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Employment data regarding full time permanent work and the living wage. ($20.20)

Suzanne Newton made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The request was successful.

From: Suzanne Newton

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I seek information under the Official Information Act for the following,

1. The number of people officially employed in New Zealand, and

2. The number of those people as per number 1, that are working what is considered a full time week (40 hours and above) and,

3. The number of those people from number 2, who are in permanent employment, and

4. The number of people in full-time work receiving the living wage ($20.20/hr) or higher, and

5. The number of people earning less than the living wage ($20.20/hr) and

6. The number working less than a forty hour week.

Please supply as much of this information that is available within keeping with the OIA legislation.

Yours faithfully,

Suzanne Torkington

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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Dear Ms Newton

Thank you for your request for information. It has been forwarded to the team responsible who will be in touch with you soon.

Kind regards

MINISTERIAL ADVISOR

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
www.mbie.govt.nz

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From: Suzanne Newton

Dear MINISTERIAL ADVISOR

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

I have yet to receive a reply regarding my OIA request of 21 February 2017 regarding Employment data. Can you please advise when I can expect a reply.

Yours sincerely,

Suzanne Newton

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From: John Laurenson
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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Thank you for your request.

Please note that the information here comes from the New Zealand Income
Survey, conducted by Statistics New Zealand as part of their Labour Force
Statistics set, and are therefore estimates.

 

 

           

Question Response
1. The number of people officially The June 2016 Household Labour Force
employed in New Zealand, and Survey (HLFS) showed that there were
2,454,000 persons employed (seasonally
adjusted)
2. The number of those people as per The June 2016 HLFS showed that there
number 1, that are working what is were 1,550,000 persons employed for at
considered a full time week (40 hours least 40 hours per week
and above)  and,
3. The number of those people from The June 2016 HLFS showed that there
number 2, who are in permanent were 1,217,000 persons employed
employment, and full-time in permanent employment
4. The number of people in full-time The June 2016 HLFS showed that there
work receiving the living wage were 1,011,000 persons employed
($20.20/hr) or higher, and full-time receiving $20.20 or more per
hour
5. The number of people earning less The June 2016 HLFS showed that there
than the living wage ($20.20/hr) and were 539,000 persons employed for at
least 40 hours per week, and 514,000
persons employed for less than 40 hours
per week, receiving  less than $20.20
per hour
6.  The number working less than a forty The June 2016 HLFS showed that there
hour week. were 903,000 persons employed for less
than 40 hours per week

Note: When this survey was carried out, the living wage had been set at
$19.25 per hour. If we use that figure, then then numbers for questions 4
and 5 change to 1,080,000, 471,000 and 475,000  respectively.

 

 

John Laurenson

 

Senior Analyst

Labour Market Trends

Evidence, Monitoring and Governance

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | 15 Stout St,Wellington | DDI 04 901 3836

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