Employment Press Releases

Jobs.co.nz, the young online job board with it’s head office in Wellington has started offering social media training courses for its clients, recruiters and any businesses that are interested in learning and utilising outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Budget 2011 will provide up to $42 million for trades training for the Canterbury region, Tertiary education Minister Steven Joyce says. Funding is being set aside for up to 1500 additional training places as part of a comprehensive cross-agency response to meet additional demand for labour for the reconstruction programme called “Skills for Canterbury”.

A new and innovative casual labour board now available on the internet. A helping hand where it’s needed.

The Government is investing over $55 million to get more young people employed, into training schemes, and onto volunteer programmes. The initiatives are focused on providing skills and training for young people so they have the opportunity of developing a good career.

Automotive Employment NZ has offered to support victims of the September 22 Christchurch earthquake by offering fixed-term automotive jobs to displaced automotive industry employees in the Canterbury region.

Further details regarding the initial earthquake support package for Christchurch businesses and employeees.

An initial earthquake assistance package has been announced for Christchurch businesses and workers. The six week package consists of an Earthquake Support Subsidy to help employers pay wages, and an Earthquake Job Loss Cover to support employees whose jobs are no longer viable.

Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson has welcomed new research showing trial periods had a positive impact on job numbers for small employers at a time of rising unemployment.

Pivot Software has released “(DON’T) Show me the Money” highlighting the new reality of managing remuneration decisions.

The redevelopment of Auckland’s waterfront will generate $4.29 billion to the region by 2040, according to a report released today by the Minister of Transport, Hon Steven Joyce.

Photographs of the miners trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine will be made available by families who choose to do so for police to publicly release. This may not happen until later today.

A Lower Hutt company has been fined $24,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $8,000 after a worker was seriously injured because the machine he was working on wasn’t adequately guarded.

The Government stands ready to offer whatever assistance it can as events unfold at Pike River mine on the West Coast, says the Minister of Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee.

The Department of Labour’s My First Job website is designed for students who may be thinking about work or may have just started working.

The Immigration service of the Department of Labour has begun a campaign to make people more aware of potential people trafficking, with brochures in various languages and a website identifying possible indicators of trafficking and urging people to report it.

Tax changes on October 1, 2010 will boost real wages. Personal income tax rates will be cut, bank saving resident withholding tax rate will drop, the top tax rate on savings in PIE investments will drop and GST will increase.

The Jobs Online monthly report for august 2010 shows a continued growth in the total number of job vacancies advertised online.

A wage subsidy is being made available to support employees of small businesses seriously disrupted by the earthquake in Canterbury.

The NZ Defence Force, a number of group training organisations and Industry Training Organisations have created the Kiwi Co-Host Scheme which will provide a safety-net to apprentices by encouraging them to join the Reserve Forces – a new initiative flowing from the Prime Minister’s Job Summit.

How many of your employees start their days struggling to get out of bed with this statement “I Hate My Job”?