T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 4 8
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published in New Zealand 6 July 2001
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END OF THE COMMUNITY WAGE
COMMUNITY INTERNS
FROM SOCIAL WELFARE TO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INDICATORS RELEASED
DEBUNKING THE BRAIN DRAIN
FARM EMPLOYMENT
MAINSTREAMING MAORI
INTERNATIONAL WORKING HOURS
UNEMPLOYMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
JOBS FROM WASTE PAINT
OUR TURN TO INNOVATE
The Jobs Letter is now freely available on the internet at
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm
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at
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl148.pdf
E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
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* Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. Income
replacement insurance, Tranz Rail negotiating jobs and
selling services, unemployed NZ�ers harming themselves,
MAPS expanded, lures to NZ teachers working over seas,
the Minimum Wage Amendments Bill, the Christine Rankin
case begins, most employers optimistic... and much more.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14801.htm
* The Unemployment Benefit is back. The compulsory
nature of the Community Wage is gone.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#ub
* A Community Interns pilot programme will provide wage
subsidies for a few people wanting to work in the community
sector.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#interns
* The Pathways to Opportunity publication explains how
the government intends to replace the old social welfare
approach with a new social development model.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#pathways
* The Social Report 2001 is the first of the new way the
government is assessing the social health of the nation.
The Opposition says it is measuring the wrong things.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#assessing
* A report from Treasury says the �brain drain� is a fiction.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#drain
* There are jobs on the farm. Public and private sector
co-operation is helping fill rural job vacancies.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#rural
* In 1991 Maori programmes were �mainstreamed�. Does
anyone know if that was a good thing?
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#mainstreaming
* A short summary of global working hours.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#hours
* Unemployed freezing workers are facing increased mental
health problems.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#freezing
* Roger Tweedy off to North America.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#tweedy
* Simon Collins of the New Zealand Herald says its
"Our Turn" to innovate.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#nzh
* Re-manufacturing old paint is a job-spinner.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl14800.htm#paint
C R E D I T S
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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.
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