Employer Bulletin | 3 June
Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market.
Key facts:
Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the April 2025 month (compared with the March 2025 month) were:
- all industries – down 0.1% (2,246 jobs) to 2.35 million filled jobs
- primary industries – up 0.1% (108 jobs)
- goods-producing industries – down 0.3% (1,393 jobs)
- service industries – down 0.1% (1,081 jobs).
- The following figures compare April 2025 actual values with April 2024:
- Filled jobs were 2.36 million, down 38,463 (1.6%).
Filled jobs changes by industry:
By industry, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with April 2024 were in:
- construction – down 6.5% (13,522 jobs)
- administrative and support services – down 6.7% (7,547 jobs)
- professional, scientific, and technical services – down 3.3% (6,257 jobs)
- manufacturing – down 2.3% (5,475 jobs)
In today’s Bulletin:
- Verbal altercation not deemed as dismissal
- Exploited migrant worker wins her case at the Authority
- Redundancy was not based on genuine business reasons
- Employer makes unilateral changes to terms of employment
- Genuine error leads to loss of parental leave payments
- Five news updates of interest for employers including: Excellence celebrated at first-ever Minister for Manufacturing Awards; Further drop in cash rate good news for Kiwis; Employment indicators: April 2025; Budget 2025 boosts primary care funding, and KiwiSaver changes to bolster next generation.
- Thirteen bills open for submission
If you have any questions, about this case or other employment relation matters, call the Advice Line team on 0800 800 362.
