The International Labour Policy Team leads negotiations and implementation of the labour-related components of New Zealand’s trade agreements, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).

The Employment Strategy presents the Government’s vision for the labour market to improve employment outcomes for all New Zealanders.

The Minister for Social Development and Employment is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.

Changes to ACC regulations for Chinese medicine, paramedics and audiometrists

On behalf of the Minister for ACC, the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment consulted on the Minister’s proposed changes to regulations made under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 to deal primarily with the following three topics: Chinese medicine, paramedics, and audiometrists.

Delivering improvements to the Holidays Act is a priority for the Government.

Jobs Online is a regular data series that measures changes in online job advertisements from four internet job boards – Seek, Trade Me Jobs, Education Gazette and Kiwi Health Jobs.

The Minister for ACC is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.

Our annual National Survey of Employers (NSE) collects data on workplace practices in New Zealand businesses within the context of current employment-focused legislation.

The monthly labour market fact sheets have summarised high-frequency and timely data and surveys with a focus around the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market since July 2020.