Employer Bulletin | 7 June
Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market.
The seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the May 2025 month (compared with the April 2025 month) went up 0.1% overall (1,689 jobs) to 2.35 million filled jobs. This went down by 34,237 jobs (1.4%) compared with May 2024. Primary industries went up by 0.4% (439 jobs) and service industries went up by 0.1% (1,990 jobs), while goods-producing industries went down 0.2% (787 jobs).
Compared with May 2024, the largest changes across industries were all downswings. Construction reduced by 6.2% (12,723 jobs) and administrative and support services reduced by 5.6% (6,126 jobs). Many major regions generally experienced shrinkage.
In May 2025 compared with May 2024, the number of filled jobs fell by 2.1% for men and 1.2% for women. The filled jobs for the younger end of the workforce up to age 34 dropped.
On an accrual basis, the total gross earnings rose $116 million (0.7%) compared with May 2024. The total gross earnings for the May 2025 month were $15.9 billion.
In today’s Bulletin:
- Pushing through rostering changes leads to unjustified dismissal
- Employer liable for migrant recruitment gone wrong
- Employer fails to abide by collective agreement pay scale increase
- Employer’s reliance on casual status fails to withstand scrutiny
- ‘Without prejudice’ emails are protected from disclosure
- Nine news updates of interest for employers including: Support for flood affected farmers and growers; New research organisations established on 1 July; City and Regional Deals to unlock growth; Annual number of home consents down 3.8%; Employment indicators: May 2025; Increased accountability for Jobseeker Support; Protecting retailers from shoplifting; Market sounding on toll road concessions to begin, and Economic snapshot: March 2025 quarter.
- Seven bills open for submission
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