quarters of positive change since it turned upward in September 2009.

OECD report on Canterbury SME skills and training 2010-08-12
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently completed a research report on training and skills issues in New Zealand Small to Medium Enterprises (SME), as part of its cross-country research programme.

Jobs Online Monthly Report - July 2010 2010-08-11
Jobs Online shows that job advertisements have increased over the three months to the end of July 2010. The increase in job vacancies - in conjunction with other labour market data - indicates that employment prospects in the economy continue to gradually improve.

Labour Market Update - August 2010 2010-08-05
The Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) reported a softening in the labour market in the June 2010 quarter.

Employment and Unemployment - June 2010 2010-08-05
This report presents Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) results for the June 2010 quarter.

Joint MSD/DoL Quarterly Regional Labour Market Reports - June 2010 2010-08-05
The Joint MSD/DoL Quarterly Regional Labour Market Reports provide regularly updated labour market information at a Regional Council level. Published following the release of the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), these reports provide timely and accurate labour market information at a regional level.

Transition to Permanent Residence - Job outcomes of work permit holders 2010-08-02
This report assesses the employment outcomes of former work permit holders who were granted permanent residence status through the Skilled Migrant Category. The report investigates whether these former work permit holders work in jobs that use their skills and experience.

Monthly Migration Trends - May 2010 2010-07-29
This report provides a brief summary of migration trends for the 2009/10 financial year to date (July 2009-May 2010). The report focuses on three key areas: the New Zealand Residence Programme, permanent skilled migration, and temporary entry. All immigration data is sourced from Department of Labour administrative data and, unless otherwise stated, is reported as a count of individual people rather than the number of applications.

External Migration Factsheet - June 2010  2010-07-21
Migration data is sourced from Statistics New Zealand. Unless otherwise specified, all data refers to permanent and long-term (PLT, i.e. 12 months or more) migration, is not seasonally adjusted, and is rounded to the nearest 100.