>From: "vivian Hutchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:50:03 +1200 >X-Distribution: Moderate >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: The Jobs Letter No.129 (18 August 2000) >Reply-to: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Priority: normal >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from Quoted-printable to 8bit by >watserv1.uwaterloo.ca id CAA03982 >Status: > > >T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 2 9 >------------------------------------------------- >published in New Zealand 18 August 2000 > >I N T H I S I S S U E >------------------------------------- >STATISTICS THAT MATTER >PARTICIPATION RATES >MARGINS OF ERROR >YOUTH CASE MANAGEMENT >MORE SPECIAL BENEFIT >THE JOBS LETTER GOES "FREE TO AIR" > >The Jobs Letter is now freely available on the internet at > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm > >or to download as a PDF file (require Adobe Acrobat reader) at > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl129.pdf > > >E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y >------------------------------------------------- > >* Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. Special Benefit >controversy. Statistics. Shortage of Maths teachers. CER with Singapore. >Irrigation jobs. Anderton accuses Brash. Sue Bradford's Bill. >Misclassification o >f US workers. Businesses taking on more workers. Dairy skills shortages. >Timber jobs in Whangarei. Shortage of social workers. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12901.htm > >* Statistics That Matter for the June 2000 quarter. Numbers of Jobless are >down, but so are the numbers of those in work. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/stt/stathome.htm > >* Our commentary on the latest statistics. How can we get a drop in both >the unemployment and employment figures at the same time? Why is the >participation rate of the labour force declining? > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl12900.htm > >* How robust are all these figures? The sampling errors are often larger >than the changes that drive the headlines. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#sampl > >* Voices on the Jobs Figures. Jim Anderton, Steve Maharey, Muriel Newman >and Bob Simcock. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#vocstt > >* The core group of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs will be meeting in >Wellington later this month with members of the former Maori Employment >and Training Commission. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#mtfj > >* Canterbury is aiming for all its young people under 25-years to be >either in work, training or volunteering in the community. It is looking >to work with Winz to getting youth-focussed case managers � with a >significant >ly reduced case-load. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#youth > >* The Wellington People's Centre report on Special Benefits says that, >since 1995, the eligibility criteria for special benefit has become >progressively more relaxed and the number of people who qualify has >increased ... >yet the number of people actually receiving special benefit has dropped by >more than 70%. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#wprc > >* Beneficiary advocates are to meet with government departments at Tatum >Park in Otaki. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#advc > >* Stephen Ruth of the Wellington People's Centre thinks it is distinctly >odd that Steve Maharey is repealing the community wage, a prototype >"single benefit" system, while at the same time proposing the "single >benefit" i >dea. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#ruth > >* The Jobs Letter goes "free to air". Yes, this is our first issue "live" >in the internet at the time of publication. Feel free to copy and >redistribute it. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#free > > >C R E D I T S >------------------------------------- >ISSN No. 1172-6695 >edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust >P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand >phone 06-753-4434 fax 06-753-4430 >email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Associates - Rodger Smith, Dave Owens and Jo Howard >Secretary - Shirley Vickery > >T H E J O B S L E T T E R >is an essential information and media watch >on jobs, employment, unemployment, the future of work, >and related economic and education issues. > >The Jobs Research Trust is a not-for-profit Charitable Trust >constituted in 1994 to develop and distribute information >that will help our communities create more jobs and reduce >unemployment and poverty in New Zealand. > >Kia taea ai te tangata te whiwhi mahi >ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai. >Our objective is that every New Zealander will have the >opportunity to be in paid work. > >visit The Jobs Research Website >Premier Award Winner of the 1999 Media Peace Awards >http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/ > >U N S U B S C R I B E >------------------------------------- >To remove yourself from this free update mailing list, >simply send a blank email to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
