T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 5 4
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published in New Zealand 19 October 2001
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COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT ORGANISATIONS
MAYORS TASKFORCE FOR JOBS ELECTION RESULTS
MAORI EMPLOYMENT
RE-ENROLLING LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED
TOPOCLIMATE SOUTH WORK FINISHED
FEWER PERMANENT JOBS IN OZ
NZ�ERS ON THEIR OWN IN OZ
COMMUNITY BANKING
CISCO STAFFING CHARITIES
TERRORISM DRIVING NZ�ERS HOME
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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:
redundancies at TVNZ, the Air NZ bailout, the Act Party limits
time allowed on benefits, September job losses in the US are
tip of the iceberg, Shipley out English in, ANZ job ad survey,
Business confidence ... and much more.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15401.htm
* The Community Employment Organisations scheme comes
under scrutiny. It can only count 54 jobs created by the 27
CEOs that have been established. We talk to the providers.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#ceo
* How the local body elections have treated Mayors on the
Taskforce for Jobs.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#mtfj
* Maori employment is on the rise but there is concern about
what kind of jobs are Maori getting.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#maoriwork
* One-third of the long-term unemployed placed into "stable
employment" by Winz have since re-enroled. Muriel Newman
asks if the system is hiding the real number of long-term
unemployed.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#longterm
* The Topoclimate South Trust winds up having finished its part
of the task of revitalising the Southland economy.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#topo
* Australia is losing full-time permanent jobs and sees a rise in
casual and part-time work.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#workrichworkpoor
* No longer eligible for the dole, some NZ�ers are finding it
tough staying in Australia.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#nodole
* The Bendigo Bank community banking is really is proving
hugely popular in Australia.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#dingobank
* Cisco Systems is the first US corporate to pay its redundant
workers to work for charities.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#cisco
* Overseas NZ�ers are looking to come home after the attacks
on New York and Afghanistan.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15400.htm#returners
C R E D I T S
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ISSN No. 1172-6695
edited by Dave Owens 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, Vivian Hutchinson 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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ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai.
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