Construction and accommodation cement employment growth – Stats NZ Media and NZ.Stat tables Release: Linked employer-employee data: March 2017 year
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Construction and accommodation cement employment growth – 28 November 2018 Construction in Auckland has led employment growth in the region, Stats NZ said today. Construction employed 8,000 more people in the year ended March 2017 than in the previous year. “New analysis from the annual release of linked employer-employee data (LEED), enhanced by self-employment […]
Read More →New Zealand Unemployment rate falls to 3.9 percent – Stats NZ Labour market statistics: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions New Zealand Unemployment rate falls to 3.9 percent – 7 November 2018 The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in the September 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This is down from 4.4 percent last quarter and is the lowest unemployment rate since the June 2008 quarter, when it was 3.8 […]
Read More →Part-time workers most likely to lend a hand – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Labour market statistics (volunteer work): June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Part-time workers most likely to lend a hand – 18 September 2018 Part-time workers, particularly women and those aged 65 years and older, were the workers most likely to do volunteer work, Stats NZ said today. “These results from the Household Labour Force Survey are in line with other volunteering data sources,” labour […]
Read More →Disabled people three times less likely to be in work – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Labour market statistics (disability): June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Disabled people three times less likely to be in work – 20 August 2018 In the June 2018 quarter, 22.3 percent of disabled people were working, Stats NZ said today. This compares with 70.0 percent of non-disabled people. Text alternative for labour market summary by disability status: June 2018 quarter “The difference between […]
Read More →Gender pay gap is second-smallest – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Labour market statistics (income): June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Gender pay gap is second-smallest – 15 August 2018 The gender pay gap was 9.2 percent in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This is the second-smallest gap since the series began 20 years ago. In comparison, the gender pay gap was 9.1 percent in 2012 (the lowest on record) and […]
Read More →Oldest and youngest workers have highest injury rates – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Injury statistics – work-related claims: 2017
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Oldest and youngest workers have highest injury rates – 2 August 2018 Oldest workers had the highest rate of work-related injury claims in 2017, Stats NZ said today. The second-highest rate was for young people aged 15 to 24 years. The oldest age group (75+ years) had the highest incidence rate for […]
Read More →Employment highest ever for women – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Labour market statistics: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Employment highest ever for women – 1 August 2018 The seasonally adjusted employment rate for women rose to 62.8 percent in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This follows an employment rate of 62.6 percent last quarter. “The overall employment rate has remained unchanged at 67.7 percent for three consecutive quarters,” […]
Read More →Minimum wage pushes up private sector pay rates – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Labour market statistics: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Minimum wage pushes up private sector pay rates – 1 August 2018 The rise in the minimum wage helped lift private sector salary and wage rates 2.1 percent in the June 2018 year, Stats NZ said today. On 1 April 2018, the Government raised the minimum wage by 75 cents to $16.50 an […]
Read More →One in five part-timers are underemployed – Stats NZ Media Release
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions One in five part-timers are underemployed – In 2017, one in five (20.6 percent) part-time workers wanted and were available to work more hours, Stats NZ said today. Underemployed people are those who work part time (fewer than 30 hours a week), but want and are available to increase their hours. There were […]
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