Employer Bulletin | 02 September

Quarterly linked employer-employee data (LEED) provides statistics on filled jobs, job flows, worker flows, mean and median earnings for continuing jobs and new hires, and total earnings. 

‘Filled jobs’ in linked employer-employee data (LEED) is defined as the number of jobs on the 15th day of the middle month of the reference quarter. There is no distinction between full-time or part-time jobs.

This release contains actual data and compares data for the June 2023 quarter with the March 2023 quarter.

Changes in the filled jobs were:
• All industries – up 2.6 percent (59,140 jobs)
• Primary industries – down 4.0 percent (4,270 jobs)
• Goods-producing industries – up 0.9 percent (4,280 jobs)
• Service industries – up 3.4 percent (59,170 jobs).

In today’s Bulletin

• Employment Court upholds finding of unjustified dismissal
• Employee found to be permanent instead of casual
• Employer acts fairly and reasonably in terminating for medical incapacity
• Flawed redeployment process leads to unjustified dismissal
• Employee dismissed under invalid trial period clause
• Eight news updates of interest for employers including: Revenue Action Plan to support delivering infrastructure sooner; National Infrastructure Plan to provide a 30-year roadmap; A ‘Beneficiaries-First’ approach to employment; Phase 2 of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons; 2025 round of Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Matauranga Capability Fund opens soon; Bill to strengthen the economy passes first reading; Improved asbestos information now available; and Linked employer-employee data: June 2023 quarter
• Seven Bills open for submission